Rooted Fare reviews and discussion

Amazing, delicious, much needed product! I love this on toast, ice cream, cookies! I had the chance to take a Mooncake class with Rooted Fare and they are such a wonderful team. Highly recommend!

Absolutely love black sesame crunchy butter. Talk about a spread! Tried this for the first time on a cheesecake and it was brilliant. Ended up purchasing 6 jars for family and friends and everyone loves it. The texture is great and surprisingly it was also relatively high in protein. Nice little bonus functional aspect.

This product is unquestionably amazing, uniquely delicious and addictive. I love the back sesame crunchy butter so much t is almost obscene.

The sesame aroma and taste is very strong is good. It tastes good with toast and butter. The sesame is a bit crunchy so I would prefer having it a bit more creamy.

Rooted Fare is one of my new pantry favorites. I wasn't sure what to expect from a black sesame butter, but WOW! I eat this right off the spoon as dessert. It's earthy, tangy, sweet, complex. Plus, it feels so good to support founders Hedy & Ashley in helping create a whole new category of Chinese American pantry staples. If you haven't tried their limited editions yet - these might be my favorites :) Worth it! 10/5 stars!

Phenomenal. Chef's Kiss. It's the perfect marriage of taste and texture--lightly sweet, earthy, and subtly crunchy to round off that perfect bite. I used the Black Sesame Crunchy Butter as a filling for mochi. I stirred some powdered sugar into the paste to thicken it up and add more sweetness. It turned out heavenly. Catch me spreading and drizzling this over everything. It's my latest addiction.

It has a peppery toasted taste. I’m going to add it to a pastry recipe and see how it goes.

amazing - love to see black sesame get its limelight! my mom (a huge black sesame fan) loves it.

The Black Sesame Crunchy Butter is one of my favorite products I've tried recently. It's sweet, savory, and salty and so unique. Can't recommend more highly!!

I got to try this at an event where they were handing out samples and it was delicious! The founder is great too (it's woman-owned). Unique product that I love seeing in specialty grocer's around LA. "Root"ing for them to grow big!

I put this stuff on everything! I very rarely empty a product but I'm already half way through my second jar of this. It's not overly sweet and is the perfect crunch alternative to your typical peanut butter.

I love this spread. I use it in some way shape or form every day whether that’s as simple as stirring into yogurt or baking blondies with it!

I stumbled across this at a small, adorable shop in Chinatown, Sesame LA. Because I am OBSESSED with black sesame stuff I immediately snapped up a jar. Have to admit that I tried it right out of the jar with a spoon and knew I had to share it with my friends. Ended up buying 6 jars and have gifted it to friends and family all of whom love it as much as I do!!! My interactions with Hedy, creator of this amazing product, have been super friendly and prompt. So happy to support this woman owned business!

This was good, but not great. The sesame flavor overpowered by a strange bitter flavor that really dominates your palette. It’s not quite a burnt flavor, but not really the most pleasant. The paste has a wonderful consistency. The crunchy bits really add texture and help the paste “grip” onto food. I was most surprised by how not-sweet the paste is. I tried a few bites of sesame paste with toast and felt that I needed to drizzle some honey to help sweeten it. 6/30 update - I tried the paste a few different ways. 4/5 toast with honey drizzle - this was my favorite way I’ve tried so far. The paste’s bitterness is rounded out by the sweet honey. However, I did notice that this does not spread as easily as even a crunchy peanut butter, as it doesn’t melt into the toast. 3/5 iced coffee/ iced latte - I tried both. I found that the sesame paste totally separates in an iced beverage and it is really hard to mix. The paste does not emulsify into the milk at all, even after heating up. After trying this 3x, I will not be trying to mix it into my iced coffee or iced lattes. 4/5 ice cream - the jar has suggestions to try spooning the paste over ice cream. I put about a tablespoon over a bowl of vanilla ice cream. The paste more or less rolls off a ball of ice cream to the side, but I really enjoyed the taste of the sesame mixing with the sweet vanilla ice cream. I would note that this will not work if you eat ice cream on a cone, as the sesame paste will not stay put and you will just make a mess.

the product is absolutely delicious, not just on carbs but also on green apples. i haven’t tried myself but i’ve seen people incorporating it into all sorts of things from noodles, pancakes to savory sauces. the owners are super friendly too.