SWEET
No sweet
products in this box, but lots of confectionery instead to stick my teeth into!
SAVOURY
- Kim’s American Grill – thinly cut ridged potato chips. They have a lightly smoked barbecue flavour.
These were OK,
but the flavour was more like tomato than barbecue, which was quite artificial
tasting.
- Kim’s Snack
Chips – these chips are
a classic from 1987. Ridged with a delicious flavour and extraordinary
crispiness.
I’m not too
sure how I felt about these crisps. Nothing on the packet really indicated what
flavour they were, but they seemed to be quite tomatoey again. This was more
like artificial ketchup and far too sweet for a crisp.
CONFECTIONERY
- Yankie
Mandel – similar to
a 3 Musketeers bar, the Yankie gave American soldiers a taste of chocolate from
home.
I’m going to
assume that a 3 Musketeers bar is the US’ answer to a Mars bar, as this is what
it tasted like – with chocolate, caramel and nougat combining. What’s to
dislike?
- Cloetta
Flipper – most Danes
will remember the classic sweet and fruity marshmallow dolphin from childhood.
A cross between
a mallow and foam gummy, this strawberry dolphin was very nice!
- Anthon Berg
Mini Plum in Madeira – iconic
Danish sweet, dark chocolate with plum and marzipan.
This was
different, but surprisingly good and all the flavours worked well together. It was
like a disc of marzipan, topped with a plum jelly and coated in dark chocolate.
Not sure where the Madeira comes in – or how Danish it really is…
- Spunk
Vingummi – fruit flavoured
red, yellow, green and orange wine gums.
Don’t be put
off by the brand name. I would say these were more like midget gums or sports
gums than wine gums, as they were not as soft as the latter. But still very
fruity (and very chewy).
- Tom’s
Guldkaramel Golden Toffee – this
has its own game. After eating each one, try to flatten the wrapper and peel
the golden part off without ripping it. If you fail, eat another and try again.
A challenge I
am totally here for – especially when these treats are so delicious. A
chocolate coated caramel ball, it was essentially a Cadbury Éclair in reverse!
- Tom’s Pingvin
Blanding – a mixture
of soft liquorice sweets.
These were unreal.
A mixture of fruit, chocolate, and caramel liquorice gummies in different shapes.
- Tom’s
Orangestang – the
Orangestang is a perfectly crunchy milk chocolate bar with a burst of orange.
I knew I wouldn’t
like this, being chocolate orange – but I was intrigued by it. I thought it
would be like an orange KitKat, with the wafer replaced with cornflakes, but it
was actually just solid chocolate fingers, with a bit of a crunchy. I broke the
end off to try, regretted it, and gave the rest to Ash.
- Carletti Skumbanan – a true Danish classic. This is a fluffy banana marshmallow covered in dark chocolate.
Another one
with a funny name. This was very unusual and weird, but good – if that makes sense.
It was very soft, and the banana element was more like a jelly-style marshmallow,
not too dissimilar to our dolphin friend earlier.
DRINK
- Faxe Kondi –
a deliciously
refreshing drink with a subtle lemon flavour. It’s pretty similar to 7-Up.
Once again (and
for the final time!), I drank this as a mixer with either some gin or red wine
(can’t remember now) so can’t comment specifically on the flavour… but most
lemonade is all the same.
And to the
final ratings. As boxes go, this wasn’t particularly bad and there was only one
product I didn’t like (no real shocks there). There were six products that
received full marks (that’s 3/3) so the Denmark Snack Surprise box received a
total score of 27/33. Here’s the final leader board:
- Netherlands – 94%
- Spain (2020) – 94%
- Spain (2022) – 94%
- Italy – 92%
- France – 90%
- Portugal – 89%
- Australia – 87%
- New Zealand – 87%
- Hungary – 84%
- Denmark – 82%
- Greece – 82%
- Sweden – 82%
- Turkey – 81%
- USA – 79%
- Germany – 75%
- Austria – 73%
- Romania – 73%
- Czech Republic – 70%
- Bulgaria (2021) – 69%
- Bulgaria (2022) – 67%
Making it into
the top 10, on alphabetical order. This was definitely fun while it lasted. I
only unsubscribed because I was so annoyed about receiving a Bulgarian box for
a second time, especially when it had duplicate products I disliked. I’ve tried
a few subscription boxes now – you can search for them in the top toolbar, if
you type ‘Degustabox’, ‘Graze’ or ‘Tokyo Treat’.
If you’d like
to subscribe or gift a box, take a look at the Snack Surprise website for more
details.
Love, Lucy xx
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