TREATS

It’s after MIDNIGHT, the Candy Fairy Arrives

Since I am single, I live my own schedule.  Clem (my dachshund) and I are early risers, so 9 PM is jump on the bed and open a new novel to read and review.  As I wander about the pages, and start getting into the drama of the tale, my stomach starts to growl and I reach for … the clock… I put the novel down… and NOW it is MIDNIGHT and I am wide awake.  Midnight.  The time for night terrors and magic pumpkins.  Is it the bed?  Did I spend too much time on that crime novel that scared me to death?  The mattress?  WHY CAN’T I SLEEP????

Ah ha! I know!  I NEED a TREATS BOX!  Different candy and crackers from all over the world!  And my monthly subscription box came today.  Whew!  I’m whipping out some caramels and skipping the counting of sheep!

I am generally a great eater.  Show me chard and I salivate.  Throw in a few organic carrots and kale and I’ll start my blender for a good greenie.  Protein powder is a staple in this house.  HOWEVER…when I read a good book, I get hungry.  I have done this since I was a little girl.  And I want something – EXOTIC and sweet!

When the TREATS box came across my desk I yelped!  What could be better than a good novel AND candy from all over the world?  What a great idea, I thought.  Absolutely genius.

TREATS is a subscription monthly box of candy from around the world, a different country each month.  I was sent a box of Asian deliciousness all the way from Japan to try. The quality of the Japanese box of treats was out of this world.  I cannot think of a better gift to a child, teenager or adult on your gift list. Very different, and very unique, this gift box of candy is Numero Uno on my list of Ten Best Things I Have Ever Sampled to Review.

I was thrilled to see a box FULL of Japanese candy and cracker snacks.  And even more thrilled to eat them.

WHAT I DISCOVERED

The Japanese goodies that I sampled proved delicious.  The cotton candy had a very different texture and was not so much sweet as tart and tingly on the tongue.  The Happy Hippo candy bar sent me into a baritone scream:  the best, absolutely best taste sensation.  The chocolate was gooey but not too sweet, and the entire small bar was the best thing I have ever eaten.  Truly.

I could wax poetic here about every single snack in the box; I have never experienced such a rich and taste bud prolific box of treats.  Each one was better than the last.

SO WHAT’S IN THE BOX?

My 10 item box contained:

• Fruit Gummy Assortment (Kasugai) – TART, TERRIFIC
• Soy Sauce Potato Crisps (Jagabee) – You have to try these they raise the bar on salty treats, light, spot on, crisp
• Giant Caplico Strawberry (Glico) – one of my favorite items, this is a strawberry covered chocolate crisp shaped like an ice cream cone. The strawberry and chocolate had an entirely different taste and texture and I have never tasted such a delight in my life!
• Baked Shrimp Chips (Uha) – gourmand! Delicioso! OH MY!!!!!  Just a tad of salt, a crunch of shrimp and this is heaven!
• Cola Ouccho (Uha) – cola flavored chewies – so different even the texture, caramel like, is different!
• Watapachi Cotton Candy (Meiji) – textural adventure!
• Pocky Tsubu Tsubu (Glicko) – strawberry flavored paradise sticks like biscotti but not hard
• Himemaru (Amanoya) – Little rice tasting cracker crunchies that are again not as salty as American crackers, and with a texture that is lighter – impossible to explain but unbelievably superb taste
• Milk Caramel (Morinaga) – these lasted – the entire box – about two seconds as I devoured them. Again, a more sophisticated and addictive taste than American caramel
• Kaki-no-tane (Uegaki) – rice spheres, with a soy sauce taste, very small little crackers very good

WANNA GET A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP?  NEED TO IMPRESS SOME CLIENTS?  JUST WANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF WITH A GIFT? I suggest you RUN and ORDER one of these fab boxes (starting at 12.95 with a different number of treats available) – and HIDE the box when it comes.  These are just TOO GOOD TO SHARE!

DETAILS

For more information or to order a TREATS subscription visit: TryTreats.com

Ratings are based on a 5-star scale

Overall: 5+
Review by Broad “A”
We received product to facilitate this review. All opinions are our own