SnackSurprise - the September Box: Sweden

After a couple of month away, we return, gentle reader, to the world of snack boxes and the numerous delights they may (or may not) contain. In case you were wondering, July's box was from Greece though the package looked like it had travelled via Sparta and most of the contents were damaged, hence no review. As for August's box, it was from France but we simply ran out of time in August to try it. Don't worry, though, you didn't miss much. As an aside, you may notice from the picture of the pamphlet below, that they now do a mini box for those wishing to just sample the service. This can be purchased for £6.99 a month.

This month's box is from Sweden and what a selection we have. So, without further ado, join my good lady and myself on this culinary journey of snack delight.

We begin with Cheez doodles, the CHEEZIER snack. If these look somewhat familiar, that is because they are - they're basically Swedish Wotsits.

Herdy Gurdy Wotsits!

There is not much else to say about them - if you like Wotsits, then you'll like these. They have enough of a taste to make them enjoyable without becoming overpowering and overall are quite pleasant.

Keeping with the crisps theme, we have Olw Dill and Graslok, which translates as Dill and Chive crisps. 

GREEN!!!

These are subtle but leave a bit of a dodgy aftertaste. Mostly inoffensive, I would say that if you could ever taste a colour, these would be green. Also, ever so slightly funky. 

The Wasa Sandwich is a pair of hard crispbreads sandwiching a creamy filling of tomato, cheese and basil. Well, I will say this, they got the crispbread part right...

Kind of looks like brains in crispbread form...

...almost to the point of being inedible. And you'll need a plate to catch the crumbs as it practically explodes when you bite into it. The actual taste is a disappointment, with somehow not having much flavour but then also having the ability to leave a bloody awful aftertaste. This is a strange one and not something I'd try it again.

Ahlgrens Bilar are hard marshmallow car shaped sweets that claim to be fruity,

Cars or submarines, your call.

Well, they kind of are and I'd go as far to say they are quite nice, certainly leaving a pleasant aftertaste. Not bad.

Djungelvral are small, super salty monkey-branded sweets that are apparently a must for anyone who calls themselves a liquorice lover. That is complete and utter bullshit!

Just NO! And cat paw to scale.

I tried one and I literally lasted a second before spitting out this little hard sweet of salty shite. It's instant salt overload, leaving a nasty feeling and taste that took a good few glugs of water to get rid of. Honestly, foul spawn of Satan! This packet of disgusting rabbit droppings went straight into the bin. If you happen to like seawater sweets, you know where to look. At least we now know the answer to that hypothetical question...

Kexchoklad was a nice return to something vaguely palatable, a chocolate wafer.

Choklad Kex sounds like an underwear brand...

If you like European milk chocolate, you'll enjoy these. The wafer is just the right texture and the chocolate is smooth and gentle on the taste buds. These were very, very nice though be careful about dropping these...

Another lovely chocolate bar was the Dumle Snacks. A combination of chocolate, sweet toffee and crispy rice, this sounded familiar...

Roar!

And indeed it was - it's basically a Lion bar in a slightly different shape. If you like them, you'll love this. We certainly did.

What we are not fans of is nougat, and the Dubbel Nougat maintains that form. As you can see, it's a combination of almond and hazelnut nougat.

Death by sugar.

It's horribly sweet. I mean, I know nougat is essentially just sugar but Jesus wept, this was sugar coma in a bar. One small bite was enough for us. Naturally, your tastes will vary.

All these snacks were making us thirsty so we went for the included drink next: Trocadero, a sparkling mix of apple and orange that originally launched in the 1950's.

Insipid death piss. You're welcome.

All I can add to that is they must still be using the same apple and orange to get the flavours from as there is bugger all taste and even then, it manages to leave your mouth feeling like a fruit basket has decomposed in it. Insipid to start and death to end with - hardly refreshing...

The penultimate item was Tutti Frutti. You'd think, by now, a small, fruity sweet would be just the job to restore us. Well...

Nope, I don't know what flavours they are referring to either.

These are hard sweets, and I mean, hard! I timed it and it took me four minutes to get just one of these little bastards softened to the point where I thought I could safely chew it. This wouldn't have been so bad if it had that promised taste of orange. But no, there is no taste here at all, which makes this sweet pretty much pointless.

Finally, and not least, we have the Delicatoboll which, as you can see, looks like a coconut covered dog poo. This does not bode well, even if they say it's a great accompaniment with coffee.

Hmmm...

...but tastes great. Good lady hand to scale.

Actually, it's lovely. The soft mocha filling has the proper level of bitterness and the coconut both on the exterior and included in the filling adds sweetness. One thing to note is that the texture may seem a little off, what with that included coconut but it's not a deal breaker. Overall, great taste, dubious appearance.

So there you have it, another SnackSurprise box sampled. Some hits, some definite misses, but that's all part of the fun!