SnackSurprise - The November Box: Denmark

Another timely(!) delivery from SnackSurprise, though there was a bit of warning this time. An email was received advising that due to a query over the quality of one of the items to be included, November's box would arrive slightly later than expected. The honesty of the communication was appreciated and it was with some expectation that we opened the box and found that we had treats from Denmark this month.

The usual, informative pamphlet.

Not a bad looking selection.

As is becoming a bit of a tradition, once we had unpacked everything, my good lady and I decided to start with the savoury snacks first.

A good start to the box.

Snack Chips are pretty much ready salted crisps with the addition of light spicing. First impressions though and they fulfill the promise of being crispy. The crunchiness is sublime and reminded us of Walkers Squares crisps from our childhoods, and not the pale imitation of Squares that you can buy now. The Snack Chips also taste lovely, and that mild spicing adds a depth to the flavour that elevates these crisps to another level (and yes, I have been watching too much Masterchef!). A great start to this month's snack box.

Wotsits with 50% more vowels

We followed up with the Ostepops, a crispy corn-based snack that are cheesy in the extreme. Essentially Danish Wotsits, they're a lovely snack and I would say they taste better than Wotsits. Also a nice surprise (after last month's Patos Rolls disaster) is that the bag is full when you open it. None of that "peering into the abyss" to see the half dozen crisps here.

Your nuts, M'Lord...

Kims Nodder is a bag of mixed nuts. With almonds, cashews, pecans and salted peanuts, this is a perfect pub snack bag... when such a thing could be done. Sadly, I don't think they count as a substantial meal but knowing the government's current crystal clear messaging, you never know... Nice nuts, with the right amount of salt and another great snack from the box.

Genetically modified dolphin, anyone???

Flipper next, and this is where things go a little south now. As you can see, it's an approximation of a dolphin. An approximation... yeah. Still, the "classic" foam dolphin let rip a powerful scent as soon as the packet was opened, almost enough to turn the stomach - a dolphin stinking of strawberry, I think. As for the texture, it's quite soft (getting it out of the packet was fun) and chewing it reveals a decent flavour and an experience that reminded us of the white from egg shaped fun gums. It is, however, very sweet, and I struggle to see how any adult (children are different) could handle a whole dolphin(!). 

Bertie transformation not guaranteed.

Pingvin Blanding is anything but bland, a selection of liquorice and gummy sweets. Not much to add here, they taste quite nice and you'll get a similar thing if you mix up bags of Haribo and Allsorts. Now there is an idea!

Be happy I did not have to Google this image...

Now, who doesn't like to get their mouth round a Skipper's Pipe? A strong taste, cloying on the tongue and claggy to the teeth, leaving you with a bitter aftertaste. You'll like it if it's your sort of thing. As for the pipe-shaped sweet...

No plums-based innuendo here - I was worn out after my adventures with the Skipper's Pipe!

This is a stand out sweet from the box: Plum in Madeira. A thin chocolate shell surrounds a disc of marzipan and a layer of Madeira soaked plums. By Jove, it tastes delicious! The chocolate is crisp and in no way overpowers the star of the show: that filling. The highlight so far!

Though we do have chocolate toffee balls... put 'em in your mouth and suck 'em!

The Guld Toffee are more down to earth. A chocolate covered toffee that's hard enough to do service as a musket ball, before the chocolate melts away and you spend the next ten minutes trying to chew the damn thing without it stealing every filling you have. Pleasant enough if that's your thing. 

"There... are... four... fingers!" JLP may have said.

Orangestang looks like an orange flavoured Kit-Kat but it's not. Oh, no, it's a thin strip of chocolate (there's no biscuit) with a hint of crunch in there with an added punchy citrus flavour. Think a slightly sweeter version of Terry's Chocolate Orange and you're about there. As it's rather sweet, it's another one where one finger is enough for all but the sweetest of tooth's but that one you do have tastes lovely.

This is just Doodle Dandy...

The Yankie Bar is a great combination of Milky War and Mars Bar, just a bit smaller than the latter. Apparently the oldest chocolate bar in Denmark, you can certainly see why it's been around for so long. It's a brilliant chocolate bar. The right about of toffee and nougat, it's got a great taste balance and it's another snack from this box that hits all the right notes.

Similar in taste (and alcohol content) to Lambrini (i.e.  none).

Finally, we have Champis. Upon opening the can, you get quite a strong odour but in actual taste, it's very subtle and rather pleasant. The grape is just about noticeable and at a push, could be described as similar to a weak fizzy wine. We found it decent and, it must be noted, one of the first drinks we've had from a snack box that didn't want to make us hurl.

There we have the Danish box and my, what a nice change from the usual. There was nothing in here that we took an instant dislike to and that, gentle reader, is a first for our snack box experiences. True, one or two things might only get a bit of a look in but overall, this was a very good box this month. I would say "roll on December's box" but with Christmas coming up and the usual posting dates, you know it's going to be 2021. Ah well, just in time for the post-festive season diet!