Graze Snacks Box 2
This is a review of my second 8 snack box from Graze. You can read about my first box here and the sample box here.
The soups are still the ones I wanted to try to most and this time I got Pho the popular Vietnamese noodle soup dish. I like to go out and eat this as much as I can so I will compare with Graze's Pho. The soup base paste is the same dark color as the Tom Yum. The paste has a mix of spices and asian sauces like fish sauce, chili, and soy bean. Normally Pho has a beef or sometimes chicken broth. The dried mix is small piece of rice noodle, bits of shiitake mushrooms, and sesame seeds which is kind of a strange mix. I decided to use 6oz of water instead of 8oz since I find it to be too much compare to the dried bits. The soup paste is very fragrant and you will smell it. It may not be appealing to some, but I don't mind it. The soup is a dark color and is a lot spicier than Graz'e Tom Yum. Its also has sourness. Spicy and sour aren't in the beef broth of Pho soups, but this soup is good. Overall, this really isn't a typical Pho, but its not bad. Still too little solids to my liking.
Next is the Cocoa & Vanilla Protein Flapjack. Now I wasn't into the previous flapjacks, but this one is quite chocolatey and delicious! They are like the chocolate rice cereals I used to have as a kid. The flapjacks hast rolled oats, soy, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cocoa powder and vanilla flavoring. I definitely recommend this!
I didn't know they had this, but Graze also has microwavable popcorn. They only have salted and black pepper. I received the salted kind. The instructions and packaging are the same as store bought ones. I microwave for 2 minutes and pull open the bag. There isn't butter on these, but it has some oil and its salted pretty nicely. Most of the popcorn had the perfect white color and surprising none were burnt! Of course there's some unpopped kernels, but the bag doesn't recommend reusing the bag to pop them. The size is snack size like, but I think its a good amount. I'm not big on popcorn so I wouldn't get them again, but if you do I would give them a try at least. I want to see what the black pepper would taste like though.
Peachy Orchard is their dried fruit mix of pear, rhubarb, and peach gummies. Another yummy dried fruit mix. The peach drops are like the Asian fruit gummies but a lot smaller. The rhubard doesn't have the most appealing color, and its kind of tough. Its good though it does have added sugar. The pear is plain dried fruit with lemon juice. Its a nice sweet treat and I'm glad that it doesn't have raisins for once.
The Strawberries and Cream Granola Topper is just oats, barley, freeze dried strawberries, and yogurt covered strawberries. I didn't have anything to use this to top with so I just ate it by itself. The yogurt pieces is pretty sweet that sort of balances out the plainer taste of the oats and dried strawberries. I never really have anything to use this topper with plus I'd have to eat this with a spoon so I probably won't want this again.
New York Everything Bagel are poppy seed, onion, and sesame sticks. I'm not into sticks snacks so I wasn't liking this at first. These are convenient when you want to snack on something though. The sesame does make this taste like an asian snack. These aren't too bad overall.
Snickerdoodle Dip is cinnamon pretzel sticks with snickerdoodle dip. So far this si the best dipping snack from Graze I've tried so far. It smells like Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. The pretzel stick is not that hard on the teeth but it is quite plain tasting by itself. The dip has the consistency of peanut butter. The dip taste like a graham cracker. It has a mild sweetness which is nice. This isn't too bad and wouldn't mind getting it again though its not like I would be excited in getting this again.
Last one is the Punchy Protein Nuts which is a mix of almonds, chili lime cashews, peanuts, and pistachios. Only the cashews are flavored and it does give quite a kick. I'm not a nuts snack person, but I do appreciate the variety in this mix. I do wish the almonds where cut up instead of left whole since they were the hardest nut in the mix. Nothing really special to saw about this snack. The chili lime taste is nice though I wouldn't mind if all the nuts had this seasoning instead of just one kind that has it.
Overall, another decent box. There's still one more soup to try and a bunch of other snacks so I will continue to get and review these snacks. If you're interested you can get their free sample box or use Promo Code: CVH79FPVB to get your 1st and 5th box FREE!
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