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I wasn’t expecting to receive any boxes in the mail today, so I was surprised (in a good way of course), to see the Skoshbox in my mailbox! Skoshbox is a brand-new monthly subscription box which delivers straight-from-Japan goods that include candies, snacks, stationery, and fun items that are sure to put a smile on your face.
Shoshbox ships from Hawaii, via USPS and got to me in MI in three days. Seriously. I think looked at the cost of the postage and umm, it was less than $4! AMAZING!
Eeek! I was not at all disappointed by the first / second looks. I have a thing for foreign candy (and I love having friends overseas that are happy to send it to me) and this was totally up my alley. I always thought there should be a foreign candy subscription box. And here it is!
I was so happy to see an information card in this box, however, it was a bit of challenge to match the descriptions to the items. But B and I figured it out as we tested each of the pieces and I *think* we got everything correct. Here’s what the Skoshbox contained:
~Look Chocolate: Look Chocolate is a chocolate bar with a green tea filling and two “savory centers” – milk and azuki (a GTS and it’s a bean). Only I didn’t read the card before I tried this. I just looked at the picture and was all, ohh, chocolate and mint! Because to me, green filling = mint! Not so much! B and I didn’t love it, but maybe that’d because we were both expecting the taste to be way different. We should have for sure read that card first!
~Orange Bubble Gum: This is a classic fruity favorite with kids in Japan. I didn’t try it because I don’t like gum (I know it’s odd). And we were so busy eating candy B didn’t get a chance to try it. But he totally will!
~Koala’s March: These are chocolate cream filled cookies and are fabulous! They remind me of those Hello Panda ones you can sometimes buy at in the One Spot at Target. Only these are better. L even sampled these with us and wanted more. Totally yummy!
~Kaki No Tane: Kaki No Tane is a mix of spicy rice crackers and peanuts. B and I thought it was really good and sort of bar mix like. But not super salty, which I think is the part we liked.
~Senbei: Senbei is the classic rice cracker. It’s seasoned with soy sauce and is very cripsy. We thought it was similar to rice cakes, but yeah, more cracker like.
~Milk Hardcandy: Skoshbox describes this as a milkshake like hardcandy. B snatched this right up and described it like a Werther’s Original candy. He really liked it.
~Umaibo: These were probably the most interesting of the items in the box. They are a puffed corn snack that comes in a bunch of flavors, including shrimp and mayonnaise, pizza and curry. We have no idea what the flavor of the yellow one (on the left) is, but we thought it tasted like funyuns! We after both tested it, B gobbled it up in about two seconds. We are fairly sure the one on the right was pizza flavored. It was good, in an odd way. If I came across these again, I’d totally buy more.
~Haichu: Haichu is a soft chewy fruit candy. The red one for sure strawberry and was a combination of like taffy and gum. And very good. B ate the green one and wasn’t quite sure what flavor it was. And we have no idea what that fruit in the picture is. Anyone know?
~Marble Chocolate: Marble Chocolates are candy covered chocolates similar to m&m’s. Of course, I was all over these. They are just as good as M&M’s, but in a different way. I’d for sure snack on these in Japan. For sure.
~Choco Ball: Choco Balls are bite sized balls of chocolate with an almond in the center. Ours were a tad melty, but still yummy. I had one, B ate the rest. I am certain he’d have eaten more if there were more in the pack!
~Air-In Eraser: I’m not sure I knew that Japanese erasers were life changing, but I do now! Next time I actually use a pencil, I will test these out. I like to use pencils sometimes on craft projects but can never get it to erase totally. This might be the answer!
I didn’t do cost breakdown on this box, but I totally think it’s worth the $12/month cost of the box. B and L and I had a great time taste testing everything in the kitchen and since the snacks and goodies are different every month, it’ll never get any less exciting.
What do you think of Skoshbox? If you are interested in signing up (they are taking orders for their first box which is set to arrive on 8/1) or just want to learn more, click here!
