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In one of the nicest surprises of my week, the June Treatsie Box appeared in my mailbox yesterday. If you haven’t heard of them, Treatsie is a subscription to artisan candy from ever-changing vendor. It’s $15/month and you can expect to receive samples of candies you’d normally never discover unless you happened to stumble upon their shop.
I got a bunch of packages yesterday and I went for Citrus Lane first and then got busy and didn’t get a chance to get into the rest until the kids went to bed. Had I known what this was though (the return address did not say Treatsie), I would have opened it sooner!
I was still wondering what in the world was in this package, but I did like the metallic silver bubble envelope!
Ahh, it’s Treatsie!! Once I saw the name on the box I was so excited to dig into it and check out what they sent. I should mention that inside the bubble envelope was also a small cool pack and the actual box was shrink wrapped so that it didn’t get icky from the sweat of the cool pack or anything.
I was so excited by the first look! So many fun treats to try. A few I recognized, but most I did not.
Treatsie doesn’t have an information card, rather they direct you to their website to learn more about each of the items in the box (their history, tasting notes, etc.). Here is what we received in the June Treatsie box:
~Askinosie Chocolate: itty bars (Dark Chocolate): I received this in a box (Fancy Food Box maybe) and loved them so I know I will love these too. This dark chocolate doesn’t taste like say, a Hershey’s Special Dark. No no no. Way different. It’s got so much more flavor that you just need a little piece to get that craving to go away. You don’t need or want an entire bar!
~Southern Pecan Toffee by Lambrecht Gourmet: I don’t like love toffee or anything and if I were to go to a fancy candy shop, I probably wouldn’t pick toffee as a treat. But that said, this was good. Very good actually!! I would love to see how they make this. I always love watching the behind the scenes of candy making!
~Liddabit Sweets Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels and Fig-Ricotta Caramels: Mmmm. I tried the Fig-Ricotta before I looked at the flavor and would have described them as coffee like. I wasn’t even close. The dark chocolate sea salt caramels? OMG. Amazing. Amazing.
~Liddabit Sweets Barley Tea & Honey Sucker:I figured this didn’t taste like hot tea (which I dislike greatly), so I ate it while writing this review. It was good. Not too sweet and it didn’t make me thirsty, which some hard candies do. Is that odd? Do other people notice this?
I didn’t go a cost breakdown on Treatsie but I am 100% sure it’d be more than $15 to pick up these exact items plus shipping online. I thought the June Treatsie was super fun and can’t wait to see what they come up with in future months!
Did you get Treatsie this month? What did you think? If you are interested in subscribing or just want to learn more, click here.
I just signed up for this box this week. Glad to see your positive review since that makes me feel like I made a good choice.
Oh man I got my Treatsie yesterday and I was so happy !!!! I don’t eat toffee but I ate all of it, it was so good. There was not one thing in there that I didn’t like. I was iffy about the fig and ricotta caramels but they were wonderful !!!!! thanks for hooking me up with this but when I get fat I’m going to blame you lol
Lololzzz…Maybe some other candy companies put MSG in their candies, hence that’s why you’re so thirsty afterwards. MSG is an ingredient used for cooking (mostly Chinese food) which gives you *ahem flavor, but whatever. Liddabit of Sweets in based in NY, Brooklyn if I’m not mistaken. I’ve seen them at a few outdoor markets here and there but was never tempted to try their treats. Maybe next time. Btw, did you try those orange flavored bubblegum yet? If you just had TEA flavored pop, then you have no excuses!! =)
You know I’m all about the food boxes! Sigh, I need to figure out which ones will fit in my budget (I just might have to give up some scrapbooking boxes!)
@Mrs. L:
I’ve been looking for some scrapbooking boxes, but haven’t found many. Do you mind sharing which you subscribe to?
@Shauna:
I used to get lots of scraping boxes. This was one of my favorites
http://www.scrapjammies.com/
If you search for “scrapbooking kit”, or “monthly scrapbooking kit” you will find them, they do not call them subscription boxes.
I just received mine today and I’m loving it!
They don’t mess around with that packaging! Took me a while to pry the bubble mailer open…
Oh lord. I need another sub like I need a hole in my head but I had to get this. In fact, I really want all this right this minute.
Those chocolate bars weren’t in the fancy food box, I think you were thinking of the Pretzel Bar from Amy’s chocolates or something like that. But I didn’t get the chocolate in my box originally. So they sent me ten little bars! They also sent me more of the dark chocolate caramels. They were great.