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Taste Trunk is a brand new monthly subscription box offering 5-10 4-6 products, discount coupons, backgrounds on the companies and amazing recipe ideas from one of four themes, including Gourmet, BBQ, Healthy and Sweet. Brands and items are hand selected and trunks are only $34.99/month ($29 + $5.99 shipping) $35/month. I tried the BBQ Trunk last month and decided to switch it up this month and go with the Gourmet one. I really wanted to try the “Sweets” one, but in the interest of getting back on the eating clean wagon, I thought it’d be best not to go that route ;).
Taste Trunks ships via USPS Priority Mail in a flat rate box. It’s a bit different than last month’s box, but I think this is going to be the standard going forward. It’s got to be expensive to ship these and flat rate is the way to do it.
Inside the flat rate box was a smaller box which was the actual Taste Trunk! It was on the heavier side and had the fancy Taste Trunk seal on it.
Umm, mom, does this packaging look familiar? I kid you not, we had the EXACT same kind of wallpaper (only it was black and white) in our bathroom growing up. Except I feel like ours was the old school Sears catalog or something? Mom? B (my bother). Someone will know.
I’ve seen a few other trunks this month, but I’ve yet to see the Gourmet Trunk, so I was going into the first look totally blind. So far so good!
The Taste Trunk information cards include both information about the products in the box, as well as, recipes to use the products in. Here’s what was included:
~Bone Doctors’ BBQ Original BBQ Sauce ($4.99): I was totally thinking that the name of this was a reference to making the flavor taste amazing to the bone or something along those lines. However, the product (which contains only natural ingredients) was started by two orthopedic surgeons! I never would have guessed that!
~the girl & the fig lavender sea salt ($3.75): I have never heard of lavender sea salt to be used in the kitchen (maybe as a bath product), but the card includes a recipe for some lavender blondies that sounds amazing! I think L and I are going to give these a try this weekend. We haven’t baked in ages and are totally overdue.
~The Jam Stand Drunken Monkey Jam ($10): OMG I was so excited to see this in my trunk! B and I LOVE The Jam Stand stuff and I’ve gotten the Drunken Monkey Jam in a few boxes. It’s amazing. And I totally plan to replicate (okay have B replicate) the Jam Filled Buttermilk Pancakes this weekend. Is it Saturday yet?
~Cucina & Amore Pesto Alla Siciliana Sun-Dried Tomato ($3.25): The Creamy Pasta with Chicken and Sun Dried Tomato Pesto recipe on the card is making my mouth water. I don’t think B has ever made anything with a pesto like this, so I know he’ll be all up for experimenting with it.
~Iveta Gourmet Scone Mix – Apricot ($7.50): I’m not even sure I knew you could make scones from a mix? Not that I have ever really looked into it, but it just seemed like it’s a fancy bakery only kind of item? This is another project for L and I!
~Two Snooty Chefs Kansas City Steak ($6.65): I love the name of this company! I’m not sure about the bleu cheese burger recipe, but I’m guessing B would love it. Either way, we’ll for sure find a use for this!
All totaled I came up with a value of $36.14 for the August Gourmet Taste Trunk! Trunks are $34.99/month ($29 + $5.99 shipping) $35/month, so the value is just slightly over the cost of the trunk! But of course (as with all subscription boxes) you get the opportunity to try a bunch of products you may not have heard about otherwise, which I love!
What do you think of Taste Trunk? Did you you get an August trunk? Which one and what was in it? If interested in subscribing or want to learn more, click here and enter coupon code “suburbanmom25″ to save 25% off your first trunk (it brings the cost of the trunk down to $27.74)!!!
