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Treatsie, who kindly sent me this box to review, is a monthly artisan sweets subscription box service. Each box, which is $19.95/month ($15 + $4.95 shipping and handling) includes approximately 8 – 9 items of amazing artisan sweets from 3 – 4 small, independent vendors, which change every month.
Treatsie ships via USPS Priority Mail in a padded flat rate envelope and took two days to arrive.
Since it’s winter (and quite chilly here) there were no cold packs or anything in my box. They do use them in the summer months though! My items arrived cold, but not frozen and after warming up for a bit, were perfect.
Treatsie doesn’t have an information card, rather they direct you – via a general card that appears in the box, to their website to learn more about the products included. Here is what was in the January 2014 Treatsie box:
~Brittle Bothers Gourmet Peanut Brittle ($4): Neither B nor I love peanut brittle, but we both agreed that this was quite good. And we will totally finish up the package ;). Brittle Brothers is located in Nashville, TN and all started with an old family recipe. And now they are in gourmet shops, Whole Foods and Fresh Markets throughout the country!
~Avenue Sweets Expresso Caramel and Pumpkin Spice Caramel ($1.25): I tasted these blind to see if I could figure out what the flavors were! I guessed the expresso (well I thought coffee), but the pumpkin had me guessing! Knowing now, I can totally see the pumpkin spice.
~Lillie Belle Lavender Sea Salt Caramels ($9): Delicious! We loved these and had to stop ourselves from eating the whole box! Lillie Belle is located in Oregon and started out at a local Farmer’s Market. They now produce over 20,000 pounds of chocolate a year! That’s a lot of chocolate!
~popbar Hot Chocolate on a Stick ($11): LOVE THESE! You stick them in steamed milk and they melt into fabulous hot chocolate. I’ve had these before and was thrilled to see these in this box! What I didn’t know about popbar was that they have a location in NYC where they sell not only hot chocolate on a stick, but also Sorbet, Gelato and Yogurt, all on a stick that can be dipped and topped however you like. I want to go!
All totaled I came up with a value of $25.25 for the January 2014 Treatsie box! I (well we) loved trying all of the fun chocolates in this box and at $19.95/month, it’s a great value as well. Other than the popbar I hadn’t heard of any of the other brands in the box and thought it was fun to discover them and read about how they started (I love those kinds of stories ;).
What do you think of Treatsie? If you are interested in signing up or just want to learn more, click here. You can use coupon code “SUBSCRIBE5” to save $5 off your first month!
