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Bitebox by The Pantry Gourmets
Cost: $50/month.
Ships To: United States.
Coupon Code: N/A.
BiteBox, by the Pantry Gourmets, who kindly sent me this box to review, is a monthly membership providing top American Artisan products, hand picked from passionate producers across the USA. Each month you can expect to receive 4-6 full-sized products along with Professional Chef derived delicious recipes that showcase the flavors of those items.
My Gourmet Pantry BiteBox shipped via FedEx and took just under a week to arrive.
Everything from BiteBox is packaged in their signature red bag and then packed into a larger box. Everything is wrapped with bubble wrap and is securely packaged.
The November 2014 The Gourmet Pantry BiteBox theme was “By Golly Be Jolly” and included the following items:
~Moonstruck Chocolate Company Classic Hot Cocoa Mix ($12): There is no recipe card for this, but it’s the perfect addition to this box. I haven’t tried this brand in the past so I was really excited to see it in here. Now if it would only snow so I could sit inside and drink this and look at the pretty snow falling outside!
~Frontier Soups Roasted Garlic Spinach Dip Mix ($3.49): The recipe for this is a Roasted Garlic Spinach Dip or a Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Crostini. I am obsessed with spinach dip and am going to try to save this for all the college bowl games on New Years Day, but we’ll just see if I can wait that long ;).
~Muirhead Foods Cranberry Apple Chutney ($7.25): The two recipes for this item are Apple Cranberry Glazed Turkey Breast and Apple Cranberry Bread Pudding. One of the things I love about this box is that they give you these recipes because otherwise I would be sitting here looking at this like now what?
~Tumbador Chocolate Vanilla Snickerdoodle Cookie Spread ($10): Mmm, SO GOOD. I have gotten this in the past and it’s just delicious. I personally like it straight off the spoon or on ice-cream, but I suppose that we can try the recipe for the Snickerdoodle and Nutella Smores they included ;).
~Mustard and Co. Classic Brown Mustard ($7): Ahh, mustard. I’m not a fan, but in a recipe if I don’t know it’s in there, it’s okay! The recipes for this are a Rosemary & Mustard Crusted Prime Rib and Green Beans with Lemon Mustard Vinaigrette. By the time B makes these I will forget that they have mustard in them and all will be well.
~Chef Salt 7 Salts ($10.95): The recipes for this are a Salt Rubbed Roasted Chicken with Lemon and Thyme and some kind of potato, but I think there was a printing error on that one since it’s exactly the same as the chicken. No matter, we can figure out what to do with salt! I swear, a great salt changes a regular meal into an incredible one.
All totaled I came up with a value of $50.69 for the November 2014 The Pantry Gourmet BiteBox! It basically matches the cost of the box, but I think the recipes and the fact it’s all delivered right to your door add value to this as well!
What do you think of BiteBox? If you are interested in ordering or just want to learn more, you can check them out here. Your subscription will begin with the November box.
I am sooo glad that BiteBox sends you review boxes — otherwise I would not have found them! I subscribed and I love their boxes. The stuff they send is so interesting and is not anything I could find at my local grocery store so I am happy even when the value of the items sent is a little below the cost of the box. Plus, shipping is free and they send heavy stuff!
Also, super funny about the recipe cards. I was looking at the recipe for the salt-rubbed chicken saying, “Why is there a picture of potatoes on the front???” And the picture of the s’mores has a square of chocolate in the middle, not the nutella in the recipe! LOL!
P.S. Love your blog. Makes my day so much more fun.
Oh man, you are in for a treat. Moonstruck is a local to me company and they are seriously good.