Sunday, April 21, 2013

Healthy Surprise Review. (YUMMM)

                               
                                         



I love exploring different vegan, natural and healthy food and snacks so when Healthy Surprise said they would send me a box I was very excited!  Healthy Surprise snacks are full sized items with the occasional single serving bags. There are three price options: $33 (16-20 servings), $66 (32 to 40 servings), and $99 (50 to 60 servings). The box of snacks is very focused on health and may contain bars, fruit, nuts and seeds, kale chips, raw chocolate, and more.

So lets start off with a little bit about the company:


Each Healthy Surprise box is filled to the brim with delicious, healthy snacks. Every month our snackologists work hard to put together a variety of healthy snacks to form the perfect snack box! We've partnered with the best snack companies in the country and work with them to deliver you a great variety each and every month. Every month you'll receive totally new snacks - we never repeat any snack two months in a row, although we may include different flavors of something we think is really special. And every now and then we bring back our favorite snacks when there's popular demand.

Step 1:  Join - Make the decision to eat healthier and feel better and then choose one of our three healthy boxes. Sign up is quick and just two easy steps.

Step 2: Enjoy & Discover - We send you a box filled with the best snacks on the planet every month. Each box is filled with an assortment of different kinds of snacks including bars, fruit, nuts and seeds, kale chips, raw chocolate and all kinds of other tasty snacks. Each month you'll receive a new and different snack from one of our great snack partners.

Step 3: look and feel great - By eating the best foods on the planet, you'll have more energy and feel better. Since we ship healthy snacks to you automatically, you don't have to do anything but enjoy!


The Goods:

        My box waiting to be torn into!!


I love the colors right when you open it, very fresh and bright! 

So lets get into the prouducts:

       This Alter Eco Dark Almond organic chocolate bar is very large (2.82 oz). Alter Eco is fairly traded and made from cacao beans grown near the Ecuadorian coast. The cacao beans are then sent to Switzerland where they are roasted and crafted into fine chocolate bars. My sister and I have already sampled this, and it is  delicious. It is such a rich chocolate that only a few bites will more than satisfy a sweets craving! 



    These two products from Hail Merry are great sweet treats. The raw vanilla maple almonds (.88 oz) are sweet but still allow the almond taste to shine through, a great combination!

The Caramel Sea Salt Macaroons (3.5 oz) are going to be a new addiction. These little bite sized cookies are light yet dense, so rich and perfectly flavored, A recipewas also included but the bag was gone before I had a chance to make them.




    For when that salty snack craving hits, we have two options: Kale Krunch (Southwestern Ranch flavor, 2.2 oz bag), from Alive & Radiant Foods, is "Nature's Green Supersnack." These don't taste like you'd expect kale to taste, but it's hard to describe. It's a good crunchy snack that will help you avoid those greasy chip cravings.

Plentils (Light Sea Salt flavor, .8 oz) are an item I've sampled previously before.
 and I love them! They are crunchy and so good, they give you healthy instead of horrible ingredients, found in regular chips. 


The next two things I did not get a picture of because my memory card was full. 
The Crunchies brand freeze dried pineapple (9 g, .33 oz) is a winner. This is billed as "Nature's Ultimate Snack Food" and I think it lives up to that. Chewy, pure pineapple taste, and 100 percent natural. Excellent on the go snack.

Peter Rabbit Organics Banana & Apples fruit snack is an applesauce in a pouch. This is great for a lunchbox or a supplement to your mid-day meal, in my opinion!



      There were three bar inclusions in the box:

The Just Fruit Bar from from Gorge Delights is Apple Raspberry flavor (.40 g) and I would liken this to a fruit rollup for grown ups! Totally natural, and a genuine wonderful fruit taste.

The Rawma Bar from GoPal's Health Foods is Wanut Fig flavor (1.8 oz.) This is an energy bar. I ater this after my hike and it was very good. It did have a little bit of the energy bar after taste butother then that it wasvery good.

The Thunderbird Energetics is described as an "artisan energy bar" which had me immediately intrigued. The company is committed to harnessing the most powerful sources of human fuel and delivering them in a great tasting bar. This one is in "Sweet Lemon Rain Dance" and is handmade and Shaman blessed. These kind of touches are the things I LOVE about a box like Healthy Surprise. I'd never learn about a brand like this on my own, and it's fantastic. 

Want to try Healthy Surprise yourself? You won't be disappointed. It is one of the most creatively curated boxes I've ever received and if you're into absolutely the best and purest products that are soy free, gluten free, vegan, and delicious -- give it a try! See their site here: Healthy Surprise


Disclaimer: The company was very nice and helpful. They sent this box to me to review.