Bocandy is a monthly subscription box that sends candies and snacks from all over the world! They offer 4 options: Bocandy Starter, Bocandy Big Snack Box, Asian Candy, and Craft Beef Jerky.
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This review is of the Bocandy Starter, $9.99 a month, box.
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The Products: Candies and other snacks from all over the world
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The Bocandy Starter Box includes 5-7 product from U.S. and abroad with a retail value of $17.50. I've been checking out more international snack and candy boxes lately, but this is my first time reviewing Bocandy!
HARIBO Weinland Gummies - Available for $4.58/bag on Amazon
The first I pulled out of the box was a full-size 7oz bag of sour gummies from a familiar brand: Haribo! Even though I've seen Haribo in the US (mostly gummy bears), this package appears to be from Germany.
From the grapes on the packaging, I assumed these were grape/wine flavored gummies, so I was surprised to see they were in the normal rainbow colors of your typical fruit snacks or gummy candies instead of the red, purple, and white that I'd expect.
I have tried a lot of gummy candy recently (and have a toddler who is obsessed with fruit snacks), and I have to say, I didn't love these. The quality and consistency were good, and I kept tasting to see if I could get any sort of wine flavor, but they just tasted ambiguously fruity to me.
Kras Bananko - Buy a case of 36 for $19.99 on Amazon
The banana aroma from this Croatian candy was very strong. I used to love that fake banana candy flavor as a kid so I got a wave of nostalgia opening this up!
Upon unwrapping, this looks exactly what I suppose you'd expect a chocolate covered banana candy bar to look like. 😬
Still, it's not the most unappetizing treat I've ever seen, so I was game to try it:
The inside of this is basically a banana flavored circus peanut. Definitely, an unusual and unique treat to sample, but one bite was enough for me.
This Mexican candy is about the size of a gumball or jawbreaker. I've seen tamarind candies before but I don't think I've ever sampled one before.
Definitely another unique experience, although I can't see myself snacking on these regularly. The tamarind flavor was OK but the grainy consistency of the chili on the outside was too much for me, so I never made it to the filling.
From the same brand, "Sandia" is a candy covered with and filled with chili.
I have to admit with this one, I didn't make it past the outer chili coating. After checking a few reviews online, it looks like the candy itself between the coating and filling is actually watermelon flavored, which sounds like an interesting combo - I wish I'd have persevered! If anyone reading this likes these candies, I would love to hear your thoughts!
De La Rosa Marzipan Peanut Candy Covered with Chocolate
After that last few candy fails, these little treats made it alllll worth it.
Each one is about the size of a Reese's Cup and similarly filled with a peanut filling.
This filling though is peanuts with marzipan, and it. is. delicious! I really liked the crumbly dry texture for some reason, and the chunks of peanuts added a nice bite too. I think I prefer these to Reese's Cups now and I am a sucker for chocolate + peanut butter.
Kras Animal Kingdom Chocolate Bar
After the Bananko experience, I suspected this chocolate from Croatian brand Kras to be skewed to a younger audience as well.
This super thin chocolate bar also comes with a random animal sticker - I got a pterodactyl!
This was a milky chocolate that was more on the Hershey's end of the spectrum; sweet and simple.
Wafer cookie chocolates are rapidly becoming one of my favorite international snacks, so I was looking forward to trying this one and saved it for last. 😉 This is also from the Croatian brand Kras.
This is a decent sized square, about 3 inches square.
This was a high note to end this box on - crispy and light, definitely my favorite of the three snacks from Kras! The chocolate cream in between the wafers was perfectly sweet.
Verdict: Even though I had a lot of misses in this box for my personal tastes, I thought Bocandy was a solid international snack box for under $10. For the 5 full-size items I got, the cost would break down to just $2 an item, which seems fair for candy I otherwise might not get to try. And the winners were real winners, I would happily eat any of those candies again!
This box is no frills: there's no insert with extra info, so you're on your own to do any research you want to do about these countries or snacks. But I did get a lot of fun and unique things to try, so ultimately I think this is a solid introductory box for someone looking to just explore fun candy from around the world.
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