Skoshbox is a subscription box delivering the best and latest in Japanese snacks. It’s the original monthly box service for candy from Japan!
Skoshbox offers three different sizes: The Skoshbox (small size) includes 5-6 snacks, The Dekabox (large size) includes 10-12 snacks and 1 mystery item, or The Megabox (extra large size) includes 13-15 snacks and 2 mystery toys.
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This review is of The Skoshbox-sized, $12 a month, box.
About Skoshbox
The Subscription Box: Skoshbox
The Cost: The Skoshbox: $12 a month, $35 for 3 months ($11.67/box), $66 for 6 months ($11/box) or $120 for 12 months ($10/box). The Dekabox: $24 a month, $70 for 3 months ($23.33/box), $132 for 6 months ($22/box) or $240 for 12 months ($20/box). The Megabox: $35 a month, $100 for 3 months ($33.33/box), $195 for 6 months ($32.50/box) or $385 for 12 months ($32.08/box). All include free shipping!
The Products: Skoshbox is the only monthly box backed by Japanese snack companies. “That means exclusive collaboration boxes and first-look items just for our members! Our boxes contain an exciting mix of new trendy items, DIY Kits, traditional favorites, and wacky flavors!”
Ships to: U.S. and Canada
Skoshbox March 2018 Review
As always, the information card directs you to their website for all the info on the items in this month’s box! The back has the winners of their social media photo contest.
Sasha Suo Strawberry
We’re starting the snacks off with a bang! These chocolates are absolutely brilliant in their design. Crafted from little ropes of rich chocolate, these bars look like someone asked an architect to create a candy bar. Although these are visually stunning, it must be said they’re also delicious. The chocolate isn’t too sweet, and the strawberry flavor, though powerful, doesn’t taste overly fake.
Puchi Green Pea Chips: Shichimi Mayo Flavor
Like many of the potato snacks I find in these boxes, these remind of the potato mash texture of Pringles, but the flavor is unlike any Pringle I’ve ever had! The sweet pea flavor is really subtle, and the mayo flavor adds a lot of creaminess to the taste. My husband really liked these - he ate half the package all by himself!
Sonomanma Yuzu
I was really surprised at how delicious these were! They reminded me very much of dried and sugared citrus peel; not quite as sour as a lemon, but not quite as sweet as an orange. They have a nice earthiness to them that balances out the strong sugar presence, and their texture is really pleasing; the sugar doesn’t scrape on your teeth, and as they melt, the texture of the fruit really comes through.
Mochi Mochi Chocolate: Strawberry Chocolate
I’m a huge fan of the strawberry-chocolate combination, so two treats in this flavor category were a-okay with me! I don’t totally love the texture of mochi, so the outside wasn’t necessarily my favorite part, but there was nothing wrong with the strawberry flavor in these! The chocolate flavor wasn’t a huge component to these, unlike the Sasha Suo snacks, but it still was nice overall and I do like trying new things.
Satsumaimon: Brown Sugar and Sweet Potato
I was definitely not surprised at how much I liked these! I’m a huge lover of french fries, but man, when a restaurant has sweet potato fries, I lose my mind. These were like the best elements of a good sweet potato fry dish. They had a nice element of sweetness, and a hint of spice, but mostly just a hearty sweet potato chip with a nice crunch that didn’t taste overly processed.
Geki Shigekix (Stimulating White Soda)
I’m glad I looked these up because the illustration makes it seem like these are supposed to be dropped in a beverage of some sort! But no, these little candies bring the soda flavor all on their own. They remind me very much of a candy I had when I was a kid but I can’t place it now, but wow - these babies are sour. Like, really sour. I kind of almost expected them to be like pop rocks, but I didn’t get any kind of sensation like that, though admittedly, the taste was so intense that I didn’t finish the candy that I tasted.
Verdict: This is one of my very favorite snack boxes, and there were a lot of winners this month! I’m absolutely obsessed with the Sasha Suo Strawberry snacks that were as beautiful as they were delicious, and please, someone, sign me up for a case of those Satsumaimon sweet potato chips. I will admit, I didn’t like the Geki Shigekix very much, but like I always say, I love trying new things, even if they don’t end up being as delicious as I would like.
To Wrap Up:
Can I still get this box if I sign up today? Sadly, no! Your first box will be the April one. All orders will start shipping for April on 3/30.
Value Breakdown: This monthly box is $12 a month with free shipping. I received six snacks, which average out to $2 per item. A few of these snacks seemed extremely rare, so I really think that adds to the box’s value, as well as having the collection of all the snacks curated especially for this box.
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