First of all let me say that the quality and tastiness of the snacks will never be in dispute. I liked everything in my box. What is in dispute (and was from day 1 sample box review) was if the value is there. After all I'm dropping $20 of my hard earned cash on this. So I set out to see if I could find something similar and compare prices.
First up: The item I was so excited about. Big Island Pineapple! These looked sooo yummy in the picture on the website. In fact they even looked yummy when I got them. But can I please express my disappointment in quantity received. The bag looked almost empty! In fact if you look at the small ramekin in my picture, that is the entire contents of the bag!
To be fair all comparable samples on the market are also a tiny 3 oz.... but still!
While at my local Target store I found a bag of dried pineapples by Made in Nature, also 3 oz. This was selling for around $4. So this was the same price that I paid for my Big Island Pineapples in the Naturebox. Well, I'm not getting a deal there but on the other hand I'm not getting ripped off either. The only thing is that this product is not that unique seeing as I found it at a major retailer. However Naturebox has the benefit of being delivered to you so you don't have to go to the store. I'm going to call this one a wash. Both pineapples were tasty and the same price.
Next there are the Roasted Peruvian Corn Kernels. Like giant corn nuts. I went on Naturebox's website to do more comparisons and it looks like they discontinued this snack.
I can understand why. These are really not that uncommon. Trader Joe's sells a larger bag of these for $1.80 (half the price). You can go online and find Inka Corn all over the place for $1.50-1.80 a bag. Just as good half the price. The value is not there for these. Although delicious I'm not going to pay double for something. If these were still on the Naturebox site they would be permanently banned from my pantry. I'll just go to the store, thanks.
Then there are the Mini Waffles that I was so giddy about:
The size is generous. The snack was ok. My least favorite out of all of them. Which is strange because I thought these were going to be my favorite. Oh well. Belgian Boys makes these and they are called Waffle Chips. They retail for around $2.80 a bag. So another overpriced product.
Next up my surprise snack: The Honey Sesame Sticks. These are a bulk store item. You can go to any Bulk Foods place (or even bulk online retailers) and snag an entire pound of these for $5. So that makes my tiny 5 oz bag look kind of sad ( 1 lb is 16 oz folks!)
Again another disappointing yet delicious rip-off:
Last but not least the Sriracha Roasted Cashews! I loved these. My Hubby loved these! And they were unique to Naturebox. I couldn't find these in stores or really online anywhere (short of make your own recipes and etsy shops) So I think the value is there for these lovely nuts. I would get a whole box of these and be happy.
I think the moral of my story is... do your research before ordering. Snag the unique products to try them out and possibly fall in love. Leave the other stuff for the store.
My next box is going to have a lot of their nut and sriracha products in it!
~Jeanette
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