Aloha Snack Pack is a monthly subscription of treats that are enjoyed in the land of luaus and hula, our 50th state, Hawaii! Choose from either the Snack Pack ($19.99) or Premium Snack Pack ($39.99) plus you can save a bit on a longer 6 or 12-month subscription, which will automatically renew until cancelled.
I’m reviewing the Premium Snack Pack this month!
The theme for January was Hau’oli Makahiki Hou, which means Happy New Year! This month’s box featured items from Asia.
My box was shipped in a U.S. priority mail box and had shredded paper to keep the items cushioned, and they arrived in perfect form. What types of items might you receive in the Premium box?
Expect to receive a large box filled with an assortment of carefully handpicked FULL sized treats. Expect things like full sized bags of Kona Coffee, chocolate covered macadamia nuts, dried fruits, pancake mixes and many more Hawaiian favorites! But remember, contents of a box are a surprise and change each month!
If you choose the regular Snack Pack then some of your items may be different or may come in smaller sizes.
Note: Most of the items featured this month came from Asia. I tried my best to link to the correct product but in some cases I linked to a similar product.
Soy Sauce Tempura Seaweed Snacks ($11?) My husband couldn’t get enough of these crispy snacks! They have a sweet, salty, and slightly fishy flavor and are from Japan.
I love tempura vegetables and I think these are supposed to have a bit of that sweet dipping sauce in the flavor.
Chinese Good Luck Candy ($4?) These hard candies have a creamy strawberry flavor.
The candies are wrapped in red to symbolize luck and to keep evil spirits away. The candy starts out hard but then softens and becomes chewy.
Island Snacks Hawaiian Tradition Premium Mix Arare ($4.40) This is another snack with a sweet and salty taste. These are made in Thailand.
Arare are bite-sized crackers made from rice and flavored with soy sauce. “Arare” means snow pellets! According to Wikipedia, arare are called mochi-crunch in Hawaii and are often mixed with popcorn.
Enjoy Hawaii Snacks Premium Mix Mochi Balls ($9.99) I always thought that mochi was soft but in Hawaii it can be a hard snack cracker. This mix included several different shapes and colors and some of them had a peanut in the middle. They were a little too hard for my teeth.
These sure are pretty! Again, salty and a bit fishy, a bit sweet. Maybe it depends on which one you choose. Made in China.
Rocky’s Soft Cuttlefish, Hot, Wholesale Unlimited ($2.48?) This was a big no for me, but that’s because I really don’t like strong fishy flavors. I managed to find a couple of willing volunteers and they said it was like fish jerky, and rather disgusting. (Thanks to my husband and co-workers for their help!) Made in Japan.
Oohh, a surprise! The card says this is a fukubukuro bag. Fukubukuro means lucky bag in Japanese and the concept is similar to a mystery grab bag, where you pay for a bag not knowing it’s contents and then get a surprise when you open it up.
Yum, I received some sweet treats in my fukubukuro! Both products are from Island Princess and I started with Mini Meles ($2.99) which are toffee and chocolate covered macadamia nuts! There were some more arare, this time covered in milk chocolate. Choco Mochi ($2.99) are delicious!
These “snow pellets” hit the spot, like chocolate covered pretzels, but better.
I was surprised by my first Aloha Snack Pack and really enjoyed trying these new-to-me products. I’ve been getting a monthly Japanese snack box yet I have never seen snacks like these! Sure, I was expecting pineapples and macadamias, but I love that this box goes beyond that and sends what I imagine is authentic Hawaiian snacks. The value for this month’s box is about the same as the subscription cost, based on my guesstimates for a couple of the products. Some of these items were only available in bulk and I don’t want 10 boxes of arare so I think this is a good deal!
What do you think of Aloha Snack Pack? Have you tried any of these snacks before? Let me know in the comments!
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