Thank you to Munchpak who provided product in exchange for review purposes. The review does contain affiliate links. All opinions are my own.

Ah traveling the world, doesn’t it sound amazing? Seeing new landscapes, hearing new languages and most important enjoying food from another culture. I think when most people travel one of the top things that is on the planned itinerary is food! Ok now lets be a realistic, there are a few things that keep a majority of people from following their traveling dreams. Cost of planes rides… my wallet weeps just hearing those words. Kids on a 12 hour plus plane ride(in my own experience) not really relaxing. Not to mention cost of staying some where, the list really goes on.

So something that helps me cope if only a small bit is the opportunity to try foods from other countries, but where do you start? What’s a good snack in Brazil? What’s a bad one? I’ve always wanted to try snacks from everywhere, like when you hear about green tea flavored kit kats and it hits you, that other countries have different taste preferences and that a lot of companies apparently appeal to every countries specific tastes. Then theres the though of disappointment thinking ill never know, because I can’t justify a trip to japan all for weird kit kats. Another thought is in America we have things like baby bottle pop, what are other countries gimmicky snacks!? All of a sudden you feel you need to know! The folks at Munchpak must have had these same thoughts because they found a solution!

I received a Munchpak mini for review. It came in a white shipping envelope and fit nicely in my mailbox. I was pretty stoked about getting this (read above paragraph to be reminded of my weird food envy) and tore into it the same night. I was a bit disappointed to not receive a product card explaining where each snack came from(upon really searching the packages I did find the manufacturing address of each snack, so I at least knew that) or a little history about each product like whether it was a super common snack in that country or a hidden gem only natives loved. The first thing we (my husband and I) tried was a snack called Ding Dong from the Philippines, described as a snack mix with chips and curls. The snack had peanuts, peas and chips and curls! The taste was so similar to bugles. I really liked these while my husband thought “meh”. Next up was Chewits a U.K. candy. These were very similar to our now and laters but with a more bubble gum personality. All the way from Taiwan came a little lemon wafer cookie, the taste was extremely light and more dry then our american wafer cookies. From Britain came a “Sherbet Fountain” which was similar to a fun-dip but the stick was a really stiff piece of black licorice, different to say the least! The last two things in the pack were some oreo like cookies and some sour candy balls both from the u.s. In this aspect you have the option of choosing only foreign snacks, choosing crunchy, or savory, or only candy and you can also add drink options! They’ve made this experience really customizable, which is good especially if you want to try new things but can’t take the full plunge! Overall this was a fun experience I’d like to continue and the Munchpak mini is pretty good value for $9.95.

Munchpak was generous to offer a $3 discount code for you readers! Just enter LAKOTA in the checkout promo code box!

Lakota

I am a stay at home mother of two, who loves to create in every form, from cooking, to henna, to painting or sculpting, creating with my hands is my passion! I love to dance and let loose when the music flows right. Being outside is a special kind of therapy I think humans need more of as well as mindfulness! I love all things new and adventurous and am always looking to experience more of life 🙂