So awhile back I did a review on Healthy Surprise, a monthly subscription box service. It was the first box of its kind that I tried out, and I must say I was pretty pleased. This month I went a little overboard and ordered 3 more subscription boxes. One of the one's I ordered was from Sprigbox.com, a fairly new company with a similar mission to Healthy Surprise. The price was slightly lower, $55.95 for "The Snacker" size, but also slightly less servings (25-30). Luckily, I had a discount code and got it for even cheaper!
Anyway, I ordered my sprig box at the end of June, and it shipped out on July 10. I got it within 3 days. Talk about fast shipping! All the meanwhile, I had been communicating with the Sprig staff via Twitter and Facebook. They answered all my questions within minutes and seemed very eager to please. I like that they are always available and willing to engage with their customers.
Upon opening the box, I was thrilled to see it was packed with delicious looking snacks, all of which I had never heard of (with the exception of one). One of the things I look for in a monthly subscription box is that it provides products that are new and unfamiliar. I don't want a box of snacks I can buy at Whole Foods or Stop & Shop. So this was a major plus.
Overall, I got 16 individual snacks, some of them having more than 1 serving. I calculated the price of the snacks to see if I really got my money's worth.
(1) Bearded Brother's energy bar in bodacious blueberry vanilla $3.00
(2) Caveman cookies $1.82
(1) Bumble Bar in chai almond $1.99
(2) Simple Squares in Cinnamon Clove and Coconut $5.00
(1) package of Hail Merry raw pecans in chimayo chile $5.79
(1) package of Hail Merry "grawnola" in orange cranberry $3.49
(2) Veggie-Go's, one mountain berry spinach, the other sweet potato pie $2.78
(1) bag of Peeled organic dried fruit (fig, date, and apricot) $3.33
(1) bag of Shagbark Seed & Mill corn tortilla chips ???
(1) bag Go Raw carrot cake super cookies $5.49
(1) bag R.A.W. coconut macaroons $9.00!!
(1) bag Popghum popped sorghum in grey sea salt flavor $2.94
(1) bag tart cherry almond cacao $3.95
Without the tortilla chips factored in, the total came to $48.58. I would say the chips add about $3 dollars, so that's pretty darn close to the 55.95 cost. Even so, most of these snacks you can not order individually. I think having the variety chosen for you adds to the value of the box. For me, I don't want to order 18 of the same snack bars.
Right now, I have only tried a few of the snacks. The first thing I tried was one of the caveman cookies. It had a strong cayenne flavor to it. Not a big fan of spicy cookies, but it wasn't terrible either. I am on the fence about these.
The Bearded Brother's energy bar on the hand, was DELICIOUS. I took it on the plane with me, knowing I'd be hungry 2 hours into the flight. When I opened the packaging I was disappointed to see how small the bar was, but the taste made up for the size. I was nice enough to share half with my boyfriend. (I really didn't want to).
The last snack I tried was the coconut flavored Simple Square. The bar was moist and sweet. I love that this company only uses 5 ingredients in their products. It was a perfect sized bite.
