hey guys welcome to planning with crystal so today's video is an unboxing and
taste test of back snackers and this was kind of sent to me to unbox and review with you
so as usual i'll give you my honest thoughts as we go through it but i did unbox another version
of this box a couple of months ago and loved it so i'll put a card here if you want to go
check out that video i have also got a special promo code for you so first of all i'm going to
explain a little bit about backsnackers and what they offer and what you can expect to get from
them as well as the different box options that they do and then i will share my promo code so
back snackers every month you visit a different country around the world and try their snacks
when i say visit the box arrives it feels like you're visiting that country while you munch
on your snacks you obviously don't get a free trip to that country sadly but every month it
is snacks sweets and cultures from a different company delivered to your door every month
generally the snacks inside are vegetarian but of course always check the ingredients if that
is something you're concerned about they do two different options for the box they do a discovery
pack which is what i unboxed in my last video for them that contains six snacks a guidebook and menu
and that retails at 13.99 the one i'm going to unbox for you today is the adventure pack which
contains 12 snacks you get the guidebook plus a metro map postcard from the country that we'll
be visiting and a drink and that is only 18.99 so it's only five pound more than the discovery pack
you get twice as many snacks you get the metro map postcard and you get a drink and then on top
of that there is a promo code that i have got to share with you which is crystal 10 and the first
100 people to sign up using that code will get 10 off whichever subscription you go for for the life
of the subscription if you already signed up and you want to switch from the discovery pack to the
adventure pack and get the extras for not much more if you email the guys over at backsnackers
they will sort that out for you so all the snacks here are packed in the uk although a lot of them
are obviously from other countries and they offer free uk shipping and you can cancel at any time
the general is shipped monthly on the 20th of the month and you then get your box
two to seven days later if you order on certain days of the month you can get an induction pack
which has got a variety of snacks from around the world and then the pack will start the next month
if you are and wondering which box you're going to get and when you're going to get it and how it
all works you can always email the guys over at back snackers they're very friendly and they'll
of course let you know what to expect if you do sign up so we're about to see which country we are
going to visit snacks wise in this box you may well get a different box depending on when you
have signed up because obviously it's a different country each month so let's dive right in this box
is japan which i'm very excited about i've always wanted to visit japan and would absolutely love to
go there it's on my travel bucket list for sure so in a little guidebook here it is actually more of
a leaflet but it's always interesting it always goes also with the theme of whichever country
visiting that month so we've got us an activity which is origami we've got lots of facts about and
japan idioms all that kind of stuff there's even a spotify japanese playlist that you can listen to
scan that qr code and listen to it while you are munching on your snacks which is such a cool idea
there is a recipe on the back for miso soup which is my 10 year old son favorite thing ever he loves
miso soup and we really do like japanese food so japanese snacks just massively appeals to me
to be fair and yeah so very very exciting there's also information about the back snackers website
and their instagram page as well so you can check that out you then get a little snack menu and you
get that every month as well and it tells you basically what the items are inside as you can
imagine because she visits in other countries and these are snacks that are from another country
they're often obviously in a different language which i personally can't read japanese so this
tells you a little bit in english and about what the items are and what the flavors are and things
like that in case you're not sure and and i'll let you know as well as we're going through so if
you get the discovery pack you'll get six of these snacks and i'll let you know which snacks they are
if you plump for the adventure pack like i've got you'll obviously get all 12 snacks plus the
drink we're gonna have in just a minute the other advantage of having the adventure pack we have got
this super cute little postcard so this is the tokyo subway route map and it's a little
postcard it won't be going anywhere i shall be keeping it and i will one day get there right then
let's get snacking so the first item and you will get this whichever pack you get is in both of them
is by hello panda now you will have seen these around you can get
these in the uk but i've never seen this flavor before so these must be
because from japan the flavor is matcha so if you are familiar with japan and japanese culture
they do consume a lot of matcha and so not surprised that that is one of the flavors
i love matcha it's basically fancy green tea it's like super green tea it's a particular part of um
green tea matcha and the way that it's prepared and i'm not gonna bore you with all the details
but this is what they look like when you open the pack so this is a 50 gram pack if
you are not familiar with these biscuits these are massively appealing to kids and adults alike they
have a little picture kind of printed on them and they're like a crunchy biscuit with a soft inside
so this has got the soft matcha filling so these are the meiji hello panda cocoa and matcha
biscuits matcha can be an acquired taste but we think you'll love these pairing of the chocolate
coating makes it a perfect combo so i do like matcha as a taste but it can be quite a bitter
taste if you're familiar with that kind of green tea taste you'll know what to expect and that's
not for everyone but the right that chocolate does seem to balance it a little bit and make it
a bit less bitter so you still get the bitter but then you get their sweetness as well so
it works quite well together actually so i think you probably would like it even if
you're not usually a matcha fan next up we have got this rather interesting looking bag of nuts
so these are the nagarella hot and spicy cracker nuts coated peanuts which come with a kick and
a spicy salty sweet and crunchy all at the same time well i love peanuts so these can
be hard to put down they are 160 gram bag or 5.64 ounce oh and if you wondered the
ingredients are on the back as well in english they have like a sticker that will stick on if
there isn't any ingredients already on there so this is what they look like they are coated
so we've got like a nut inside the coating oh yeah so they're spicy getting spicier
whoa put string to the morris i like these so you do get the heat the heat doesn't come straight
away i was munching on thinking oh yeah these taste nice and then all of a sudden the heat sort
of came and backed up there nice i could dive in and have a few more so they're spicy but not too
spicy my eyes aren't watering you know but they are very tasty next up again this all these can
be found in the discovery pack this is the major yan yin strawberry flavor it's crispy and crunchy
biscuit sticks with a separate compartment containing a smooth fruity strawberry cream for
dipping the sticks into 50 grams now i remember things like this as a kid they tended to just
be like standard chocolate and like breadsticks but this is like a strawberry with breadsticks
and this is what the sticks look like they're actually printed and it says chicken cookie
cutter i think they mean little pitcher of chicken who is probably some kind of like character or
something as opposed to chicken flavour stick with strawberry cause that would be weird
almost tastes a bit like um strawberry angel delight to me
now these look interesting these are bamboo house mochi taro flavour handmade soft gooey mochi taro
is a root vegetable popular in asia with a sweet vanilla like taste in desserts they look very very
strange but very very authentic now i do find maki has really weird kind of um texture to it
so it does taste a little bit vanilla i'm not a fan of that texture to be honest
it's kind of like what i imagine eating a slug would be like but it tastes good
because whether you can get past that kind of texture it's a weird one
but i do find that a lot with that type of product but so popular aren't they so people must love
them i'm glad i tried it but it wouldn't bother me if i never had it again if you know what i mean
next up these look really interesting still on our discovery pack products obviously like so they're
in both boxes and but you would still get them if you just got your discovery pack so it says
cairo chan is pictured on the front of the box and it's a mascot for these choco bowls
this flavor designed to look like the planet mars oh yeah i can kind of see it
hmm
these are really nice these are not gonna last two minutes they've got the chocolate on the inside
and the crunchy outside and the inside chocolate that's quite crunchy too they're very tasty
the final item in the discovery pack which again is in your adventure pack
is the kazuwagi fruttia kiwifruit gummy candy which sounds good i like kiwi we've got four
individually wrapped gummies in here i just love how everything is just so authentic and so cool
it's just so exciting not knowing what's gonna come next so these
are little gummy candies and they literally look like they've got little kiwi seeds in
hmm
they are amazing wow if you like kiwi obviously if you don't probably terrible deliciously refreshing
chewy sweets they have a really soft texture and are made with pure kiwi juice extract
100 agree with all that they absolutely have that sort of soft texture but in a nice way
like you could get a lot of mileage out of it in terms of you could chew and chew and
chew for ages in a nice way and the sweet would actually last quite a long time but the taste
they are so refreshing they genuinely taste like kiwi not like an um not like a artificial kiwi
flavor if you know what i mean really love those i wish there was more of them so now
we're on to the adventure pack so if you have got a discovery pack your adventure is over
the end if you're on an adventure pack you've still got six more snacks and a drink so next up
we've got something from medji and it's the pucker strawberry chocolate bites this is a tasty snack
with a lightly salted pretzel shell filled with a delicious strawberry chocolate cream sounds good
to me you really get that smell of strawberry when you open the box so this is what they look like
so it's a pretzel outside and then inside is like a really juicy strawberry cream flavor
that is so nice i've got the sort of initial effect of chewing the pretzel and getting that
almost slightly salty taste there wasn't salt in it but just you know that sort of hinted savory
and then just right across the palate this smooth taste of strawberry they are very nice then we
have got some more mockit and it is the dessert cacao mochi mango flavor cream these markets are
soft and squidgy with a refreshing mango center makki are one of japan's most famous treats so
we've included a few flavors to try so if you love mock it you probably would love this box
i'm not so sure about the texture which is why i find it quite difficult um there would be the
sort of thing i'd usually go for but that's good it's pushing my snack boundaries oh okay
so there's basically two little sealed packets in here and this is what they look like i love mango
flavor so i'm quite excited to try these and i can just smell mango when i open up the packet
they are really nicely at mango it again struggle a little bit with that texture
but you do get a mango coming through in the middle next up we have got something else by
meiji and it's a yang yang vanilla flavor here's another flavor of the dipping sticks
for you to try this time it's a creamy vanilla dip well i think i'm gonna love
this because i love the strawberry one so it's going to be similar except it's
going to be vanilla it's going to be a winner this one says panda go for more
very nice next up match emoji oh so these are actually individually wrapped which is cool
especially when i'm randomly opening and trying everything it's good if i can reseal some stuff
or i'm gonna be like snacking for the rest of the day
not bad at all again struggling with the texture but i do like that matcha taste here's some more
matcha this time in a mochi bowl with a delicious soft red bean paste filling tastes very authentic
oh what i imagine authentic japan would taste like then we have got some pretzel sticks these
are vanilla strawberry flavor you may have tried sticks like these with flavor on the
outside but what about on the inside this tasty snack is filled with a sweet and sour
strawberry flavor and this is a 40 gram pack you get two little individually wrapped packets
they've got like a plain stick on the outside
but a really nice like strawberry and vanilla filling on the inside i was gonna make one comment
it needs a tiny bit more filling but still very tasty the final snack before we try our
drink and this is the pine sherbet pero cola la lippo open this one carefully as
the packet is filled with sour and bubbly candy powder dip the lava in and enjoy i
still love things like this as a kid it's a little 12 gram pack so it's got a white
sherbet on the inside this is your cola lolly get a little bit of that on there
it's tingly and sour
very nice and then finally for this box we have got a drink and this is the mango flavored drink
it's a 245 milk can now i love mango as a flavor so i just know this is going to be amazing or i'm
really hoping it is look at the ring pull even the ring pull is like different designed to the
sort of ring pull that we would have and the can itself is more like a can you would get of like
i don't know pineapple chunks or something ah i see so you basically pull the ring pull back
and then i think i have to pull it towards me i'll try not to step on my finger and
then that comes off and it's just got like a little triangular gap for you to drink from
it's almost like a mango drink but it's like a mango syrup type flavor to it it's very sweet and
rich and mangoey that is very tasty though if you like mango like i do so all in all i've enjoyed
my little taste test around japan thank you back snackers for sending the box this way make sure
you check out their website i will link it down below and use crystal 10 for 10 off the life of
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