Graze boxes

The portion size is small, some of the items are good some are not. I think they are a good young child size snack. I don't think it's worth the calories for a small handful of a snack.

OhMsDiva wrote: »

Rebecca0224 wrote: »

The portion size is small, some of the items are good some are not. I think they are a good young child size snack. I don't think it's worth the calories for a small handful of a snack.

That part. I also do not like the fact that I cannot control what snacks I get. I don't want a 200+ calorie snack. Some of them are good, but some are not. It is a crap shoot on what you get. Plus I guess because it is supposed to be so natural, many of the items have a short shelf life.

I had to throw away several of the snacks because I couldn't even eat the small portion in the pack. They do have a trial so OP could try it but you are right you might like one item or all of them you never know and some of them have a lot of sugar for the portion.

I'd much rather go and buy ingredients I like and make my own little snack packs - Graze leaves too much to chance, both in foods I like and calorie counts. And they're too spendy to waste.

elphie754 wrote: »

Just a heads up to anyone who is thinking of buying a graze box and has severe food allergies-they do NOT make an effort to prevent cross contamination. I ordered it once, and never again. I made sure I was very clear about my allergies and what could have (wheat,barleyoat or red dye #40). We opened the box and there were pretzels in it. I called them and freaked out on them. Their answer "wel just have the other items in the box that you can eat, it's not tha big of a deal"....!uh. No. That is a huge deal.

This was why we canceled. My husband has food allergies (apples, cinnamon, and cranberries among other things) and we had a box with items that he was allergic to. I tried to make it abundantly clear when signing up that we didn't want items with those ingredients.

I have never bought graze boxes but made my own for a while for work. I actually found it worse for me because the snacks wouldn't survive past day 1 now I keep a basket of high protein snacks that I like in the kitchen and grab one or two for my lunch box.

I kept a subscription going for 4-5 months. I liked the surprise element of it and enjoyed quite a bit of what I got. It was easy to just add that small snack to my rotation of food. It also helped me not over eat out of a larger bag. I can tell myself to only have one serving of snacks and even preportion the large bag out, but I always seem to talk myself out eating just one serving(I'm looking at you Chocolate Covered Almonds!)

I did find that all I really loved was the chocolate based ones (shocking!) but according to the website they don't deliver those in the summer months. Understandable as no one wants these all melty, but I wasn't interested in many of the savory treats. So, I cancelled in the spring and forgot to pick it up again this winter. I probably won't bother though...

Rogstar wrote: »

I did find that all I really loved was the chocolate based ones (shocking!) but according to the website they don't deliver those in the summer months.

No such restriction in the UK. Like there'd be any need for it...

I like the chocolate ones and a lot of the savoury ones too. I only go for the ones with tasty coatings, chocolate drops, mini cookies or similar fripperies, not the ones that are just a little box of raisins and raw nuts and stuff. That really does set off my "why am I paying you for this?" alarm.

The popcorn is probably my favourite.

If you're in the UK, they sell individual packs in Boots with the lunch things.

Seriously, the best popcorn I have ever had. The black pepper one is ridiculous.

As far as the subscription, it wasn't worth the $8 a week to me. Found a few yummy things - when the snickerdoodle pretzles pop up for $1 a box I buy them - but we cancelled after 3 boxes.

Edited because quoting was wonk.

I subscribed back when the boxes were $6 for 4 snacks. I've heard they've raised the price since then. I thought the flapjack boxes were incredibly delicious, as were the popcorn pieces and chocolate items, but was mostly unimpressed with the rest. Several times I received what were basically croutons. The flapjacks I had to eat sparingly, though, as they were usually 200-250 calories each. I decided it wasn't worth the money since I didn't eat a lot of the snacks I was getting.
I did Naturebox for awhile, too. Wasn't hugely impressed with it, either, but I liked picking my own treats out at least.