Another month and another delivery from Degustabox. I’m sure that by now you’re all familiar with what the box is about, but just in case you’re not, it’s a monthly food subscription box that delivers a selection of new and surprise products to your door for the cost of £12.99 per one off box or £11.99 per month when you take out a bi-annual subscription. I’ve been reviewing the boxes over the last year and they never fail to impress me and get me eating outside of my comfort zone.

As ever the box contained a real variety of products, most of which were entirely new to me. The first product I pulled out was the Melba Thins which claim to be perfect for both night owls and early birds. These are pre-packed in to portions and at £1.39 for ten sets they are pretty good value. I really like this as an accompaniment to soup or a salad at lunch time- I wouldn’t find them very substantial for breakfast but they might make a good alternative to biscuits of an evening.

Also in the savoury selection was a couple of Beet It bars (£1.85 each) which I haven’t braved trying yet, apparently there are a lot of benefits to eating beetroot and of course I do not doubt this, but the idea of it in a snack bar rather than fresh in a salad doesn’t sit right with me. I might brave one of these soon though all in the name of blogging. The Jack Link’s meat snack was a bit more up my street, at least you know where you stand with meat (if you eat it). This was moist and protein packed and was perfect to tide me over between lunch and dinner.

Before I developed an allergy to nuts Whole Earth was a brand I was very familiar with so it was nice to see a new product from them- a peanut butter enriched with sunflower, pumpkin and flax seeds to add even more goodness. I can’t eat this myself, but I will use it I think to make up some healthier three ingredient peanut butter cookies soon.

The Schwartz Flavour Shots have featured in boxes before and are always good for a quick meal that tastes great. At £1.40 each they probably work out quite cost effective and are great for getting me thinking outside of the box.

On the drinks front there were inclusions from Laimon Fresh and Peanut Hottie both of which I have seen before but never purchased. I know in particular that people rave over Peanut Hottie but I’m undecided as to what I’m going to do with it. It’s one of those things that I might not react to, allergy wise, but what seems to be basically hot peanut butter isn’t necessarily something that appeals- do feel free to weigh in on this one!

My favourite section of the Degustabox is always the sweet stuff and this month’s goodies were some of the best yet! The gluten free brownies from Americal Muffin Company are amazing, just so good. Individually wrapped and super moist these are just the right size for a mid-afternoon treat. The box is going down at an alarming rate (and they are only 150 calories each, score!). The Lily O’Brien’s cocoa cookie crunch has been on my radar for some time as my local Waitrose stock it, but at £2.60 per bag I couldn’t really bring myself to buy it. I almost wish I hadn’t tried it now as I love it so much repeat purchases will be made. I’ve been enjoying a piece or two in the evening with a cup of coffee…perfection!

Have you signed up for Degustabox yet? If you fancy signing up you can grab a generous £3 off your first box with the code 0LCHE. Happy eating! There’s also a competition on the Degustabox Facebook page where you can try your luck at winning a box for free.