May 2020 – Page 5 – WANDERLUST FAMILY ADVENTURE

Taste Test – Universal Yums (Brazil)

May 20, 2020 Joseph Candora Brazil, South America, Taste Test, Universal Yums

The whole family is excited for this month’s box from Universal Yums. It is from Rita’s home country Brazil. Lets see how the snacks stack up for the family and if they bring back memories for Rita.

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Vitarella Wafer Sabor Bem Casado – Wafers with cocoa and dulce de leche filling Alex 8 Joe-8

Bib’s Morango Extreme – white chocolate with strawberries Alex-4 Joe-9

Pipoca Doce Bilu – sweetened popcorn snack was one of Rita’s favorites growing up, she ate the whole bag after our taste Alex-8 Joe-6

Mandioca Chips Cebola – Cassava chips with onion and parsley Alex 5 Joe-5

Delicitos Sabor Pimenta – Wheat snack with chili pepper seasoning Alex-6 Joe-5

Pic Premium Picanha – steak flavored wheat snacks Alex-6 Joe-4

Bilu Top Regueijao – Cream cheese flavored corn snacks Alex-8 Joe-9

Bilu Top Pizza – Pizza flavored corn snacks Alex-8 Joe-6

Tropical Chocolate Branco – White chocolate bar with caramel and banana I could do without the banana flavor but a pretty good white chocolate bar Alex does not like white chocolate Alex-4 Joe-8

Salsitos Sabor Pipoca – Corn puffs with popcorn flavor best in the box we devoured the entire bag upon opening Alex-10 Joe-10

Tortinhas Due – cookies with guava jelly and cheesecake cream almost like a jammy dodger Alex-7 Joe-7

Delicia Queijadinha Superiore – Cookies with parmesan cheese and coconut flavor Alex-6 Joe-5

Caramelos Premium Torta de Limao – lime pie flavored milk caramel Alex-5 Joe-8

Caramelos Premium Mousse de Maracuja – Passion fruit flavored milk caramel Alex-6 Joe-8

Fruit Full Sabor Abecaxi – Pineapple fruit chews Alex 6 Joe-8

Cory Pao Dimel – chocolate cake with chocolate coating and sprinkles Alex-8 Joe-7

Pacoguita Original – peanut candy one of Rita’s childhood favorites Alex-7 Joe-5

Bib’s Flocos – dark chocolate with crisped rice Alex-8 Joe-9

Bilu Wave Churrasco – grilled beef flavored potato chips Alex-7 Joe-4

Bib’s Crocante – peanut toffee with chocolate coating Alex-6 Joe-6

Rita was very disappointed in the box saying that she could have picked out much better snacks with a trip to the local Brazilian store. She stated that many of the brands were lower end venders and better options were available. Our scores indicate that Alex and I rated it a middle of the road box as well.

Alex 6.65 out of 10
Joe 6.85 out of 10

Taste Test – Universal Yums (France)

May 19, 2020 Joseph Candora Europe, France, Taste Test, Universal Yums

Universal Yums for the month are from France. We have high hopes for their snacks being such a foodie nation lets see:

Jacquot Almond Truffles – delicious almond flavored truffles Alex-8 Joe-10

Bret’s Aux Cepes – unusual mushroom flavored chips Not much mushroom flavor but not bad Alex-5 Joe-7

Cemoi Dark chocolate with Sea Salt Crystals – a great tasting dark chocolate Alex-7 Joe-10

Cemoi Mango & Sichuan Pepper Dark Chocolate – a tangy peppery chocolate not Alex’s favorite 🙁 Alex-2 Joe-8

Bret’s Au Forage du Jura – Cheese flavored potato chips alex-7 Joe-8

Sibell Chips Craquantes Moutarde Miel – Honey mustard potato chips Alex-8 Joe-7

C’Tro Bon Sables Cacao – Chocolate cookies with hazelnut cream – delicious chocolate cookies the hazelnut flavor is the only thing keeping it from a ten for me. Alex-9 Joe-9

Sibell Tube a Grignoter Fromage – cheese flavored tube snacks Alex-7 Joe-8

Sibell Chips Saveur Vinaigre – Vinegar potato chips Alex-4 Joe-8

Les Sables de La Mere Poulard – butter biscuits somewhat like shortbread cookies Alex-7 Joe-8

La Mere Poulard Cookie Pomme-Caramel – Apple caramel butter biscuit Alex-8 Joe-8

Moelleux Fourre Abricot – Sponge cake with apricot filling Alex-6 Joe-5

Raspberry Mini Roll – sponge cake with raspberry filling Alex-6 Joe-6

Truffles Bar by Mathez – cocoa dusted truffles yummy Alex-8 Joe-10

Tetes Brûlées Gout Cola – cola flavored bar Alex-7 Joe-4

Caramels con Fleur de Sel – salted caramels excellent if you like caramel Alex-6 Joe-9

Tetes Brulees – Tropical peach tea and cola flavored chews with sour filling. I love sour flavors so the peach tea was excellent but I did not care for the cola flavor Alex-4 Joe-8

Truffes Fantaisie – cocoa dusted truffles with hazelnut Alex-9 Joe-10

Truffes Fantaisie – cocoa dusted truffles with raspberry macaron chips, another truffle and also excellent Alex-9 Joe-9

Fraisoo Bool – Chewy strawberry candies Alex-6 Joe-6

A big difference between Alex and I this month as far as I am concerned this may be my favorite box so far.

Alex 6.65 out of 10
Joe 7.90 out of 10

Taste Test – Universal Yums (Poland)

May 19, 2020 Joseph Candora Europe, Poland, Taste Test, Universal Yums

Universal Yums from Poland.

Tago Delice Meringues – cookies with creamy nut filling and chocolate drizzle, one of the best yums ever the entire family enjoyed them so much we ordered an entire case from Yums. Alex-9 Joe-10

Wiejskie Ziemniaczki Koperek – Dill potato chips a good tasting chip Alex-7 Joe–8

Monster Munch Original – salted potato snack similar to a pringles type texture but not in flavor Alex-8 Joe-8

Paprika Crunchips Sticks – Paprika flavored potato sticks ok not great Alex-7 Joe-7

Dr. Gerard Tropical Coconut – chocolate cookies with coconut cream center Alex-8 Joe-6

Rarytas Crackers – bland crackers with black cumin and onion Alex-7 Joe-6

Dr. Gerard Apricot Mini Cake Alex-6 Joe-5

Feria Crackers with Provence Herbs – ok crackers when used with cheese but bland by themselves Alex-6 Joe-7

Pierniczki Basniowe – chocolate covered gingerbread with apple filling Alex-6 Joe-6

Dr. Gerard Passion Orange – chocolate cookies with cream filling and orange shell Alex-7 Joe-8

Wawel Milkizz – milk chocolate bar with sweetened condensed milk filling Alex-7 Joe-8

Wawel Nut Break – milk chocolate bar with salted peanut filling Alex-7 Joe-7

Wawel Krowowy – milk chocolate bar with caramel filling Alex-6 Joe-9

E. Wedel Ptasie Mleczko – dark chocolate covered vanilla marshmallow Alex-7 Joe-6

Beskidzkie Paluchy – cheese and onion pretzel sticks – Alex-7 Joe-9

Beskidzkie Paluscki – Pretzel sticks with poppy seeds Alex-7 Joe-10

Czekoladowa Mieszanka Lmieninowa – chocolate covered candies with strawberry and black currant fillings Alex-7 Joe-7

Krowka Wypasiona Mleczna – creamy fudge candy Alex-7 Joe-8

Pszczotka Stoneczne Galaretki – sugar coated jelly candy Alex-8 Joe-8

Psczotka Jogusie – Strawberry, raspberry, peach and lemon candies with yogurt filling Alex-7 Joe-9

One of the very best Yum boxes with quite a few 10s and no real clunkers.

Alex 7.05 out of 10
Joe 7.60 out of 10

Taste Test – Universal Yums (Spain)

May 18, 2020 Joseph Candora Europe, Spain, Taste Test, Universal Yums

Universal Yums from Spain.

Vicente Vidal Potatos Fritas Sabor Escabeche – Escabeche is a Spanish fried meat dish so this means we have another meat flavored chip favored by many countries around the world, not to my liking Joe-3 Alex-5

Artisan Potato Chips Tomato and Olive – Pizza chips a favorite of Alex Joe-4 Alex-8

Artisan Potato Chips Mediterranean Herb- a lot of chips in the Spain box this one quite good kettle cooked texture Joe-10 Alex-6

Acho Patéticas Fritas Sabor Nuevo Frito – yet another chip this one fried egg and sea salt! surprisingly good! Joe-8 Alex-7

Aspil Palomitas Sabor Ketchup y Mostaza – Ketchup and mustard flavored corn chips Joe-5 Alex-8

Aspil Puntazos Mix – chili barbecue flavored corn and rice snack Joe-6 Alex-8

Carmen Lupianez Tortas de Aceite – Spiced olive oil cookies with almonds Joe-5 Alex-5

Conguitos – Dark chocolate covered peanuts think peanut m&ms Joe-6 Alex-8

Gummi Watermelon Slices- the perfect sweet snack Alex-8 Joe-10

Aspil Aspits – being Spain there had to be a ham flavored snack and this is it ham flavored corn puffs Joe-5 Alex-7

Cotadillo Relleno de Crema – Soft cake with cream filling Joe-6 Alex-6

Vidal Spicy Mangos – Spicy mango flavored gummis Joe-5 Alex-5

Mels Jaffa Cake Frambuesa – snack cake with raspberry jam filling and chocolate coating Joe-5 Alex-6

Elgorriaga Galletas Rellenas con Crema Sabor Limon – Cookies with lemon cream filling Joe-7 Alex-6

Lacasa Trufas – Cocoa dusted chocolate truffles Best in the box and one of the best mums ever Joe-10 Alex-9

Dulcinea Chocolate con Leche Sabor Naranja – Milk chocolate filled with orange cream Alex-7 Joe-7

Mantecado Relleno de Naranja – Shortbread with orange marmalade filling Alex-7 Joe-7

Lacasitos Gold – Candy coated white chocolate and caramel pieces Joe-9 Alex-7

Reganas – olive oil flavored crackers kind of bland Joe-5 Alex-6

Alfajor de Almendra y Miel – Almond and honey crumbly confection Joe-4 Alex-4

The bos is all over the place with some 10s but also some very low ones

Joe 6.35
Alex 6.65

Taste Test – Universal Yums (Austria)

May 18, 2020 Joseph Candora Austria, Europe, Taste Test, Universal Yums

Looking forward to Austria from Universal Yums. I had some great chocolate when I last visited the country. Lets see how there snacks stack up.

Sunday Farm Garden Style Sour Cream Chips – a very good potato chip not to thin Alex-9 Joe-10

Pom-Bar Ketchup Style potato snack – not my favorite flavoring for a chip Alex-7 Joe-6

Kelly’s Snips – Puffed corn peanut snack I do not like peanut flavored snacks Alex-7 Joe-3

Paprika Potato Chips – again not a favorite flavoring for a chip Alex-6 Joe-5

Schwarze Johannisbeer Stangerl – Blackcurrant jellies with a dark chocolate coating Alex-9 Joe-5

Kelly’s Zigeuner Rader – Paprika flavored corn, wheat and potato snack Alex-6 Joe-5

Pischinger Mandel Ecken Almond cream filled wafer cookies coated with milk chocolate Alex-8 Joe-5

Kelly’s Creamy Onion Mini Fritts – Onion flavored potato sticks Alex-7 Joe-7

Bobby Banana Bar – Milk chocolate bar with banana nougat Alex-9 Joe-6

Nut Joe Haselnuss Waffel Hazelnut and chocolate cream filled wafer cookie Alex-5 Joe-6

Schoko-Erdbeeren dark chocolate coated strawberry mousse Alex-10 Joe-5

Big Banana – dark chocolate bar with banana mousse filling Alex-7 Joe-5

Fruccini – plum filled gingerbread with dark chocolate coating Alex-5 Joe-5

Pischinger Riegel Haselnuss Noir – hazelnut cream filled wafer in dark chocolate coating Alex-8 Joe-7

Kastner Gingerbread – gingerbread cookie with hazelnuts and candied orange bits Alex 5 Joe 5

Cool Mint Lemon – Lemon peppermint patties with chocolate coating Alex-2 Joe-8

Maria Theresia Pralines – chocolates filled with hazelnut cream Alex-9 Joe-10

Milch Wafflets – Strawberry cream filled wafer with chocolate Alex-7 Joe-6

Bobby Caramel Bar – milk chocolate bar with caramel nougat Alex-9 Joe-8

Vollmich Schokolade – milk chocolate bar good Austrian chocolate Alex-6 Joe-9

A pretty big disparity between Alex and I with this set.

Alex 6.90 out of 10
Joe 6.30 out of 10

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