Universal Yums returns to South America with a visit to Columbia.
The Bridge Arequipa Wafers were good wafer type cookies and Akex and I both rated them a 7.
The Maxcoco were more wafer cookies this time with coconut cream filling.
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The Bianchi Bar with Carmelo and Mani was a chocolate bar with nuts and caramel.
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The Gullets Maduritas were plantain cookies. The cookies were good at first bite but had a strange aftertaste.
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The Piazza Barquillos Con Crema de Chocolate were wafer cookies with a chocolate cream filling, we both thought these were very good and would eat them regularly if available.
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The Trululu Chocolates were chocolate coated gummies, OK but not a combination I would want again.
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Trululu Gomitas Fresitas or Strawberry and Cream Gummies. Absolutely delicious.
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Oka Loka Ovnis Frutos Rojos were fruit flavored candies.
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Tocineta Limon – Bacon and lime flavored chips. Again with meat flavored snacks, yuck!
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Maduritos – Plantain snack
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Rizadas Mayonesas were mayonnaise flavored potato chips. They did not sound appetizing but weren’t bad at all.
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Caramelo Snacky were caramel flavored corn puffs. Alex loved them, I thought they were OK.
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La Nina Pipits Limon were lime flavored potato chips. Pretty good and I was happy to see so many potato chip type snacks.
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Rizadas Picanticas – spicy potato chips
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Tosti Arepa – Cheese and butter flavored corn tortilla chips
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Turbana Garlic Plantain Chips
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Next up was a box of assorted Columbian sweets not only a highlight of this box but of all the Yum boxes so far!!
There were six sweets in the box and we will rate each of them individually.
Milk Caramel, absolutely the best caramel I have ever tasted.
Alex-7 Joe-10
Coffee – Columbian coffee in dulce de leche fantastic.
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Guava – Just like in the Brazilian Romeo and Juliet
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Panela – a confection similar to brown sugar
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Orange – Another delicious caramel this time with bits of orange peel
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Coconut – Caramel with coconut
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Passion Fruit Bon Bon Bum – Passionfruit lollypop with bubblegum center
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Supercoco Tirudito – Chewy coconut candy
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Cafe Gurme – and the best for last coffee flavored caramel chew
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Stats:
Alex – 6.68 out of 10
Favorite: Passion Fruit Bob Bon Bum
Least Favorite: Rizadas Mayonesas, Maxcoco, Tocineta Limon, Maduritos, Supercoco Tirudito
Joe – 7.40 out of 10
Favorite: Trululu Gomitas Fresitas, Milk Caramel, Coffee caramel, Cafe Gurme
Least Favorite: Tocineta Limon
Columbia is known for the quality of their chocolate but I found their caramel to be superior to any I have had before. Surprisedly not being a big fan of sweets I found myself totally enjoying most of the confections in this box. I was also glad to see so many potato chip snacks.
