I need a snack! Arcade Snacks to the Rescue!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 12:19PM in Product Reviews, chocolate, opinion, snack
I don’t know about you guys, but I love munchy, crunchy snacks. Snack mixes, with all of my favorite things already in there? Even better! I can often be found in the snack aisle at Trader Joe’s, looking at every single snack mix/trail mix they have. I love having them on hand, because they’re great to enjoy while I’m online or writing a blog post and editing photos. They also make great on-the-go snacks!
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Michelle at Arcade Snacks. I’d never heard of them before, but I’m so happy I have now! They’re right in Auburn, MA, so they’re a local New England company, and they specialize in quality nuts and dried fruits. They’re family owned, have been in business since 1986, and serve hotels, restaurants, bakeries, country clubs and retailers. They also have an online business--so even if you’re not in the area, you can enjoy their awesome snacking goodness!
Not only do they have the biggest selection of nuts and dried fruit all in one place--seriously, check them out--they have tons to choose from, and not just the regular, run of the mill stuff--but they also have these amazing snack mixes as well as chocolate and candy!
Their things are available in smaller, retail size amounts (such as 8 oz, 14 oz, 1 lb, etc), and you can also purchase their snacks in bulk amounts. All prices and quantities are right there on the website.
Now, we may have missed the Super Bowl already, but why not try some of these mixes at your next party? There’s basketball going on right now, baseball coming up, and before you know it, we’ll be grilling and having backyard parties! And don’t underestimate the power of a small bag of snack mix when your kids are stuck in the backseat of the car, and complaining that they’re hungry every two minutes. (Yes, I speak from experience.) Don’t forget those Easter Baskets coming up soon, too!
Michelle was awesome and packed a box FULL of samples. It was like Christmas when we opened the box! I’m going to show you photos of all of the samples that she sent me, minus two of them that didn’t make it long enough to be photographed. One was the Vegetable Chips, and the other was Honey Berry Crunch. The Honey Berry Crunch includes Honey Roast Sesame Sticks, Honey Roast Peanuts, Cinnamon Apple Chips, Pineapple, Cranberries, and it’s incredible! You’d think it may be sweet, but it’s the perfect blend of salty and sweet. The Vegetable Chips--if you think you’ve had good ones before? You haven’t had these. They include: Sweet Potato, Squash, Carrot, Green Bean, and Taro. The chips are thickly cut and packed with flavor! We’ll definitely be ordering some of these soon.
Michelle also included a bag of their Super Colossal Cashews (YUM!) and an assortment of some of their candies.
And now for the photos. There are a lot, but I wanted you to see how great everything was.
And the candies:
Kopper’s Almond Jewels (Those aren’t paper wrappers, they’re just pretty!
Kopper’s Chocolate Covered Gummi Bears
Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Malt Balls
Kopper’s Spanish Olives (Chocolate covered almonds)
Will we be ordering from Arcade Snacks in the future? YES! Everything is super fresh and crunchy, not to mention deliciously satisfying when you have the munchies. I’ve linked to all of the individual products, except a few of the candies, which must be fairly new and not on the site yet.
Shipping was fast and everything was packed with care. Also, how can you go wrong with a family owned company that takes pride in what they do? Easy--you can’t.
Thank you to Michelle and Arcade Snacks for supplying us with such an amazing variety of snacks. It’s very much appreciated, and we’ll be back for more--that’s a definite!
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Reader Comments (19)
Peanut butter malted milk balls...?
PEANUT BUTTER MALTED MILK BALLS?!!?!?!!
Faint...
Heather, YES! I specifically requested those, hehe.
Super colossal cashews? LOL awesome.
Send some down this way Elle :P
What Sean? You want me to share? Hmmm, will have to think about it... ;)
Um ... wow? I am blown away and will need to get some of those peanut butter malted milk balls, stat.
Intriguing, I'll have to check them out. Heh, I used to date a girl who lived in Auburn back in the day...
I'm a snack-a-holic. This is bad, very...very bad. hehe I probably would have fainted at such a cool box of goodies to sample!!! Is there any left? Can I come over?? LOL Off to check out their site!
Shelley--I loved those! Had never seen them before!
Bob--you should definitely check them out. Tons more stuff on the site.
April--I nearly did faint! There's some left, so yeah, come on up. :)
I would devour those chocolate coated gummies!!
I have the munchies now. Thanks to your post...not something else:)
the "olives" crack me up. that looks like a tasty assortment
Oh chocolate covered gummi bears that's got to be awesome. Love your blog and the pictures are fantastic.
I love those olives! Great way to fake out my olive-phobic husband. :-) It all looks so good!
oh yum! looks so great and healthy -- even the chocolate covered gummi bears...
Elle, I love this new look and what a snacking feast this post is!
I am definitely into munchy, crunchy snacks ... and would devour these in no time!
I'll take some Chocolate covered Gummi's :)
How pretty! Having that store around would definitely take the stress out of a cocktail party! So glad I found you on twitter!
Thank you Elle for the great compliments! Being a small company we do appreciate hearing such great feedback about our products, company, and service.
Look forward to hearing from you soon.
from everyone at Arcade Snacks