Treats Box - Epic June 2015

Treats Box is a Canadian Candy subscription that makes my daughter very happy! Until I don't let her indulge :P 

There she is helping me open. 

This is my last epic box - twice the candy of the regular box. I think it retails for about $50, and you can save on mult-month subscriptions. You can gift or order for yourself this monthly candy delight.

Here's my box in full. I'll detail what is in it below.

This is my last Treats Box for the summer. Overall, I think I would recommend them as a gift service. It's fun to get surprise candy! Last month was pretty bad, and most of the candies were not suitable for my family - but that's part of the mystery box game. This month was pretty good and if I have time I'll try to do a cost breakdown to see who came out ahead. 

Have you ordered from Treats Box? How do you get your candy fix? Are you able to balance sweet treats and weight loss?

Treatsbox Epic May Review

I love getting Candy in my mailbox! Here's the EPIC treats box for May. 

Wonderfully labelled box to get a person excited.

Delicately wrapped.

The CANDY!!!@@@!!

Nerds rope, sesame crunch, and forkz. Maybe I've been eating too healthy (or too unhealthy) as these didn't deliver in the taste department like I hoped. 

Junior Caramels, All Natural nuggets and Livewires. Gone immediately, surprising soft and chewy, and a good hardy candy.

OMG, A Charleston chew! And a chicken leg. So good. The shockers are in my car, and one is enough to suck on a time.

Cry baby gum, more shockers and gum and a lollipop.

Chips? I don't remember getting those ;) More duplicates to make up the epic box.

Just a show to show how annoying I find the little candys and the filler paper. Just put more soft candies in! ;)

The rest of the smaller items. Lots of great stuff here.

One epic shot of all the candy in the May Epic Box. With shipping, this was about $50. I'm wanting to start losing the baby weight so I might have to hid what little remains to only allow myself and my family a tiny bit. 

Like so:

Left out the Nerds Rope and the Old Dutch chips for today's snack :)

I do like this box, and I think it's a great gift idea for singles, couples or families. I would get a box like this for work where I could bring the snacks into my office, tuck them away in a drawer and use in cases of brain blood sugar emergencies. 

Treats Box Epic! (and regular box) for March

I actually forgot I had done this until I received the shipping notices and the boxes arrived on my doorstep. 

Treats Box is about $30 monthly and Epic Treats Box (double the candy) is about $50 monthly. I had to see for myself what the difference was between the regular and epic. In the name of science!

Regular above, epic below.

For the regular box:

Wow, a t-shirt this month!

Size, extra-large. I feel a promotion must be tied to this.

The candy. No information card, just sampling.

 Pretty good to start. Chocolate pops, sour cubes, taff and chocolate pop rocks. All but the candy chews were awesome.

Sweetarts rope, chomp chocolate bar, candy cane lips, liccorace pipe and chiclets. Not bad.

Cranola dip (not as yummy as fun dip), candy Strux and more sour chews.

Two sour geckos (yum!), gum and gum balls.

The complete box. Not too shabby, a good deal on a bundled package. Probably as much candy as a family should eat in a month.

Now for the Epic treats box:

Just one t-shirt. I'm going to use these for art projects when the kids might get messy. It's also extra-large. 

Wow! I see candies! And chocolates!!

Two of some of the medium items, and laffy taffy.

Some more mature candies, like the chocoate Nuffles. A few more packages of Pop Rocks (those chocolate ones were amazing), a fun toy and a couple of suckers.

Double of many of the smaller things. Again, great if you had two kidlets.

A few things were one person only. Like that Reese bar. Straight to my belly.

This guy lights up a dinosaur on the wall. That picture appears to be missing.

Epic box overview. love. Love. LOVE. 

Side by side. Epic on the left, regular on the right. I was pleasently surprised it was just two of everything in the epic. They have more room to pack, and clearly do their best to make the most of it. If you wanted to share with your family, and it was a larger size, the epic would make a great gift. 

What a haul! Both boxes! ... Maybe this wasn't the best idea ;)

I love Candy, and therefore I love Treats Box.

Treats Box vs Project Candy Box - February

I love candy. I learned about subscription boxes and although I don't like consumerism, waste and greed... well, ... I like some boxes. And it's candy. I'd be buying it anyway. ;)

I couldn't find any online comparisons between the (only?) two Canadian Candy boxes I found. So I decided I would order one of each and compare myself. In the name of Science I must eat this candy! 

Check out my reviews on the boxes for a more detailed break down of each box. I'm comparing a regular Treats Box (~$30) with a regular Project Candy Box (~$27). Both were purchased by me for the February box.

Yey! Candy! Both a very clearly the boxes I ordered. Project Candy Box ships mid-month (and is very fast to my location, usually one day) and Treats Box ships around the 5th (taking about 4-5 business days from their Ontario location). So both ship fast.

Side view. Project Candy Box is about twice the height of Treats Box. Room for bigger candies?.... 

Presentation would go to Treats Box. They know what they are doing for "standard" subscription box class/anti-environmentism, and the packing squiggles probably aid in preventing candies from breaking.

More side by side. Project Candy Box does link to an information page that gives more details on the sweet treats.

Above: The contents of Project Candy Box

 The contents of Treats Box.

Side by side of the awesome Candy goodness.

A side-by-side for February. 

Both boxes shot the theme right though the heart. Had I not left the box unopened for review, I would have been able to (re)gift some items to the kidlets for Valentine's Day. 

Treats Box seems to specialize in smaller items, and plenty of them, Of these two boxes, I think this one has the lower value although I paid more. You could pay less on a subscription or go epic and get double the candy (which might be the way to go if you have lots of candy lovers with good dental hygiene). 

Project Candy Box appears to be trying to find a niche in locating hard-to-find candies. I hope the current dollar slipping won't affect their buying power and allow them to maintain providing unique treats.

I like how Treats Box expands beyond candy, and if you had young kids, provides a toy. I like how Project Candy Box offers some more refined taste candies. It would be easier to justify as a candy loving adult.

I didn't use a promo code, but I have seen them for Treats Box. I.e. use buddybox to save 15% on your order. I have not yet seen a promo code for Project Candy Box.

I live in a world where I could justify both boxes. I'm someone who includes a candy line in my food budget. Seriously, I do!

Let me know what you think of these boxes, and if you could choose one, which would it be?