When Alex of Little Box of Yum contacted me and asked if I would be interested in sampling a box of gourmet products, I might have yelled out HELL YEAH! I couldn’t reply fast enough, gourmet foods are my thing. And as we all know, I can totally be bought with good food.
Little Box of Yum was launched on 1 March this year. The concept is simple – you order a box, they send it to you. The biggest benefit is you get gourmet products delivered to you each month, and you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your lounge room! To find out more head to their FAQ page.
I was very pleasantly surprised upon receiving my Little Box of Yum. It’d sound totally dorky if I told you the first word to come out of my mouth when I first opened the box was “yum!”, so I won’t tell you that’s what was said. But yes, yum! The products in the box included chilli salsa aptly titled Bum Hummers, Roza’s Sweet Mustard with Apricots and Macadamia Nuts Gourmet Sauce, Maleny Cuisine Strawberry, Lime and Whisky Conserve (making breakfast interesting again), Angelo’s Beetroot Fettuccine, Outback Spirit Wattleseed (I’m intrigued), Currong Comestibles Rainforest Lime Shrub (equally intrigued), Morish Caramel Coated Nuts and rose flavoured Spun Fairy Floss. This month’s box had a distinct Australian theme, and every single item had my interest at the onset. I am currently enjoying sampling all the products, I will tell you more about them individually in future posts.
I wonder if this let-me-send-you-a-box-to-sample thing could become a regular gig.
Along with the products there was also a Discovery Booklet included in the box. The booklet introduces Little Box of Yum and outlines the individual products with a background on how the products came about. At the end of the booklet there is a collection of recipes, always handy when cooking with a new product for the first time.
One of the recipes I noticed is an “Urban Mess”, Hotel Urban’s take on Etons Mess. It included spun fairy floss perched on top, which of course happens to be one of the products in the box I received. My initial thought was to guts the floss down without a second thought, but after seeing this recipe I realised there are more uses for fairy floss than just impulsive guts-ing. So I’ve almost reluctantly kept the fairy floss aside, unopened, waiting for a delicious dessert to make its debut.
To share the deliciousness that is Little Box of Yum, we have a special discount for cake crumbs & beach sand readers. Receive $10 off your first box when you subscribe, head here to subscribe and receive your discount.
And, Little Box of Yum are also offering one lucky reader the chance to win a box of gourmet goodness. To be in the running to win the box answer the following questions: What food product makes you say “yum” out loud? And would you just rip open spun fairy floss and devour it without a second thought, or would you save it to share with your loved ones? Also, be a champ and head over and like Little Box of Yum on Facebook.
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Ts & Cs
Giveaway is open to residents of Australia only.
One entry per person.
Prize cannot be exchanged for money or other products not listed. Box may contain products not shown here.
Giveaway closes on Wednesday 22 May 2013 at 12:00 noon WST, winner announced here on Thursday 23 May 2013.
Winner selected by me based on creativity of comment left, chance plays no part. Winner will need to provide mailing address (once announced) to receive Little Box of Yum.
Disclosure: I was given a Little Box of Yum in conjunction with this giveaway. Opinions stated here are my own…you know, given it is my blog.
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To read more about Little Box of Yum click on the links baby! Check out the recipes on their blog too…YUM!
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The winner of this giveaway is Anna M. You had me at freshly baked bread in the mornings! Thank you all for participating.
Kell Rowe - What a lovely prize and what a difficult question! I am a gourmet junkie. Hmmm. How about freshly baked bread? I love the aroma so much that as a kid I’d spend half my pocket money on a big crusty continental loaf just so I could eat both ends without having to share!
It’s even better covered in blackcurrant jam from The Berry Farm.
Michelle V - Chocolate’s my biggest indulgence, it can drown out deafening screams
It can turn your worst nightmares into the sweetest of dreams
If there’s a darkened tunnel, its the light at the end
It comforts and cheers you more than any friend
It stops childish tantrums and Band-Aids can’t compare
To fix any ache or pain, yo just need chocolate there
It’s reuinted lovers, it gives low days a lift
It’s the only hope you’ve got when you need an “I’m sorry” gift
It’s your companion as you cry through The Notebook yet again
It always manages to please you (unlike many men!!)
Lilybett - My Dear Boy turns into a hangry little monster if his meals and snacks aren’t forthcoming. He will thrust out an imperious hand to receive rice crackers and rice cakes and craisins and sultanas, but little sachets of yoghurt turns that imperious hand into a little clap of delight. Yoghurt and rice bubbles are the only things he says ‘yum-meee’ for in his soft little inside voice.
Anna M - As a child my Dad would always bake a fresh loaf of bread each morning and thats the delightful smell that I would wake to. Breakfast would be a steaming warm slice of bread with melted butter and homemade strawberry jam with big chunks of strawberry…I bet even you are saying YUM right now and I wish I had Dads bread making recipie as im sure that I could win over Channing Tatum with a slice of that amazing bread and the homemade Strawberry Jam
The FairyFloss would be quietly hidden away and then eaten with pure delight bit by bit when I was all alone and could keep it all for myself. Placing little bits on my tongue and just savouring the wonderful sweetness.
Amanda O'Keeffe - YUM, Lime strawberry whisky conserve,has me salivating already.
Karyn Dymond - Chocolate! Always chocolate! I would eat all that spun sugar myself – with no apologies!
Reannon - Cake. Cake is the food that makes me say yum. I can’t live without it! Tim jokes that my headstone will say ” mmmmm caaaaake”!
That spun fairy floss sounds pretty damn good too!
Sharon Fawcett - I’m a real softy for a good marshmallow and just the thought of them makes me say ‘yum!’.
And of course I would share the fairy floss with the kidlets but I wouldn’t show them how big the container is so that I can devour more later on.
Cyndie - A nice gourmet cheese makes me say ‘Yum’… and I would just rip open the spun fairy floss and devour it without a second thought!
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Marjatta Kefalinos - I used to love Faity Floss whenI was a little girl and as you know that was a long long time ago! Love to taste it again! I don’t have much change to get life’s little luxuries where I live so winning the Little Box of Yam would be a real treat for an Old girl like me. I’m feeling lucky! xxoo
Thanh - Caramel popcorn! I just salivate at the sight of it! I love eating it whilst watching the movie Enchanted with Amy Adams and McDreamy!And no sharing for me, they are all mine!
Rebecca Bird - At the moment the Strawberry, Lime and Whisky Conserve! It sounds like the strangest combination, but I’m just dying to try it! I could probably even get my partner to eat breakfast if it had whisky in it! haha. As for the fairy floss I would have to share it, my daughter gets so excited over fairy floss I would feel too bad to not share
Lisa A - Freshly baked & warm croissants, broken open and spread with creamed cheese, served with bacon and an egg will always makes me say yum. It is my Christmas brekky of choice. I’d definitely share the spun fairy floss with a close friend – the experience would be enjoyable, enhancing what would already be a scrumptious treat. And guilt-free at half the calories! Can’t ask for more than that