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Friday, May 18, 2012

Treats From Sweden!

After my Swedish friend Malin @ Vegan Parade sent me some amazing chocolates which I won in a contest, we agreed it would be fun to be foodie penpals & keep the exchanges going. Since there are so many treats in Sweden that are not available in Canada & vice versa, this is a good opportunity for us both to try new & exciting treats. When my package arrived, I couldn’t wait to open it!

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First, I found the suckers! I’ve already had two of them & let Dallas have a taste. We agreed they taste like “regular” suckers, but no sugar crash after. I love that they’re naturally sweetened with agave & coloured with beets!

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Next: more candy!! I’ve already had the Strawberry Bear. Inside were two mini rolls that tasted like Fruit Roll-ups, but way better! Ingredient list says: “apples, pears, sweet potato extract, natural strawberry flavour, absolutely nothing else.” Love it! And it comes with fun animal facts inside. Did you know that a snail can sleep for up to THREE YEARS?! Or that rabbits can jump twice as far as the best Olympic jumpers?? So cool!

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Onto chocolates! I ate the crispy rice bar yesterday, and it was really good. It had a layer of chocolate krispies, then a layer of vanilla krispies, & chocolate chips on top! Yum. I’m really looking forward to trying the other chocolate bars.

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TEA! I’ve already had the chai white tea. Delicious! One can never have too many teas.

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Lip balm & coins! I lovelovelove that Malin sent me coins, & I will have to do that for her in the next package I send to her. The coconut hemp seed oil lip balm is honestly just simply amazing. My lips have been feeling a little dry lately, but I don’t like to buy chapstick because it always dries my lips out further. This stuff, however, I applied two days ago and haven’t felt the need to reapply since. I actually almost forgot about it and only remembered when writing the post! No dry lips, and it enhances my lips’ natural colour nicely. love it blank Treats From Sweden!

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That’s it, that’s all! I sent some Char Stars & Clif Bars to Malin, but clearly I need to be more imaginative next time! Thank you so much for all of these amazing treats, Malin! I have them in a special bowl on the counter that I keep picking from. hehe.

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Last but not least, Malin’s note was just so sweet, I have to share! I do hope to visit Sweden someday.

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peace, love, food <3

Char, xo

Posted at 2:06 am | Foodie Penpals | 12 Comments

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