Review- February Hammock Pack "Movie Night"

As most of you know, I was a little disappointed with my first Hammock Pack. The theme in January was sailing and I wasn't too fond of most of what I received. I ended up giving the "Ahoy" notecards to a co-worker who was retiring and had a cruise coming up. We're using the Anchor Tote to wrap a "whale" themed baby boy gift for a co-worker and the other items were edibles that I didn't really care for and bath salts (which I would appreciate more if my bath didn't stink for taking baths).

I had hopes that February would be better, and it was, but I was still not "thrilled" with it.

This months theme was Movie Night;

Whimsical Candy, La-Dee-Dahs ($6.49); This is the red box in the above picture and was a box of three "La-Dee-Dahs" which are described as "swirls of white chocolate nougat and sea salt caramel hand dipped in premium dark chocolate". I tried one of these and they were okay, they looked really good but I didn't like them as much as I'd hoped.

Quinn Popcorn (3 boxes of 2 are $14.99, so this would be about $5.00); This is the "popcorn reinvented" and you can learn more about their company here:  http://www.quinnpopcorn.com/popcorn-reinvented/ I love popcorn, but when I saw that the flavor was "Vermont Maple & Sea Salt" I was skeptical. The box contained two bags and I tried this last night. First you pop the popcorn just like you normally do, next it comes with a small packet of oil which you open and dump into the bag and shake it up. Last it comes with a seasoning packet (think Uncle Bens Rice) which you also dump in and shake up. Voila! Serve it up!. The flavor wasn't bad, it was just the right amount of sweetness and the flavor was subtle. Although for the price I probably wouldn't purchase this, it was neat to try.

Oh LaLa 25 Paper Straws ($4.00); This was a fail for me, I don't really use straws and this just seemed like a strange addition to the box.

Komforte Chockolates; Movie Night Chocolate Bar ($3.49); This is a chocolate bar that has 64% dark chocolate and Halfpops partially air popped popcorn. This doesn't sound yummy, but I haven't tried it yet. Update 3/22/13; this was not yummy, between my husband and I we finished it but I would not purchase this

 Pure Palette Scents 4 Soy Tea light candles in Vanilla Cinnamon ($3.25); These smell nice cold but I didn't smell too much when burning. I took at the look at the Etsy site and I think I would have preferred a single tin can rather than tea lights but I was happy to have someone non-food.

Total Retail; approximately $22.23, so almost the cost of the box ($25).

While I appreciate being introduced to new items, I have already decided that I will not be resubbing to this box after March, it's just not what I was hoping for the last two months