 Hey guys, welcome back to our channel. My name is Howard. And my name is Andrea. And we are here today with an unboxing from Universal Yums. And this is probably one of our favorite subscription boxes, especially around this time of the year, because it is basically celebrating holidays around the world. And so this month, they are visiting 11 different countries and you get to eat seasonal treats and eats from those particular countries. This subscription box is $25 a month. We have a lot of different snacks here. So we're going to jump in. Oh, and I wanted to mention I forgot this booklet that comes with the box. It gives you a description of all of the different snacks that are in the box, as well as trivia questions. And it even has several different recipes in it as well. So all right, you ready? Okay, sure. First up is... Is what? It is a sugar and anise pulverone. I think I said that right. It says it is from Spain. And it says this dusty delicacy will make a lot more sense. Oh, one taste in this dusty delicacy will make a lot more sense. I don't think I like it, but... Well, it says it's extra crumbly. Yes, it fell apart. So it broke, but this is what it looks like. It just looks like a spice cookie. Yeah, but it's broken. Yeah. And it says, imagine getting dust for Christmas and being excited about it. That's how they describe this treat right here. So no, thank you. And anise, I probably don't like it, but I'll try it. It says shortbread with powdered sugar and topping. Okay. Cheers. Okay. Is that anise? Mm-hmm. Licorice hype taste thing. No, I did not know that's what that was. I don't like it either. I don't like it. I'm with you on that one. If you like, if you like licorice, you would probably like that. Don't like licorice, like black licorice type. Yeah. Yeah, that's what it tastes like, black licorice. Okay. So the next thing up, get that taste out of my mouth. Roast turkey and stuffing potato chips. Sounds interesting. It is a UK holiday feast in every in every chip. That's how they describe it. Roast turkey, crispness, warm, spiced stuffing, and even a touch of gravy. Okay. Got to get this taste out. Cheers. Mm-hmm. Nope. That's a no. It's a texture. Got the taste out though. The other taste went out. Got that taste out. It's the texture. It doesn't taste. It doesn't taste like a, it doesn't have the texture of like a laced potato chip or a kettle chip. It tastes not even like a Pringle. It tastes like a, what is that? Cardboard? What is it? It never tasted cardboard, but never tasted cardboard, but I don't think I like that one. Okay. Well, I can't describe the texture. It's, it's a odd texture and an odd flavor. Okay. So up next is, it's from Taiwan. Yes. I don't think I'm going to like this one either. It is salted egg yolk popcorn. Oh, yummy. And it says on the Lunar New Year, local eat soy sauce soaked tea aids. Nope. Oh, and there's actual egg yolks in here. How does it smell? What does it smell like? Does it smell like egg? I wouldn't say that, but I don't know. I heard yolk, egg yolk. Do you want to take one for the team? I'll take one for the team. Okay. How is it? A little sweet. It's like popcorn. I mean, it doesn't taste very eggy or anything, but I guess it's in my mind, but it could be egg. I don't want any. Why? I definitely don't want to try it now. I'll skip this one. We'll take his word for it. Oh man. Come on. Try something new. Okay. Okay. So the next one up is Mocktail Bonbons. And it says, um, if you're English and 18 years or older, um, probably one of your favorite things to do is to head to the pub. And so in this bag, there is tequila, sunrise, cranberry, Cosmo. I don't think there's, I don't know. They're a little feast. You want to let them see what's in there? There are different, actually different colors too. Um, Prosecco. Oh, see, I mean, a lot of the things, but I don't think there's actual alcohol in here. I'm reading the ingredients. That's what I'm doing. There's no actual alcohol, but it's, um, colored with turmeric and beet powder and paprika. All right. Let's try. Cheers. Oh, it's hard. I mean, oh, you know what? It's sour. Well, I got a sour. It has the texture of a Mentos. If you've ever had a Mentos, that's the texture of it. I don't know what flavor I'm eating. I don't either. Um, it's tangy. Sour. I actually like it. Do you like sour? Yeah, I do like sour. The texture of a Mentos or a Starburst or something like that. Well, you've got all the flavors out of my mouth though. Yeah, those other flavors are horrible. Okay. But I have a full one in my mouth. How about, get rid of it? Okay, so next up, we have a cookie from the Netherlands. Okay, at least it's better. It says crude, I think it's crude, noten cookies. Okay. Basically, it is a spice cookie, a Dutch spice cookie, kind of like a specula, as it said. Okay, a little cookie. Yeah, cute little cookie. Cheers. Cheers. This is a spice cookie. Yeah. No, this one is good. Very crunchy. Not especially. It kind of reminds me of gingerbread. Yeah, but it does. I don't taste the ginger in it. It really does taste like a biscoff cookie. That's kind of what it tastes like and reminds me of. So pretty good. I like that. So next up, we have alpine nut cake. It says a crumbly, nutty pie straight from the Swiss Alps. Okay. It has caramelized walnuts and hazelnuts. And it says it's sweet. And it says that, oh, it's not what I expected. Not at all. How many do you get in there? There's one. That's it. Okay. And it says Swiss folks eat this in January. Oh, it has stuff on it. And I'm not a filling person. You like fillings. I do. I don't. Okay. We'll see. I'll cut you a little piece and I'll give you a piece maybe. They look the same size. Yours is a little smaller. Oops. Okay. Cheers. Cheers. Not bad. It's good. The texture is kind of like the inside of a brown sugar pop tart. You don't eat pop tart. Brown sugar pop tart. I don't know if it tastes good. That's all I know. It's okay. Okay. It's okay. It's a, the cake part of it was kind of dry. But the, like a cookie, more like a cookie and not a cake. Yes, then have the filling. Okay. So next up we have truffles. Yay. It's a, let's see. It says silky smooth ganache. So I'm looking forward to some regular old chocolate. Good. Regular old, regular old chocolate. I'm gonna cut it. No, have your own. Cheers. That's good. The old chocolate. Nice welcome change to some of this other stuff. We've been eating. That's really good. Very rich. It's good. Okay. So next up we have chocolate cream pandoro. Chocolate cream pandoro. It says, Italy's beloved holiday sweet bread. Which you like this kind of stuff. So it reminds me of a panatone, but I don't know about the chocolate part of it. Oh, I didn't see that. Let me realize I read it if I did. Gooey chocolate. Did I read that? Well, yeah. It says, um, pandoro cake with chocolate cream. It says gooey chocolate. This is something they celebrate or enjoy countrywide, I should say. And I'm not really into the panatone. Okay. So basically I cut it in two. It has the cocoa in the middle. Yeah. It smells like a Hawaiian sweet roll. Do you want the chocolate piece or the non-chocolate piece? Non-chocolate piece. All right. So I guess I'll have to taste the chocolate since I want something that always has to. Cheers. I like the roll, the bread. It's just like Hawaiian bread, doesn't it? Like King's Hawaiian. That's exactly what it tastes like to me. It's good. I like it. It is good. It is pretty good. Okay. So up next we have the apple and dark domino steins or dominoes. Apple. Cool. I would not have expected the apple. So it says four layers of festive German deliciousness. It says it has a gingerbread base and then a layer of tart jelly and then a fluffy confection made of apricot kernels and then a coating of dark chocolate. Okay. It's what it looks like. I'll cut into it and see the inside. Okay. This is something I've never heard of this before. Invented in 1936. Okay. Long time ago. You were wearing a round. But look at that. Yeah. All the layers. Okay. Cheers. I like this too. I taste like an almond type thing which you don't like. Mm-hmm. It tastes like almond. I do not like almond flavoring. Okay. So up next. Oh, I can't even. I don't even want to swallow. It's baklava from Jordan. And you really like baklava. I'm not a huge baklava thing in. So inside this little container. I'll show them with the box. Oh yeah. But open it up and then there's several different types of baklava. Oh, I forgot that other one in my mouth. You're not having any of these. All right. I'll take one. I'll try one. I gotta get that taste out. All right. And I'll have one too. Cheers. Good. What do you think? Well, I don't know if it's fair of me to say because I don't really care for baklava. It's not bad. It's not bad. Sweet. Yeah. Okay. So now we're going to have some savory. We are having roasted garlic potato chips. All right. Hopefully it's just potato chips. I hope so. It says it's a Czech tradition to place garlic beneath the holiday table. It's said to bring strength and protection to everyone in attendance. This is a strong garlic cinch. Oh, it smells good though. It's a lot of garlic. Cheers. Cheers. Oh, too much garlic for me. That's good. Oh, I like it. You don't like it? All right. Initial hit with strong garlic. Got past it. Got to the chip. It's not bad. That was a very dramatic first response. Well, that garlic was strong. It is strong, but I like it. And it actually, the chip is not greasy like a traditional potato chip. It's very light and the garlic flavor is really there, but it's not super salty. That's probably my favorite thing so far. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Those are pretty good. Okay. So the, I think this is the last one. So it is a sea salt and caramel fudge. It says a sweet and savory cake on English Christmas fudge. This should be good. It should be, but I think it says, uh... Oh, they're individually wrapped. Oh, they are? Yeah, individually wrapped in there. I'll try and cut it because... Yeah, it says, this is just not the traditional chocolate kind that you're used to. So I'm excited to try this one. Okay. I like it. I like fudge though. I like fudge too. This is good. I don't taste the saltiness per se, but I feel like I'm crunching on salt, like crystals. I didn't taste the salt, but that's good. That's fine. I think that's it. Yeah, that is. That's it. Very interesting box. Very interesting box. So what was your favorite? Oh, so I like, I like this cake. I do. I like the, oh, I like a whole bunch of stuff. There's stuff I really don't like. There's popcorn really into that biscuit with the, this one with the anise. Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. So I would have to say that my favorite was probably those garlic chips. My least favorite, this licorice cookie thing. If you try the popcorn, that'd be up there too. This was terrible. This was terrible. But all right, well, that's it. I hope you guys enjoyed this video. If you did, please make sure to give us a thumbs up. If you have not subscribed to our channel, we certainly love to have you. Thanks so much for watching and we'll see you guys next time. Bye.