OH SNAP, Junk Food Nation.  It’s CONTEST TIME up in here, thanks to my good friends at MUNCHPAK, a brand new monthly junk food mail-subscription service!  But we’ll get to that in a minute.

First, I just wanted to give a QUICK shout-out to best best new invention of 2014 so far: THE BURRITO BOX, or the world’s first burrito vending machine.  SAY WHAAA.  Oh, that’s right.  The Burrito Box (like Red Box) is so far only available in two locations in LA, but it’s safe to say we need these EVERYWHERE.

You put in money. Select your breakfast/lunch burrito.  And the machine gives you a hot, hormone- and antibiotic-free burritos for $3. THREE DOLLARS, PEOPLE!  Apparently, flavors include: roasted potato with cage-free egg and cheese; uncured bacon with cage-free egg; chorizo sausage with cage-free egg and cheese; shredded beef and cheese, and free-range chicken with beans and rice.

Dude.  Someone get this in my office building, stat.

OK, BACK TO TODAY’S JUNK FOOD: MUNCHPAK!

The good people at MunchPak contacted me to ask if I’d like to try one of their MunchPaks, and I said yes.  But let’s begin with what MunchPak is.  According to their website:

“MunchPak was created to allow people to try snacks from all over the US and the rest of the world. No matter if you are really busy or just plain lazy… MunchPak makes snacking convenient by offering free shipping to it’s subscribers.”

Got that? Subscription-based mail-order US/international snack boxes.

My MunchPak arrived in a good size cardboard box adorned with MunchPak tape.  When I sliced it open, inside I found confetti!  Like a party just got started.

Here’s how MunchPak works: You pay money. You sign up for a plan: one month, 3 month, 6 month, etc. You sign up for frequency: weekly, bi-weekly, monthly. And then they send you snack boxes full of snacks from all over the US and all over the world.

The range of MunchPak snack variety was seem in MY personal MunchPak – I saw snacks above from Asia, the US, Mexico, the UK… their website states:

“MunchPak was built and designed with the intention of letting people try the most popular snacks, and of course, local favorites from all over the world. There are tons of great tasting snacks from quality companies all over the US that aren’t offered in every state. There are also thousands of other delicious snacks made by various companies all over the world.”

So, they’re trying to bring the variety to YOU.  Let’s take a look at what I received…

My MunchPak had a number of Latin snacks: Barritas Frescas, which looked like a Strawberry Newton with the innards exposed, De La Rosa Peanut Confection, my FAVORITE marzipan peanut candy, Sabritones, a chile/lime fake-pork-rind snack, Japanese Nuts, I saw these a lot when I was in Mexico, slightly offensive but TASTY, Gansito, a chocolate covered Twinkie that also has jelly inside, and Pulparindo, an “extra hot and salted tamarind pulp candy.” Strangely enticing.

My MunchPak had a bunch of US goods: Famous Amos Cookies, not to be confused with Famous Jameis, Snyder’s PB Pretzel Sandwiches, yummy, and Herr’s Ketchup Potato Chips, to which the Junk Food Gal definitely said EWWWW.

US Snacks, continued: Gardettos, the better-than-Chex-Mix snack mix, Sweet and Salty Nuts, *cue immature laugh*, Original Penguin, uh…it says milk chocolate covered biscuit filled with chocolate cream…oooook……

…Sour Smog Balls, crunchy candy w/ sour chewy center, Pop-Tarts, Munch Peanut Bar, Rice Krispies Treat, and something called Chick O Stick, which the Junk Food Gal thought was orange gum, but Google reveals is a peanut butter confection.

My MunchPak had Asian snacks too!  Hello Panda, cookies with chocolate cream inside, cellophane wrapper rice crackers (love these), Pocky, a popular stick cookie, Grape Bubble gum, and Hi-Chews, the best damn Asian Starburst I’ve ever had.

My MunchPak ended with two offerings from Europe – Nutella, which I will eat on anything, including my fingernails, and Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons, which I’m pretty sure are just chocolate chips, but what do I know?

So that was my MunchPak!  For $20 a month, it’s a good deal – there’s definitely more than $20 worth of snacks in this box, and if you’re someone who just goes through life jones-ing for crazy ass snacks to supplement your already energetic US junk food habit (like me), then MunchPak is DEFINITELY for you.  AND GUESS WHAT?  I’m gonna give two of you out there a chance to try a MunchPak snack box for YOURSELF.  READ ON, NATION!

PURCHASED AT: MunchPak.com

COST: $19.95 a month

—- —- —-

*** AND NOW, THE CONTEST DETAILS! ***

THE PRIZE: A MunchPak Box of your VERY OWN!  Sent directly to your home (even if you live in Alaska or Hawaii!)

THE WINNERS: There will be TWO winners!  TWO (2)!! Not one, but two.  Two is more than one. I just blew your mind.

HOW TO ENTER: Because there will be TWO winners, there are TWO ways to enter!

—- —- —-

>> METHOD 1: TWIT PIC CONTEST! <<

One MunchPak will be mailed to a Twitter winner, and here’s how to enter:

1. Join Twitter.  This is a Twitter contest, so man up and sign up. I keep telling you to do this. So do it.

2. Snap a picture of where YOU’D munch on your MunchPak!  Your desk at work?  Your couch at home?  Under a tree?  The top of a dome?  Take some cool pictures of cool places where you’d like to snack on a MunchPak.  You can be in the picture, but you don’t have to be.

3. Once you’re on Twitter, TWEET THE PICTURE TO ME including the following cut-and-paste line:

Hey @junkfoodguy – This is where I’d munch on my @MunchPakSnacks! 

You can use TwitPic, MyPict, Instagram, whatever – just tweet me the picture and remember to include the @ tags.  

4. Tweet me as many pictures as you like, and my FAVORITE PICTURE WILL WIN!  You can certainly enter more than once, and the more times you tweet me a different pic, the more times you’ll be entered.  The winners of the Candy Corn Oreos DELUGED MY TIMELINE with tweets.  You can do the same thing!  AND THAT’S IT.  You’ll automatically be entered in a drawing for a MunchPak!

—- —- —-

>> METHOD 2: COMMENT CONTEST! <<

The second MunchPak winner will come from a comment left below!  Here’s how to enter:

1. Leave a comment about what your favorite NON-US/INTERNATIONAL junk food, snack food, fast food is.  Nutella? Pocky? Japanese Kit Kats?  Canadian potato chips? What flavors?

2. Be sure to include your email address in the applicable field below so I can email the winner. AND THAT’S IT! Comment away – this winner will be selected at random.

—- —- —-

>> EXTRA DETAILS FOR BOTH METHODS <<

A. Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Tuesday, January 14, 2014.  Get all your pics tweeted and comments left before then!  I’ll announce the two winners on Wednesday, January 15, 2014.

B. US residents are the only ones eligible to participate, INCLUDING HAWAII AND ALASKA.  But NO PO Boxes. I don’t make the rules.  Wait, I kind of do.  But whatever – keep that in mind.

C. YOU CAN ENTER USING BOTH METHODS.  Tweet me a pic. Leave me a comment.  You can only win once, but why not increase your chances by entering both?  DO IT.

—- —- —-

So that’s it, Junk Food Nation!  Enter my contest and TWO OF YOU WILL WIN A MUNCHPAK, mailed directly to your door. BOOM.

Thoughts? Please comment below or hit me up on Twitter @junkfoodguy or LIKE my Facebook Page and message me there. I also have Google+!! Let’s hang out.

Sincerely,

Junk Food Guy