Hey Canadian Santa, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

You totally knocked this out of the park! I've had a ton of fun sampling EVERYTHING you sent me. Because, why wait when you have all this deliciousness just sitting there, waiting for you to try them all? I certainly didn't, mostly because I have absolutely no self control at all, and because I was too excited. I may have also totally ruined my appetite for dinner but I'm adult, I'm allowed to eat dinner a few hours later on a weeknight if I want to.

I've been following this package ever since you sent it and while I am a bit miffed that your package to me came a lot faster than my package to Canada, I am more than ecstatic that I didn't have wait so long for my goodies to arrive.

It was the perfect to come home to after a rather dreary, wet and cold day. A rather large box (almost eight pounds! O.O) was on my porch and since I had already gotten an email notification that my snack exchange package had been delivered earlier today, I knew what it was immediately! I couldn't wait to open it!

What was in the box was:

A bag of President's Choice, Loads of Ketchup Chips. These were so full of ketchup flavor! Way more intense than the bag that my sister and my brother-in-law brought me back from their last trip to Vancouver. And since I happen to adore ketchup (I am a heathen who puts ketchup on everything), I know these won't last long. It'll be probably be all gone by the end of tomorrow.

A bag of President's Choice Loads of All Dressed Chips. Ruffles recently All Dressed Chips to America but for some reason, these seem to taste better. But for the life of me, I still can't really pinpoint the exact flavor of "all dressed." It's like a bunch of different flavors all mixed into one.

A bag of Hostess Hickory Sticks. I wonder if this Hostess is the same Hostess that makes Twinkies in the US? I wouldn't think so... The bag said "Simulated Flavour Potato Sticks" which had me scratching my head but after tasting them, they taste a bit like Pringles, only in flat stick form. I feel sorry for parents with little kids though -- these must get everywhere.

A box of Dare Ultimate Maple Leaf. Do Canadians really eat cookies shaped in as maple leaves and flavored with maple syrup? These crisp cookies were very strongly flavored of maple syrup and was maybe a bit too sweet for me.

A bottle of President's Choice (is this brand really popular in Canada or something?) 100% Pure Maple Syrup. What package from Canada wouldn't be complete without a bottle of maple syrup? This is the only thing I didn't sample yet -- I'll have to go and make some waffles so I can pour all this syrup on it! Here in the US, we grade our syrup with letter grades but apparently in Canada they use numbers. This bottle is Canada No. 1 Medium. I wonder what that corresponds to in the US...?

A box of Smarties. I had heard Canadian Smarties were different from the American kind and boy was I glad they were! I absolutely DESPISE American Smarties. They were the bane of my childhood Halloween haul. But Canadian smarties are more like M&M's, candy coated chocolate! Delicious!

A bag of Coffee Crisp containing four bars. These were delicious! I have a love affair with all things coffee and I love wafers in candy so these were perfect for me.

A bag of Maltesers. I totally squealed when I saw my Santa had included these in the box. I don't think I've mentioned this anywhere before, but seeing all the snack posts in the gallery, and seeing so many Maltesers being sent from UK Santas, I couldn't help but be curious as to what these Maltesers taste like. My Santa must be psychic or something. But now I know what Maltesers are a lot like Whoppers, but the flavor is completely different. It's been a while since I had a Whopper, but I couldn't help but remember that the Whoppers insides tasted better than the inside of the Maltesers. But the chocolate of the Maltesers was better than the chocolate on the Whoppers but this can't be a surprise to anybody.

A bag of Hawkins Cheezies. On first inspection, I thought they looked a lot like Cheetos. On first taste, they taste like inferior Cheetos. Less cheesy, and less flavorful.

A box of Jos Louis. These were delicious! They're like chocolate covered red velvet cakes with a cream filling in the middle. And not too sweet, which I loved! They reminded me a lot of Little Debbie's Swiss Rolls in that there's this hard (comparatively) chocolate shell that gives way to a soft chocolate cake with a cream filling inside.

One last note -- I've got to give it for my Santa Shawn for choosing things that were individually wrapped. That just made it so much easier for me to pop them open and have just one without feeling too guilty.

Thank you so much, Santa! You've made me incredibly happy! I'll be sure to be enjoying these for days to come! The chips will be gone before the weekend though -- that's just the way I roll but everything else I'll work my way through more slowly. This has been a great exchange!!