Posts Tagged With: Xenos

Here is another off-the-wall item spotted at Xenos:

That’s right, speculoos flavored hard pretzel pieces. This is one of their “sweet” varieties. Wikipedia describes speculoos as a spiced cookie, noting that the speculoos version from Belgium has less spices than the speculaas version from the Netherlands.

I didn’t grab a bag on the day I snapped the photo, but a few days later Marco came home with a bag without him knowing I had taken a photo for the blog. We still need open the bag and try it… we’ll see how it tastes!

(Anything is probably better than the British Twiglets pretzel snack. Those taste like ashy death. I wish I was joking… I usually love pretzels!)

Xenos is a store which sells random stuff (official website in Dutch). Housewares, posters, keychains, outdoor furniture, food, drinks, you name it. I’ve been blogged about them before – the word “Xenos” is Greek and means stranger or foreigner.

First up we have the cookie dough bites cereal:

When I was growing up, the most unhealthy cereal we had was Cocoa Puffs. At some point in my childhood I also saw Reese’s cereal in the store, but I never had any interest in trying that. Cookie Dough Bites originated as a movie theatre candy in the US. I can remember Marco and Roger buying those at the movie theatre (or at Target and sneaking them into the theatre!). And then suddenly they were sold in the Netherlands. These days they had a dozen flavors and now they are a cereal. Who knew.

And here is a key chain that Xenos sells:

Having been born in the 80’s and spending my childhood playing (or watching others play) Super Mario Brothers, I told Marco that is probably the only keychain I would consider buying. Not that I need a keychain; it would probably go on my backpack if I ever did buy it. But considering Xenos has offered it for sale the last 5 years I am in no rush to purchase it. And if they ever discontinue it, I will always have this picture to remember it by.