Cerenat Palitos de Tarhui

We’ve been away from our international snack blog for the last 10 days.  Why you ask?  We were adding a selection of Filipino Snacks to our online snack store!  Now that we are done with that it’s time for us to continue our search for the best snacks in the world and future inventory.  Tonight we are reviewing a snack from a new country; if you are playing along at home that means after this post we’ve reviewed snacks from 35 different countries!

"I personally struggled to come up with a description of the flavor.  Luckily our 11-year-old Director of Taste summed it up for us.  He said that Palitos de Tarhui tastes like the crust of a cooked American Pop Tart."

This mysterious 35th country is Bolivia!  The Bolivian company called Cerenat produces our snack under review.  Generally we are pretty successful in digging up some info on the producer of our foreign snacks but there is literally not a single thing on the entire Internet about Cerenat.  So what do we know about Cerenat?  Well they make this snack, that’s it.  So let’s get on with our review of Cerenat Palitos de Tarhui. 

Our snack comes in a rather inexpensive and simple package.  There’s a clear pouch carrying a stack of what appears to be mini bread sticks.    The top is some color printed-paper. The left corner shows an orange globe with a sun blasting out of the world.  The artwork on the right shows a pair of hippy hikers.   Or course it also reads the name of our snack, “Cerenat Palitos de Tarhui”.  This translates to sticks of Tarhui, from what we can tell means sticks of the Tarhui seeds.  Lets see how this Bolivian treat tastes!

We’ve been fortune enough to try a variety of the best snacks in the world, and although we don’t think this is one of them, it’s still pretty enjoyable.  The consistency caught us off guard.  It’s very thick and when chewed turns paste-like but quickly dissolves.  I personally struggled to come up with a description of the flavor.  Luckily our 11-year-old Director of Taste summed it up for us.  He said that Palitos de Tarhui tastes like the crust of a cooked American Pop Tart.  He hit the nail on the head.  Although the flavor is mild, this snacks is pretty addicting.

Will World of Snacks offer the Cerenat Palitos de Tarhui for sale online in our international snack store?  Maybe in the distant future.  We’d have to locate a variety of Bolivian snacks and that may take some time.  So if you are seeking international snacks, you’ll have to settle with our current offering.  We are going to expand our inventory every month this year, so be sure to check back often!

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