Host a Freeze-Dried Snack Night: Weird and Wonderful Tasting Flight

Board game night needs a better snack plate. Build a freeze-dried tasting flight from Soup to Nuts in Okotoks: a few sweet, a few fruity, and at least one weird item that makes someone say “no way” before they take a second bite.

Set up three lanes

Lane 1 — Sweets: gummies, rainbow bursts, assorted candy. Lane 2 — Fruit: strawberries, blueberries, mango. Lane 3 — Weird and Wonderful: pickles, California-roll sushi snacks, or whatever novelty you grabbed. Small bowls, scorecards optional, judgment encouraged.

Shop the lanes: https://www.soup2nuts.ca/category/sweets-and-treats-collection · https://www.soup2nuts.ca/category/grocery-collection · https://www.soup2nuts.ca/category/weird-and-wonderful-collection

Rules that keep it fun

Taste blind if you want. Sip water between bold flavours (pickles into candy is a journey). Have everyone pick a favourite “gift to someone who has everything.” That doubles as Christmas research.

Make it Alberta-local

Tell guests the snacks are freeze-dried in Okotoks. People love a local story with their crunch. Leave the Soup to Nuts URL on a sticky note so someone can reorder for their own party: https://www.soup2nuts.ca/

Snack nights sell themselves on social — colourful bowls, surprised faces, empty bags. That is Weird and Wonderful doing its job.