Newport Jerky Company Edible Insects (Mixed Bugs)

Tasty morsels.

This was super fun to try some insects as a party snack. We took it to a friend's and everyone (kids and adults) tried at least one, most of us had 2 or 3. There was plenty to go around as tasters. The bugs are are mostly in tact, some lets were missing, but you could definitely see what they were; eyeballs, legs and all parts. examining them first made the tasting so much worst (better!). The grasshoppers and crickets were grassy tasting, the larva looking things were very bitter, and there was not enough salt to balance the flavor. The novelty was fun and super cringey, but honestly, I think they should have been $5 or $6, not $14. Otherwise, it was a good experience.

I admit I'm a little lost on how to rate this. I want to be fair. The only complaint I had is the same problem you get with any variety mix. Sometimes you don't get enough of each kind, and sometimes the package lacks one of the varieties. The bugs were dehydrated and in that state rather difficult to tell which one they were. I was glad that the legs and heads fell off, which made them easier to eat. The texture was not that bad. It didn't feel like you were eating a bug. The package contained mostly worms. I don't know which one it was--the Sago or Silk worm. Of course, of the ones I tasted, they tasted pretty decent...a mixture of cheddar cheese and wheat germ. The crickets and grasshoppers tasted like cat food to me (and yes, I did try that once as a kid).I was curious, and this satisfied my curiosity. I accomplished one wild and crazy thing on my bucket list--and compared to things like jumping out of an airplane, I guess it was one of the cheaper thrills. Oh, by the way...the package looks smaller than it does in the picture. I feel satisfied with this one accomplishment, so I can go back to being boring again. I doubt bugs will ever be on my menu unless that zombie apocalypse thing happens.

The package is microscopic in size. Extremely expensive for the amount you receive. They are nasty tasting. 🤮

Every year at Christmas, my niece and I eat bugs. Last year we’re hotlix insect suckers. This year was chocolate covered scorpions. They were great and we had a fun time.

I'm not expert on bugs or how bugs should taste... That being said, they were terrible. They smelled and tasted very old, musty and stale. The package is tiny as hell, but trust me, you don't want any more of these. I also thought they would have more crunch to them. Maybe they did at one point, but by now they have gone a bit cardboard-like. The sight of this creature in my hand was not off-putting. The smell and foul taste was the turn off. Keep your money and try them fresh when you can.

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My teenager and I wanted to be adventurous by eating bugs! We were going to start with a tarantula but decided on the centipedes instead. We watched a ton of videos of people in South East Asia eating these things all different ways, but the most common way is fried like these are.The good: The ingredients are simple. 2 ready-to-eat Golden Headed Centipedes that have been boiled & oven dried.The bad: I'm sure it's not easy shipping crunchy bugs without them breaking apart but they did come with most of their legs broken off. Overall though, they both remained mostly in tact.The ugly: They tasted awful! A strong nutty flavor followed by the taste of burnt nuts then a very annoying feeling of tiny little bits of what I could best describe as eating a shell. The aftertaste was even worse! Granted, this is only my opinion about them and others may enjoy the flavor and the mouth sensation but I did not and neither did my son.We tried to feed them to my cats and out of the two, only one ate some and even then, she didn't want to finish it. The other cat smelled it and decided it was a toy rather than something to snack on. He refused to eat it.It's a bit pricey for an experiment but I'm glad we did it to some extent because I do like trying new things. I only wish it had been a bit cheaper. My husband made us promise to stop wasting money on our taste adventures for a while.