Hi-Chew – Green Apple Retro Edition
There’s nothing special about these beyond the classic packaging from 1975. I can see the appeal of the clean, classic packaging for sure. But whether it’s worth getting this just for that, probably not. Unless…
Category: Japan
Pretz – Tomato
Pretz is a brand I grew up with. I’ve had my fair share of salad and tomato flavoured Pretz. I daresay it was one of the snack staples in my childhood growing up. One thing…
Frisk Neo – Pineapple Soda Mint
I didn’t realize until I took a closer look, but this isn’t JUST pineapple. It’s pineapple soda. I guess it makes sense now why the top is yellow and the bottom is blue. This may…
FritoLay – Wasabi Beef Thick Cut Chips
I noticed a while back that wasabi beef was emerging as a popular chip flavour in Japan and it seems that it is finally making its way here in full force. The concept seems pretty…
Tirol Chocolate – Black Thunder
This is a piece I’ve been looking for, for quite some time. It almost felt like fate kept it out of my grasp until now, and I am hoping it doesn’t let me down. Tirol…
Mintia – Chocolate & Banana
Chocolate and banana is one of those old, classic flavour combinations. I personally don’t see it too often, probably because I don’t pay attention to it. I also like to think that as far as…
DARS Chocolate – Fragrant Kiwi
Yet another release in the DARS line known as fragrant fruits, kiwi is one I don’t see often. So much so that I saw this and my brain sort of assumed it was the muscat…
Chocoball – Muscat Grape Mochi
The more I delve into the Chocoball catalogue of offerings, the more I find myself wondering if they were always this prolific and experimental, or if it’s just what everyone is doing now. I find…
Hi-Chew – Sour Cherry
I’m not sure if it’s just a really big thing in North America to make things sour, or it’s just not as common in Japan. But when I see these types of flavours I tend…
Toppo – Bitter Black Chocolate
I’ll be quite frank and say that I’m not entirely sure if this is a regular flavour or this is a seasonal one. I haven’t been keeping up with Toppo enough to be able to…