Black Thunder – Cacao
You know you’re in for a good time when you see cacao beans all over the package. The selling point of these is they use 40% cacao from Ecuador. Again, I am not sophisticated or…
Category: Japan
Tirol Chocolate – Milk Nougat
This is the OG – the original, the one that started it all. Back before what I assume was their big rebrand in the 1990s, this chocolate apparently had it’s beginnings in 1962. The branding…
Tirol Chocolate – Apple Pie
Every time I think I miss a Tirol flavour, about half the time it comes back the year after so I’m not too sad when I miss a release. Apple pie is one of those…
Black Thunder – Caramel
When I think about caramel in the context of chocolates or candy bars, two options come to mind – the thick, gooey syrup form of caramel that sticks to everything and anything, or the hardened…
Tirol Chocolate – Hokkaido Soft Serve
It’s not often I find Tirol chocolates in my neck of the woods, much less a big bag of them that isn’t the usual suspects. This one has my quite excited, mostly because it has…
Doritos Cup Style – Grilled Taco
I sometimes wonder if big established North American brands like Doritos have to get more creative and novel to appeal to the Japanese audience, or if they are just relatively unknown over there and have…
Bourbon – Mochi Truffe Shine Muscat Grape
Bourbon has been host to many a delicious mochi chocolate flavours, and I’ve reviewed many of them as well. For the most part they tended to be flavours that mesh well with chocolate, be they…
Tirol Chocolate – Canele Pastry
Canele pastries are not a new flavour to Tirol. In fact, I’ve seen it a few years before but simply haven’t had a chance to give it a go. That changes today. Admittedly this will…
Hi-Chew Doubles – Apple and Melon
Next up in the saga of what fruits Hi-Chew can smash together and make work, is another pairing which doesn’t seem too weird, but I won’t know for sure until I bite into it. So…
Hi-Chew – Fanta
I’m fairly certain this is nothing new, and is just another rebrand of a soda flavour they keep bringing back, but I have fond memories of them from childhood, so I’ll allow it. I guess…