Chocoball – Kyoto Matcha
Chocoball is generally considered more of a children’s brand, and is obviously marketed as so. As the children who grew up on it, they become nostalgic and become a bigger portion of the purchasing base. I think the best example of this is LEGO, where once it was almost geared specifically towards kids, it has become increasingly targeted at adults who have more money. I imagine this particular flavour of Chocoball is similar to that.
Unlike some of the other large premium versions of Chocoball, these are less round and more oblong. Almost like a flat sphere like shape similar to a Skittle. It makes sense when you consider that these are not gummy or jelly based, and are just larger version of the usual chocolate covered biscuit format.
They have a very deep, rich, earthy green to the outer chocolate and have any equally enticing smell to them. The flavour of the matcha is a very nice balance between the earthy bitter notes, with a decent sweetness. This is more of a distinct matcha flavour, and less like the more common cookies and creme flavour of overly sweet matcha, not that I dislike either one. But these definitely feel like they are more geared towards a mature and adult audience, versus children of their regular varieties. If nothing else, these aren’t just straight sweetness.
The chocolate coating is quite thick and has a decent helping of chocolate before getting to the crispy, light and airy center. The chocolate itself is pretty well tempered but also has a nice melt to it, so as you’re chomping away the chocolate slowly dissolves away instead of clumping together or leaving a mess. Overall the combination of the smooth chocolate and the airy biscuit texture leaves a rich flavour behind, but a clean finish. It’s like a premium version of a Maltesers or Whopper, if you have tried those. All in all a great combo working to make something quite addictive.
There’s nothing super revolutionary or novel about this, it’s just a relatively classic combo done very well. I’m slightly ashamed to say I finished the whole pouch in a sitting, but if you tried these you would probably as well. Another highly recommended product from the Chocoball product line. I do think this is better for adults though, since these balls are big enough to be a choking hazard for any unsuspecting kids.
