Hi-Chew Premium – Golden Peach
I’ve been consuming enough Hi-Chew in all it’s various formats to know which one is my favourite, at least based on experience thus far. While the premium format is not my top choice, that’s mostly…
Chocoball – Hi-Chew Grape
Chocoball is a brand of chocolate coated balls (inspired, I know) that have a variety of fillings. The mascot named Kyoro-Chan is some strange brand like creature. Why this helps sell chocolate balls is beyond…
Klepper & Klepper Sweet Licorice
This is branded as the best licorice ever. A bold claim to say the least. I am by no means a licorice aficionado, so I can’t say whether it’s considered a good or bad licorice.…
Country Ma’am – Rum Raisin Cookies
I have to admit that I have yet to have a really good or memorable pre-packaged cookie in Japan. The good cookies I’ve had were all either fresh or made by a bakery. Though in…
Old Dutch – Cheese Pleesers
Old Dutch isn’t a Canadian brand in the sense that it was started by our Southern neighbors and migrated north to make a name for itself. Nowadays though, when a lot of us think of…
Mintia Breeze – Strawberry
My idea of what constitutes a mint may be very different from what others consider a mint. This would largely be due to the fact that brands that are known for mints make mint-adjacent candies…
Tirol Chocolate – Royal Milk Tea
Milk tea is a very distinct flavour. Royal milk tea especially, is a pretty popular style of milk tea in Japan. Mixing black tea with lots and lots of milk, to give it a very…
Riceworks – Sweet Chili
When you observe the snack scene as closely as I often do, you notice certain trends. Sweet chili is one I didn’t particularly pay close attention to when it first started, but it’s definitely become…
Chocoball – Aloe Yogurt
Summers get really hot and sticky in most parts of Japan, so chocolate is different from what we get here in colder climates. Chocolate has to have it’s recipe adjusted to account for shelf stability…
Takis – Dragon Sweet Chili
Sweet chili flavours are a bit hit or miss for me. Some are too much on the sweet side, some too much on the chili side. As you may well know, I am an avid…