Toppo – Burnt Basque Cheesecake
During my trip to Japan, among the other trends I noticed that were big at the time like bubble tea, cheesecake was a big thing. Not just any cheesecake mind you, since cheesecake has been…
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Chocolate
Tirol Chocolate – Beni Imo Tart
Each summer Tirol releases a series of limited edition flavours that showcase popular regional variety snacks and desserts. Sure, it’s not summer, and sure this review is only about half a year late, but I’m…
Ritter Sport – Marhaba Yogurt Honey Hazelnut
As someone who gets bored easily, companies that can crank out limited run seasonal flavours or new ones constantly are ones I end up paying a lot more attention to. Maybe bored is not the…
Tirol Chocolate – Hojicha and Matcha
I’ve had both hojicha and matcha flavours by Tirol. The hojicha flavour was found wanting, and the matcha is great each time. Seriously. I’ve had at least three different variations of the matcha flavour from…
Tirol Chocolate – Choco Mint Mochi
What says Christmas, holidays and festive cheer like chocolate mint? Better yet, what’s better than chocolate mint and Tirol? The wonderful marriage of the two! While this is supposedly more of a summer seasonal flavour…
Hershey’s Cookies N Mint
Hershey’s has always been the starter chocolate. As a poor kid with no real experience, money or car, it was the go to brand for anything chocolate related. For a time when I didn’t know…
Toppo – Ghana Rich Chocolate
Lotte, like many other brands in Japan, is no stranger to do cross-brand collaborations, like Toppo and Koala’s March. I mean, it makes perfect sense to combine two well-established brands into a special limited edition…
Crunky – Agepan
Agepan is basically the Japanese term for sugar bread. Based on my limited experience and understanding of it, it’s essentially a dinner roll fried in oil and topped with sugar or kinako (roasted soy powder).…
Tirol Chocolate – Sakura Mochi
Flowers and plants are often used to enhance the flavour or aroma of foods. Just like how rosewater is used to create Turkish delight, and lavender is used in practically everything these days, sakura, or…
Black Thunder – Corn Flake
My first experience with corn flakes and chocolate was Ritter Sport. To this day, that flavour remains one of the most popular. It sounds really strange on paper, but it’s one of those things you…