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…
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Chocolate
Wawel – Brownie and Cherry Chocolate
I found this at a local European grocery store and it instantly caught my eye. Mostly because the bar has huge, but also because brownie and cherry sounds like a wildly decadent flavour and I’m…
Milka – Raspberry Creme
I haven’t had Milka before, but based on the packaging and the fact that it’s owned by the same company that runs Cadbury, I’d assumed it’s not that different from the other purple packaged chocolate.…
Oh Henry! – Level Up
Oh Henry is on a very small list of snacks that the Frigid North gets that our salty northern friends in the US don’t. I can’t tell you why that is, thought I can only…
Endangered Species Chocolate – Cranberries, Almonds and 72% Dark Chocolate
I know I often say that I don’t fall prey to the whole scheme of buzz and hype around a product simply because it exists or is sold to consumers a certain way. Things like…
Black Thunder – Fermented Butter
Fermented butter is one of those things where I really know next to nothing about but it sounds like a fancier version of a kitchen table staple. What does the fermentation do? How does it…
Reese’s Pieces With Cookie
On the long list of companies throwing ideas at a wall and figuring out what will stick, we have Reese’s taking their shot with putting yet another component inside of their chocolate pieces. Truthfully I…
Meiji – Chocolate Pistachio
Meiji milk chocolate is what I consider the basic, standard flavour of what milk chocolate is typically in Japan. It has a distinct flavour to it that is hard to describe if you haven’t tried…
Eat-More
Today’s candy falls squarely in the category of “I’ve seen this one the shelf for years but it’s never drawn me to it”. It’s packaging reminds me of my childhood. That is, the packaging has…
Black Thunder – Salty Milk
Enough time has passed that adding salt to chocolate or caramel is not considered strange at all. Nay, in the current time and age, it’s nearly expected because the combination works so well together. It…