Toppo – Salty Vanilla Ice Cream
When I think of all the snacks that have salt front and centre in their marketing and packaging, I think back to the first time I learned of the power of salt. By this I…
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Toppo – Grilled Sweet Potato
To describe my relationship with sweet potato candy/chocolates as tumultuous would be an understatement at this point. And yet, I keep coming back for more. Perhaps it’s that ever optimism that leads me to believe…
Toppo – Hokkaido Milk Cream Cheese
Some companies like to bring back seasonal flavours back once a year. A great example is the McRib that comes back briefly each year. It builds expectations and not much changes, which is both good…
Toppo – Butter Caramel
Butter is one of those products where you can add it to almost anything and it makes things just a little bit better. Within reason, I find this to be true – popcorn, steak, bread,…
Toppo – Corn Chocolate
Every so often it seems corn hits the spotlight in the confectionery and chocolate world. Not that it was every fully out of it, but every once in a while it blows up in a…
Toppo – Bitter Dark Chocolate
I’ve had enough Toppo flavours at this point, that I’ve finally managed to catch up to the standard or “evergreen” flavours. This particular flavour seems to always be in rotation in one way, shape or…
Toppo – Vanilla Milkshake
When you think vanilla milkshake? What comes to mind? For me it’s 60s or 70s style diners and malted milkshakes. I’m sure it was a magical time, you know, apart from all the racism, impending…
Toppo – Lemon Cheese Tart
Do you ever get the feeling like time is drifting away from you? No matter how hard you try to catch up to it, it eludes you at each turn? Perhaps time is my white…
Toppo – Strawberry Condensed Milk
I’ve reached a point with certain snacks, where I’m either beginning to repeat flavours, or the seasonal limited editions they have are so similar that they might as well be repeats. Toppo doesn’t release that…
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…