DARS Chocolate – Premium Pistachio and Cranberry
While I wouldn’t say DARS is bad, I also wouldn’t consider it a premium chocolate under normal circumstances. This one makes it clear it’s supposed to be premium though. I’m not sure if they mean…
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Morinaga
Hi-Chew – Strong Grape
What do you think of when you think of the word strong? Do you think of giant, muscly body builders? Or do you think about a bottle of perfectly aged scotch that burns the nostrils…
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…
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…
Hi-Chew Premium – Mikan Mandarin Orange
And here we are again, with another stint of me putting chewy balls in my mouth and letting you know how it tastes. Some things never change eh? Ever the sucker for anything Hi-Chew, I…
Hi-Chew Doubles – Golden Peach and Mango
I remember when Hi-Chew first started this doubles train, and even now after the past few years it shows no signs of slowing down. I’m wondering how much longer until they run out of combinations…
Hi-Chew Doubles – Cherry and Strawberry
And deeper down the Hi-Chew doubles hole we go. At this point it’s become more of a game of which flavours and fruits they haven’t combined. Cherry and strawberry seems pretty tame and normal right?…
Hi-Chew – Aloe Yogurt
Aloe is an interesting case study in how the idea of something can be marketed into oblivion and overproduced to the point that people completely forget what the original product or concept was. What I…
Hi-Chew – Umai-Chew Muscat Grape
I’m working my way through another Umai-Chew flavour, something that has become quite commonplace currently. A theme that is somewhat similar to a lot of Umai-Chew varieties of more common flavours – the texture is…