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1 year ago
Cookies Plus (with Oatmeal Cookies)
A guest post by my dear friend Meimei. She’s an artistic friend who thinks she’s stuck in the logical world of computers. LOL! She’s into photography and is currently single, kidding!
Master Kitkat Blogger is on a little break so I’m taking her floor temporarily. LOL. I’ll be introducing you to this unique Kitkat flavor only available in Japan.
I don’t have a sweet tooth. And I detest sweetness that can get all the way to my throat. Knowing Kitkat bars to have that effect on me, I was hesitant to taste the other kitkats out there, worried that I’ll have the same painful I experience with the overly sweet original Kitkat, well at least for my taste though. However, curiousity brought me to challenge myself having seen my friend’s addition over them.
Sorry for the lengthy intro and so I’ll now taking you to the real part. Let me introduce you to Kitkat’s cookie plus whole wheat, a better term maybe oatmeal cookie perhaps?
At first try, you’ll notice a tinge of bitterness which is probably brought by the whole grain infused within the chocolate wafer. You’ll also feel a litle of that wheat on every bite, minute only though. What was surprising too was, unlike the normal kitkat, that the bar isn’t too sweet, just enough for someone like me who doesn’t have a sweet tooth. The site even that it’s a healthy bar, with all the mineral, protein, and vitamins you need for a healthy snack. My final verdict, I can say that this is well made Kitkat variation. This can come smaller boxes of 2 bars and big boxes of 8 bars (the one in the picture is the 2 bar box).
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1 year ago
Tiramisu and Green Tea Tiramisu
Woot! My first ever guest post (well, actually a repost but I’m still happy). So here a friend talks about her adventures with 2 Kit Kat flavors, both released Feb 2, 2009.
I will put English terms beside the Filipino ones don’t worry.
Heehee. I spied these new Kit Kat flavors in the local 7-11 early this week. I so love the quirky seasonal flavors that Kit Kat always comes up with. Sayang[What a pity] i missed their soy-sauce flavored one. ;-) The ones featured above are maccha tiramisu and tiramisu. They come in singles —- probably because a lot of people are on a diet. Hehehe. And are a very affordable 82yen.
Homaygath. Winner sila pareho![They are both winners!] The tiramisu undertones are very evident in both bars. The maccha one is a bit too sweet, but still packs a strong maccha (green tea) punch. ;-) Is love!
- posted April 3, 2009
Gandarynako is a Filipina friend also staying in Japan. She blogs about a lot of things but mostly anything that she thinks makes Japan beautiful and special from a Filipino’s point of view. What I love about her is she still sees the beauty even in the smallest things here in Japan as such these new Kit Kat flavors.
Like some of you, I would have preferred the two flavors to be separate but this isn’t my post. But this isn’t my post and she delivered it well so I have no complaints. Thanks Gandarynako!
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1 year ago
Japanese Red Bean Soup
Oshiruko (お汁粉) or just shiruko is a traditional Japanese dessert from boiled azuki beans with rice flour dumplings. It’s one of the better traditional desserts I’ve tasted in Japan among its huge choices of azuki bean desserts. I really have no idea what’s with these azuki beans and Japanese (and Chinese… and Koreans). They’re like all over the place. Having a oshiruko flavored Kit Kat is bound to happen. I’m more surprised why they haven’t made it a permanent flavor… yet. Read more about it here.
Did I say I like oshiruko’s? Well with Kit Kat, I love love love this flavor. I loved it so much I actually bought another Kit Kat pack so I could eat it again (and I rarely do that, really). I could really taste the azuki beans and a bit of burned rice. And, it wasn’t too sweet at all. Just the right azuki bean sweetness.
This is translated from the Kit Kat Japanese website:
Real azuki bean flavor is produced by using azuki bean powder from Imuraya Confectionery. Glutinous rice puff/flour is kneaded in the chocolate and scent of burnt rice cake can be smelled to bring the experience of tasting oshiruko.
Imuraya Confectionery is one of the best providers of azuki beans.
They did a lot of effort on this one, eh. Well, I definitely will await the next coming of this flavor.
How about you? Any Kit Kat’s lately? Tell me if you’d like to share your experience. ^^
Photo from Fried Toast’s Kit Kat’s photo collection
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1 year ago
Lemon Cheesecake Mix
仕立て actually means preparation or tailoring so I’ll be assuming that this refers to the lemon cheesecake mix. LOL! Though I’m not sure that the Kit Kat committee would actually make a flavor from an unbaked cheesecake state. In the previous blog, I thought 仕立て actually referred to the sauce. So until I know better that’s going to be the title. Hmmmm… Must ask a native.
Anyway, this came out in 2004, 2 years before I came back in Japan. Proves that Nestle has been playing around with flavors since like forever. I’m not sure they’ve learned from their mistakes yet since a weird one comes out here and then.
Sorry can’t say what this tastes like. I wasn’t here 2004. But I hope you still enjoy today’s post. ^^
Photo from Fried Toast’s Kit Kat’s photo collection
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1 year ago
Pudding Sauce Flavor
Must be a sign that Kit Kat’s flavor committee was actually running out of ideas.
Released a year ago around March 2008 (yep custard pudding season, same with the previous entry). Fried Toast said that it tastes very sweet. Then again, most Kit Kat’s do. Even the original Kit Kat can be too sweet for some people. Only this one’s flavored after a flavor that’s mostly made from pure sugar. Heh.
The Japanese characters actually mean tailoring so I assumed they mean dressing, toppings or sauce. Message me if I’m wrong.
Photo from Fried Toast’s Kit Kat collection
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1 year ago
Custard Pudding Flavor
Custard pudding flavored anything is springing up everywhere here like daisies in spring because it’s spring (Huwat?). Though I’m not really sure why pudding’s are connected with spring. They’re just here.
I don’t know how pudding tastes in other countries but here in Japan, it has like almost no taste. It’s my first time to eat pudding so I can’t really say if it’s just a Japanese pudding thing or is universal. I have tasted a flan though and it’s way way way different from Japanese custard pudding.
This Kit Kat actually got the custard pudding-ness of custard pudding, so it’s just meh for me. But then again, I don’t feel so much for custard pudding.
PS. There’s also a 14-piece pack for this flavor. View it here.
Photo taken by Me
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1 year ago
Cookies Plus (with Chocolate Crisp Cookies)
Kit Kat with a layer of cookie with the wafer inside. It was good actually. Kinda like the normal Kit Kat but crunchier with a darker taste of Oreo cookies.
This one came out fall of 2008. I hope this bring this one out more often.
Photo from Fried Toast’s Kit Kat’s photo collection
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1 year ago
Blueberry Cheesecake
Cheesecake flavored chocolate with blueberry fillings in the wafer. Succulent blueberry cheesecake right at your fingertips. Or so what Kit Kat website says.
Personally I would rather eat blueberry cheesecake as a blueberry cheesecake. But hey, anytime you’d like a cheesecake on-the-go here’s Japan’s solution for it’s forever-on-the-go citizens.
The Kit Kat doesn’t taste like chocolate anymore by the way. So.. if that happens, is this Kit Kat a chocolate or… not? What is it? Hmmmm.
Photo from Fried Toast’s Kit Kat’s photo collection
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