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Japanese snacks taste test

Cream Collon

Surely this snack wins for its hilarious name! These are crunchy tubes filled with a custard centre. Unfortunately I found these biscuits disappointing as the custard was quite sickly.
1/5

 Kinoko no yama

This means 'mountain mushroom'. They are are little pretzels stems covered in chocolate tops. They are so cute and taste so good, this is my favourite.  
5/5

KitKat - Yuzu and Cough Syrup

The Yuzu KitKats are white chocolate with a wonderful zing. I was surprised by how sour they are but in a good way.
3/5  

However, the cough syrup flavoured KitKats smell and taste exactly like medicine. Absolutely disgusting but impressive how authentic the taste is! 
0/5

Lotte's Koala March

These cute biscuits are puffed cereal parcels filled with chocolate. Each biscuit has a different Koala design. These bite-sized biscuits are not only delicious but also perfect for children and Koala lovers! 4/5


 Black Thunder

I like the name of these mini chocolate bars. They have a nice crunch due to the chunks of chocolate biscuit and puffed rice.  
4/5

Fran

Similar to Mikado (Pocky), Fran are pretzels covered in creamy chocolate. They are so moreish!  
5/5

Black sesame marshmallows

These grey marshmallows look slightly strange, especially the grey oozy centre, owing to the black sesame flavour. My British palette is more used to sesame in savoury food so the marshmallow's nutty/sesame taste is a surprise but quite pleasant.  
3/5

Kinako Mochi Choco

These little square sweets taste very unusual. The outside has the consistency of chocolate but tastes slightly nutty and the centre in a chewy rice cake (mochi). I later discovered the outside is roasted soy bean flavour. This is a fun one to try but I wasn't that keen on the flavour.  
2/5
 
Bourbon Alfort biscuits

I adore these biscuits coated in chocolate with the ship design. I used to eat similar biscuits after school so these make me nostalgic. They are perfect with a cuppa! 
5/5
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  1. Read_and_dream8 May 2018 at 20:34

    I bet you had fun testing these! I agree about the Cream Collons (lol) being too sweet. I love the Koala ones though!

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