We’ve remarked before about the incredible variety Nestlé brings to its Japanese Kit Kat brand, but nothing could really prepare me for their recent foray into omiyage, or souvenir, candy. Over the past couple months, Nestlé has released one or two special flavors of Kit Kat, only sold in their particular regions. Being residents of [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2009’
Shorts
Japan is very much a consumer culture, so companies are always putting out new products to boost interest and sales. I think the consumer wins in this situation because there will always be something new to try. But there is a down side for bloggers… candy backlog! With so many products to try, and Pocky [...]
Winter and Fruit Mix Pocky
This fall, Glico has released two special flavors of Pocky, and while they’re about as different as different can be, I’m going to review then together. The first is the so-called Fuyu no Kuchidoke (Winter with fine cocoa dust) Pocky, which follows Dessert Pocky in offering a much thicker pretzel stick dipped in high quality [...]
