I love trying new Japanese candies, especially ones with great names. Today’s is スキッピー, or Skippy in English, which is a perfect name for a peanut confection. Skippy are mainly milk chocolate, mixed in with peanuts and dried crepe—which looks and tastes a bit like corn flakes. They actually look a bit like pre-baked cookie [...]
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Look – Caffé A La Mode
I’ll admit that next to chocolate, my favorite thing in the world is coffee. Any chance to inject a little bit of that obsession into this blog is a welcome one, which today is offered by Fujiya’s attractive chocolates brand Look. Look’s à la mode offering is packed in a bright yellow box, including pictures [...]
Milky
The individual candies don’t smell more then a little sweet and maybe a little milky. They are rock hard to the touch similar to a very stiff saltwater taffy. After some chewing and sucking the candy softens into more of a carmel consistency that stuck to my teeth like crazy. Unless you are exceptionally enthusiastic, Milky’s stiff consistency makes them hard to finish quickly. They taste like sweetened condensed milk (or cream) that is so sweet it burns a little. The flavor is super smooth, consistent, and doesn’t taste fake at all.
