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Sparkling Strawberry Kit Kat and Strawberry Cheese Tart Crunky

The newest craze in combini-land these days seems to be something called ‘Sparkling.’ You can get Sparkling Tea, Apple Sparkling, and now even Sparkling Strawberry Kit Kat. I haven’t quite figured out what it means, although there always seems to be an over-exuberance of bubbles, so the derivation may be similar to that of sparkling wine. Across [...]

Tirol いちごがいっぱい (Full of Strawberries)

When I first started this blog, I would have said that Kit Kat was the king of limited edition flavors. They do have a wide variety, but Tirol has them beat when it comes to flavor and season turnover. Every time I walk into a combini (which is a little too often) there is a [...]

Meiji Milk Chocolate, Rich Strawberry and Rich Matcha

A former resident of the eastern United States, and a firm devotee of the cacao bean, I of course have taken the pilgrimage to Hershey, Pennsylvania, to view that chocolatey Mecca. While I was very young at the time, I still remember the Kiss factory, a glorious array of colors of M&Ms, and, like candy [...]