Raspberry for adults?

You may or may not recall an earlier post talking about オトナの甘さ or the more grown up "adult" KitKats. They're usually a bit less sweet and they have a bit of a biscuity texture to the chocolate. Anyway, one thing I love about the airport is that it's easy to find KitKats there. They had a few that I had never tried before but most were omiyage ones, which are regionally limited, so I went with the seasonal KitKat, which is time limited.

The flavor is Raspberry. Now, raspberry is one of my favorite berries. It falls second to blackberries. So I was excited about this KitKat. As an オトナ flavor, it's a bit disappointing. It's REALLY sweet. But as a KitKat in general, I have no complaints. It was quite yummy and I'm embarrassed to say that I finished the whole bag on my own already. It's a good thing that I only bought the one bag.

SkyTree!

I found a new KitKat! You have no idea how excited I was to see this. Thrilled! So, according to the box, this is the most popular flavor - orange. And they decided to use it as the Tokyo SkyTree Omiyage KitKat. I wonder if this will stick around or if it's just for a month or two now that the tower is about to open up. I guess we'll see. Until then, I'll enjoy this box of boxes of delicious and creamy orange flavored KitKats.

There's three regular sized packs inside the SkyTree box

Marron

Marron (aka Chestnut) 02/2011

I'm always amused when Japanese people assume some loan word is English. Marron is one that surprises many of my clients. I never even heard that word before coming to Japan. I did learn that it is used in culinary circles but that is hardly a world I belong to. In my realm, we say chestnuts. Now, I'm okay with roasted chestnuts. Not something I seek, but I'm okay with them. And they do smell amazing. But desserts like Mont Blanc are really popular here. Of that, I'm not a fan. These KitKats, again I don't remember, probably had that Mont Blanc taste to them.

Almond

I should say I used to really dislike nuts. When I was a kid, the ONLY nut I liked was fresh pecans. (I am Texan after all.) Now I'm okay with most nuts, but I still don't like almonds. There's something about their texture that puts me off. These KitKats have almond flavoring but no pieces, so they were okay. I don't really remember these (surprise?). I'm sure they were mainly chocolate tasting with a small hint of something else. The something else being almond of course.

Bitter Almond 06/2010

Kuchidoke Almond 02/2011

Olympic Maple

This bag of maple minis was released at the same time as the 2010 Winter Olympics. Because if there's anything that the Japanese associate with Canada more than maple, I don't know what it is. I've heard this flavor existed before, so it's quite possible it was RE-released for the Olympics, but sadly not created for it.
Anyway, the KitKat was, as I'm sure you can imagine, really sweet. But in the way that pancakes are really sweet - but so delicious.

Bars

So, I'm really stretching for categories now. This one is the remaining big bar KitKats that haven't been posted. I'm not really a fan of these big bars. It's just too much KitKat at one time. If I could choose the ideal size, it would be the petites. Usually 6 or 12 come in a box and that means you can share the greatness with everyone else. And the amount of sugar you consume at one time is less, leaving you to feel a lot less like death.

Anyway, the first one this time is Banana. Um...not really delicious. It tasted like fake banana flavoring, something I'm not a fan of. But if you like that, then you'll probably like this KitKat.

Next was good but super sweet. Salt caramel. This flavor is so popular in general. And while I wasn't really a fan at first, salt caramel has really grown on me. It's my Dean and Deluca coffee choice too.

The last bar one in my collection, until a new one comes out, is Bitter Strawberry. I know that chocolate and strawberry is a very common and popular combo. But I'm just not a fan. I should point out that actually, I'm not a huge chocolate fan. I like it, of course, but I can be slightly picky about it. But this is another one of those if-you-generally-like-the-flavor-you'll-love-this situations.

Spicy goodness

This was easily one of my favorite KitKats. My friend found it and brought it to work to share. She doesn't like spicy things but she likes to share in my KitKat obsession. Anyway, I remember when I first ate one of these, I was so disappointed. It just tasted like normal chocolate. But then suddenly, after swallowing, there was a small surge of fire in my throat and mouth. My eyes must have lit up like a child on Christmas. I was so excited and happy. I just kept saying "it's like a party in my mouth!" My friend, however, wasn't so thrilled.