Hello my sweet minty chocolate chips! ~
I got an unexpected Tokyo treat box to review this month! ^w^ (Actually, my subscription is auto renewing each month and I forgot to cancel it for the month of August, oops! ^w^'') But anyway, I got to taste delicious Japanese snacks and you get to read a nice review, yay! ~
The theme this month was "Fruity Ninjas"! There was a lot of snacks themed around fruits this month. ~
Here was all the contents from the box this month! ~
As usual, I tasted the snacks from the box with the Prince and wrote a little review of each of them as I was trying them randomly. ^w^
Melon Bread Cookies Party Pack
There was two flavours in the pack and each cookie was individually wrapped! One flavour was sweet and crunchy and the other was filled with a creamy custard. I loved the texture of the cookie, it tasted a bit buttery and sweet, almost like a sugar cookie but not totally? The outside was crunchy and the inside was a bit more fluffy and crumbly! The one with the custard was smelling a lot like honeydew melon! The custard was very creamy and a bit sweet but not too much! It was very yummy! ^^
Chocolate Mint Caramel Corn
The taste was something like I’ve never tasted before! Caramel corn taste usually a bit salty mixed with sweet and this snack isn’t an exception to that… But with that there is a faint taste of chocolate and a mint flavour which are not overpowering. Even after eating several the mint taste was not bothering me and I usually don't really like mint. XD; It was certainly an interesting flavour to try! ^w^
Cinnamon Apple Pie Umaibo
This umaibo was very interesting too! It had a faint cinnamon and apple flavour and it taste a bit sugary… but a bit tart too? Like the taste from a fresh apple that is still a bit sour? XD; It was very yummy!
Chip Star Lemon Chips
I thought that the lemon flavour would be a bit more overpowering than this… But with the slightly salty taste… I think it combines together very well! It taste a bit like salt and vinegar chips, but without the vinegar smell... It’s a nice refreshing taste!
Disney TsumTsum Chocolate Bar
This chocolate was incredibly good! It tasted like fudge and a little bit of hazelnuts… It had a very fudgy texture. The wafer in the center added just the right amount of crunchy without being overpowering too! And the packaging was super cute! ^w^
Cheese Rice Puffs
It tasted very faintly of cheese with a roasted rice flavour. The texture was extra crunchy but kind of light… It melted in your mouth! We couldn’t really taste the cheese unless we put several in our mouth… It was a bit more salty than the usual Japanese snacks I’m used to.
Fruit Donut Gummy
It tasted a bit sour; like a sour gummy. There was two colours on the donut, yellow and green. The flavour of each side complemented eachother very well! It tasted like citrus fruits and the texture was also nice and light and not too chewy for a gummy candy!
Banana Man Marshmallow
Both the Prince and I found the packaging of this treat so racist… ^w^’’ (But it’s Japan, what would you expect… x___x) Anyway, the marshmallow was shaped like an actual banana! The texture was veeeeery soft and it melted in your mouth! It was kind of coated with white chocolate and there was milk chocolate inside. The mix of the flavours was very yummy. ^^
Shimi Corn Share Pack
We both remembered to have already tasted this snack before! It’s like a rice puff shaped like a star that is coated with chocolate. The chocolate isn’t too sweet and mixes well with the slightly roasted taste of the rice puff! I loved it a lot! :3
Double Lemon Pocky
It had a very faint hint of lemon in the white chocolate… It wasn’t too tangy or overpowering at all! It smelled a bit weird though… But it doesn’t taste like it smells at all. This type of double Pocky is the Prince's favourite kind and it starts to grow on myself too! ^w^
Coca-Cola Clear
It smelled like regular Coca-Cola to me! It kind of tasted like Sprite and Coca-Cola mixed together. It was like regular Coca-Cola but with a hint of lemon. It wasn’t too sweet or overpowering… It's 0 calories and you could really taste the artificial sweetener though. ;w; But it was nice to try!
Fruit Granola Bar Thunder
It was like a granola bar coated with a sweet milk chocolate. It had rice puffs in it and dried fruits which made the texture pretty interesting, it was crunchy and a bit chewy too! It had some grains and seeds in it too! I wish the granola bars here would be that tasty and complex. XD;
Honey Apple Hard Candy
It smelled strongly of honey and tasted like actual apples. It wasn't too sweet or overpowering. It says that it can also be used for sore throat and it definitely had a weird « medicine » taste after a while...
And finally, the DIY candy!
Melon Jelly Drink DIY
We already got this DIY in another snack box before... I think it was my very first Japan Crate back in 2016! XD; I remembered it since it was so sticky and weird... ^w^'' It wasn't very complicated to make, we just had to mix the powder with water in the little bowl. It tasted a lot like artificial honeydew melon… But the texture was incredibly sticky and glue-y. XD; I also think I didn’t mix it well because there was still some sticky clumps in it with leftover powder... ^w^'' The Prince couldn't handle the texture at all and I finished it all in one shot... Yuck! XD;
Now, onto our Top 3!
Tomoyo's Top 3
~ Cheese Rice Puffs
~ Cinnamon Apple Pie Umaibo
~ Shimi Corn Share Pack
Prince's Top 3
~ Melon Bread Cookies
~ Cheese Rice Puffs
~ Chips Star Lemon Chips
It was surely interesting to try such new summery flavours in this August box! I was a bit disappointed that we already tried the DIY though... ;w; I also think it would have been interesting to have a bit more salty snacks and more bigger snacks instead of several small ones... ^w^'' Well, I will probably still get another Tokyo Treat box anyway when I'll feel like it, so you can still expect some review from me in the future! ^w^
Until next time my sparkly red apples! ~
