Snack Review: 'Every Day Luxury' Kit Kats: Almond & Cranberry and Rose & Black Tea flavour

It's been a long time since I've written here, but quarantine had led me to revive old blogs like this one, especially since I have still been collecting Japanese snacks and stationery all these years even if I've not been very consistent with writing about it!

Kit Kats are one of my favourite snack collectibles - In Japan, they have a wide rage of different flavours including a number of limited edition or seasonal flavours. One of the prettiest flavours I've tried so far are these limited edition 'Every Day Luxury' Kit Kats. In the box were two flavours: Milk Chocolate Almond & Cranberry and White Chocolate Rose & Black Tea. 

The box was super cute with in depicting what the two flavours consisted of, with illustrations of fruits, nuts and roses around the front. It opened up from the the top like a little treasure box to reveal 6 single finger bars of each flavour. 

The packaging was nice and simple, with the rose flavoured chocolates decorated with a light pink floral wrapper and almond flavoured chocolates decorated with a tanned wrapper illustrated with almond nuts and cranberries scattered everywhere.

The 'Every Day Luxury' line of Kit Kats all have topping added to the original chocolate wafer fingers. Milk Chocolate Almond & Cranberry is one of the standard flavours for this range - the nuts and dried berry flakes on top add a crunchier texture to the Kit Kat, as well as a natural sweetness. 

The White Chocolate Rose & Black Tea flavor was a limited edition flavour, which might not be in stores anymore. But don't be sad if you're wanting to try this flavour - popular editions are sometimes brought back in different seasons or with different packaging. The crumble on top had a delicious rose scent and you could taste the sweet floral combination of roses and white chocolate. However, there was very little Black tea scent or taste. But it was a very aesthetic looking Kit Kat and was still very unique and delicious.

I would recommend trying both flavours, especially the White Chocolate Rose & Black Tea if you do find it in stores. If you like recycling boxes, the packaging for this flavour is beautiful. The chocolate is full of interesting flavour and texture and has a pretty pattern of crumbles and flakes on top. I think I'll be giving a general opinion on the snacks rather than a rating, but in the coming weeks I'll be introducing more of the 'Every Day Luxury' range as well as other Kit Kat flavours.

Snack Review: Meiji Rich Matcha and Meiji Rich Strawberry Chocolate

Japanese Chocolate is surprisingly good. You never really think of Japan as being a chocolate manufacturing country, but as I mentioned previously on my blog, I like the Japanese chocolates A LOT more than the American ones. Japanese chocolates are not as sickeningly sweet and they're creamier than American 'candy' bars. But they've got less calories than some of the richer European chocolates.

Meiji's Rich Matcha and Rich Strawberry chocolate blocks are a good example of this. They're beautifully packaged with metallic green and red wrappers respectively. The Matcha block is decorated with pictures of green tea leaves, while the strawberry block has strawberries. Haha, no surprises there. I call them chocolate blocks for want of words. They're quite thin and small in size, only 3 or 4 rectangular blocks wide.

I really like both favours, but if I had to pick one over the other, it would be Matcha. The Matcha bar was dense, packed full of creaminess and strong matcha flavouring. It was just right in terms of sweetness and contained a lot of matcha powder. The green tea scent was strong and pleasant and the texture was very, very smooth. It kind of reminded me of a crayon...but I only use that idea to describe it's texture and not it's beautiful taste.  I would rate it as one of the best Japanese chocolates I've tried so far.

The Strawberry bar was also thick and creamy, dense and rich. But it had more of a tart flavouring and contained little strawberry pieces blended within the chocolate. It also had a lovely strawberry fragrance.

Overall, Meiji's Rich Matcha and Rich Strawberry chocolates are delicious. Some of the best Asian chocolate I've had even though they are pricey at $5 a pop. These bars score a 9/10.