A Look Back at a Dark Chocolate From Japan

 Today I tasted a dark chocolate that came from a place that didn't used to have a lot of dark chocolate. Now it's got much more dark chocolate, and this doesn't really cut it anymore.

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This Treat Is So Nice That They Named It Twice - Yan Yan "Double Cream - Chocolate Flavoured Cream and Banana Cream"

Probably the biggest problem I have with reviewing candy is the packages. I try so hard to not let the package of any candy interfere with my review, but it's hard. There are just some trigger words on packages that make me nervous, like "licorice", "banana", and "flavoured". These, and a few other words turn me off of a snack before I've even eaten it. Sometimes I'll just randomly pick up packages because of the name or shape and I'll skip the fine details. Sometimes I'll pick up a treat that is full of trigger words. This is me attempting to get over these candy features I don't like. Most of the time I'm reminded about why I don't like these words on packages, but occasionally (like this time) I'm pleasantly surprised.

Click here to find out why this chocolate flavoured and banana treat worked out for me.

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International Retro Candy Commercials - Part 5 - Jpan

Without understanding this commercial, I can only assume that these awesome climber things came with the candy.  I want to know why these amazing little climbers were never available in North American candy (or even cereal for that matter).  I'm not saying we didn't get cool things in cereal/candy, but we never got these.

All this week I've been posting videos featuring retro candy commercials from all over the world.

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Stuff I Want To Try

Chocolate Bar With Cheese - Meiji - It makes sense, chocolate and cheese are both dairy products, and both are yummy. - Click here to learn more about this treat.

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Chelsea Strawberry Mix

These little hard candies have some psychedelic flower power packaging which drew me to them.

Holy Cow, its National Milk Chocolate Day.

It caught me a little off guard this year and I forgot to get you something, I’m sorry. I managed to get myself box of these lovely little gems.
I figure almonds covered in milk chocolate is a great way to celebrate this cool holiday.

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Meiji Ad

Saw this ad that I don’t even know what it’s for. It looks like some kind of ice cream, but I could be wrong.

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Bend It

It’s great the celebrities that will do commercials here in Japan that won’t do them in North America. Now I’m going to go out and get myself some chocolate covered almonds so I can kick a soccer ball too.

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This is where it happens.

One of the largest candy companies in Japan (and even the world) is meiji. Today while wondering the streets (literally I got lost), I came across the meiji head office.

I wanted to light candles and build a shrine in their honour on the sidewalk but I didn’t have any candles with me. I’ll be back though.

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