A New Kit-kat Enters the Hall of Fame

I've been on a diet, so I haven't posted any new Kit-kat posts in a while, but the latest one I just had to try: Cola and Lemon Squash! The Cola one was okay, it tasted a little fizzy with that weird cola-but-somehow-not-cola-taste you get with cola-flavored things like cola-gum and cola-pez. It was neither here nor there, delicious nor gross, fish nor fowl.

The Lemon, however, was something special, it earned it's place in the Hall of Fame beside salt, green tea and sparkling strawberry. It has a mild lemon cream taste with just a tad of sour bite at the end and is a pleasing pale yellow color, just as it ought to. I'll be bringing some home in August for the curious along with aloe-yogurt and bitter almond.

P.S. The text on the package says "Cola Flavor and Lemon Squash Flavor, Which will you eat first?".

Sakura Matcha Kit-kat

This Kitkat is my favorite so far; even better than salt. The bar itself is a lovely shade of green, and they've managed to get the balance of chocolate and matcha just right. The wafer has a delicate cherry blossom flavor that is a perfect match for the green tea. This one is definately 10 out of 10!

PS As I was writing this blog I saw a TV commercial for this Kit-kat

Kit-kat Passion

The latest Kit-kat on the shelves is Raspberry and Passion Fruit. It has bitter dark-chocolate wrapping crispy wafers with tart raspberry jam and just a hint of passion fruit. It's not as sweet as the usual Kit-kat and it has a much more refined and adult taste. This is another winner. Also if anyone is interested I was reading on Fark the other day that there are even more new regional Kit-kat specialties in the works, including wasabi. I can't wait to try that one!

Double Trouble from Kit-kat

I tried two new kit-kats this week: Maple and "Complete Vegetable". They were both quite tasty in and of themselves, but neither were real standouts.


The maple was your standard white chocolate Kit-kat with just a tiny hint of maple syrup. Like the rose variety I thought it was good, but just not mapley enough. They ought to have made the maple flavor a bit more prominent; as it is, it felt too similar to other white chocolate kit-kats I've had and lacked personality.


The vegetable was a little better. It had a quite charming orange sherbet color as you can see, and a light fruity smell. The flavor was a nice mix of carrot and some kind of fruit (apple? orange?), but as with the maple, it could have had a bit more kick.

Kit-Kat Revolution

The latest Kit-kat to hit the shelves is Sparkling Strawberry and it's the best yet. (Well, actually tied with Salt; they're both delish.) It has the standard creamy white chocolate taste with the perfect tart bite of strawberry at the end. Pepsi should take a lesson from Kit-kit; it's not enough to just keep coming out with weird flavors, they have to actually taste good too.

Kit-Kat Report

The latest weird Kit-kat flavor to come out is Royal Milk Tea. This one is not too adventurous; just your standard kit-kat wafer surrounded by creamy tea-flavored white chocolate. It's pretty much exactly what I expected from the name, and a good solid candy-bar. I can definitely recommend it.

Oh, Those Wacky KitKats

What will they think of next?

When we went to the conbini a few days ago we discovered yet another new seasonal variety: Apple Cider Vinegar!?! It was white chocolate with a mild sour/fruity aftertaste. Sho-chan said he preferred it to Lamune, but I disagreed; the Lamune had a special something about it that really endeared it to me.
Then lo and behold we went to the supermarket the day after that and they had Rose KitKats. I have to admit I was rather unimpressed with the rose ones however. They were just plain milk-chocolate with a very faint hint of rose. If you didn't know it was supposed to be rose you might not even notice it. If you're going to go for such a wacky flavor, I think you need to really go all out and this was honestly rather half-hearted.

Lamune Kit Kat

As you may know KitKat sells various seasonal limited edition versions in Japan. This summer the new flavor is Lamune, which comes from the English "lemonade". The original Lamune is a fizzy lemon drink similar to Sprite or 7-up sold in cute blue glass bottles, stoppered with marbles. The Lamune Kit Kat is the same shade of blue as the Lamune bottle, but only vaguely reminiscent of the taste. It starts out quite sweet and creamy, much like your standard white chocolate, but it has a little sour kick of lemon right at the very end. I'm quite fond of them and I'd advise anyone who can get their hands on some to check them out.