![]() ![]() I don’t think this is my favourite green tea chocolate, but it could be my favourite Crunky. While not as rich a matcha taste as Dars’ Ujimatcha or Meiji’s matcha bar, the flavour was distinctive and pleasant. I thought this was a good bar, in particular the ratio of chocolate to malt puffs and the green tea flavour. The crucial matcha flavour is good – fairly bold – and works very well with the cereal, which really helps to offset the dairy and sugar in the bar and bring out the natural taste of the tea. It feels fairly solid, by which I mean that despite all the aerated puffs, it still has the dense creaminess of chocolate. Every chunk contains plenty of cereal and the barley is light and toasty, not at all stale. There is not as high a concentration of grain here as the illustration on the cardboard sleeve suggests, but there is still enough to provide a nice crisp bite. ![]() The chocolate has a lovely toasted cereal aroma, like a cup of barley tea, but matcha is not quite detectable in the scent. Thus it contains about 20 less sugar than conventional white chocolate. A white chocolate with just a little bit of sugar a composition of 40 pure cocoa butter, 35 mountain milk and just 25 raw cane sugar. There are a few air holes but not enough to affect the texture. Nestle will make chocolate with less sugar. Looking at the underside reveals how thoroughly well distributed the grains are throughout the bar. The Lotte logo is embossed into every chunk and the smooth surface has an appealing sheen, with the malt puffs just visible beneath. Matcha candy that is a very pale pastel green, while pleasing to the eye, is less likely to deliver on flavour, and will probably taste more like matcha au lait, i.e. ![]() The murky green hue was promising, as, although strong green tea can have a rich emerald tone, typical brews are usually a paler mossy colour. With spring having finally arrived (it takes a while for it to reach Hokkaido), supermarkets are awash with matcha and sakura flavoured confections, hence I came across this seasonal item at a large branch of Daiso.Įncased in a thin cardboard box and wrapped in flimsy silver foil, the bar was fresh and in near perfect condition when I opened it. Lotte Crunky Double Crunch Chocolate Bar is a scrumptious candy bar with a creamy waffle and peanut cream filling and covered with a rich milk chocolate. Usually made from milk chocolate, Crunky is a lightweight rectangular bar, studded with puffed barley grains, similar to Nestle’s Crunch bar, yet slimmer and thus brittler. Semi-Chocolate(Sugar, Palm Oil, Skim Milk Powder, Cocoa powder, Lactose, Cocoa Mass, Whey Powder, Lecithin, Vanilla Flavor), Diced Peanut, Wheat Flour, Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Peanut Butter (Peanut, Refined Coconut Oil, Salt, Emulsifier(Glycerin Esters of Fatty Acids)), Shortening(Esterification of Palm Kernel Oil, Esterification of Palm Stearin Oil, Hydrogenated Esterification of Rapeseed Oil, Glycerin Esters of Fatty Acids, Sorbitan Esters of Fatty Acids, Lecithin, d-Tocopherol), Starch Syrup, Butter Milk Powder(Butter Oil), Powdered Sugar, Sweetened Condensed Milk(Milk, Sugar, Lactose), Corn Oil, Whole Egg Liquid, Vegetable Cream(Corn Starch Syrup, Palm Oil, Whey, Whey Protein Powder, PotassiumPhosphate(Dibasic), Glycerin Esters of Fatty Acids, Sodium Citrate, Lecithin, Silicon Dioxide, Milk Flavor), Whey Powder, Lecithin, Malt Extract, Refined Salt, Emulsifier(Glycerin Ester of fatty Acids, Sorbitan Esters of Fatty Acids), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Bicarbonate, Ammonium Bicarbonate), Artificial Flavors(Milk, Vanilin).While traditional bars and blocks are among the less popular forms of chocolate in Japan, Crunky, alongside Meiji Himilk and Ghana, is one of the long-standing fixtures of any candy aisle. Lotte Crunky Double Crunch Chocolate Bar is a scrumptious candy bar with a creamy waffle and peanut cream filling and covered with a rich milk chocolate with crunchy peanuts. ![]()
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