Kit Kat Heaven

On my way back from Japan, I picked up many different types of Kit Kat at Tokyo Narita International Airport. I purchased multi-pack boxes of Green Tea Kit Kat and Strawberry Cheesecake Kit Kat at the Chiba Trade Center, while the individual boxed variety were obtained at the Fa-So-La Gift Shop and Fa-So-La News convenience store.

Kit Kat Heaven

The first thing that you will notice about Japanese Kit Kats is the beautiful packaging design. They are bold, bright, colourful, and you don’t need words to explain to you what’s inside – the pictures tell it all. Each box contains two individually wrapped Kit Kats just in case you didn’t want to eat all 4 fingers in one go.

In each individually wrapped Green Tea Kit Kat are two green coloured fingers of chocolate. Each bite tastes like sweet white chocolate, which is followed by a creamy, mild, nutty, toasty aftertaste. The outer coating is made of a green-coloured white chocolate, while the inside has a green tea matcha powdered cream layered between the signature Kit Kat wafers. I found the chocolate to be too sweet and overwhelming. The Green Tea Kit Kat is not for everyone, but if you like really sweet things, then boy this packs a sugary punch.

Green Tea Kit Kat

Opening the box

Individually wrapped Green Tea Kit Kat

A nice green finger

The product

The Raspberry & Passionfruit Kit Kat comes in two different types of limited edition Valentine’s Day packaging (pink and brown boxing with hearts), both of which contain the same product – a dark chocolate Kit Kat with a remarkably fruity, fresh raspberry aroma. The dark chocolate is light, subtle, and not too dark or bitter. Layered between the wafers is a tart raspberry flavour with a hint of passionfruit. The passionfruit flavour lingers at the end of the bite. Oooh, I loved this Kit Kat. I wish I bought a large stash of these!

Raspberry & Passionfruit Kit Kat Packaging 1

Raspberry & Passionfruit Kit Kat Packaging 2

Opening the box

Individually wrapped Raspberry & Passionfruit Kit Kat

Dark chocolate

A finger of Dark Chocolate Raspberry & Passionfruit Kit Kat

I found the Milk Coffee Kit Kat to be particularly nice, but like the Green Tea Kit Kat, it’s not for everyone. The intial taste is sweet and milky, much like the milk bottle lollies found at the supermarket. This is followed by a sweet coffee flavour, and then a slight bitterness at the end. Think of the taste as a Brownes Iced Coffee Chill in a Kit Kat. The cream layered between the wafers is most likely made from an instant coffee mix of some sort. This is one time I could make an excuse for having “sugar” with my “coffee”.

Milk Coffee Kit Kat

Milk Coffee Kit Kat opened

Back of the Milk Coffee Kit Kat box

The Strawberry Cheesecake Kit Kat, like its Green Tea cousin, is very sweet. The outer chocolate shell is made of white chocolate, while the cream inside is an artificial cheesecake flavour with a subtle sweet strawberry taste toward the end.

Strawberry Cheesecake Kit Kat

It’s amazing how popular Kit Kats are in Japan. There are so many flavours out there including Purple Sweet Potato, Corn, Banana, and even Limited Edition Soy Sauce Kit Kats. In the four varieties of Kit Kat that I have shown, there are hits and misses. But hey, variety is the spice of life, and Nestle Japan’s ever expanding range of flavoured Kit Kats is a testament to that.

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