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A tube of Pringle-like chips with an illustration of a lemon on the tube
Fine

Chip Star Potato Chips – Setouchi Lemon

Chips from Japan

Rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Source:

Japan Candy Store

Chip Star chips have a similar shape and texture to Pringles, if you’re familiar with those. I was curious about this lemon flavor, so decided to try them out. They’re solidly okay. I would say the lemon flavor doesn’t have much zing to it. Perhaps the flavor was modeled after a particularly sweet lemon, since the manufacturers couldn’t use sugar here to balance out the sour.

Written on Jan 15, 2024

A bag of mayo beef flavored chips. There's a photo of real beef with mayo on top. A logo of a bull in sunglasses holds up a beer.
Yum!

Yamayoshi Mayo Beef Potato Chips – Masculine Chili Oil

Chips from Japan

Rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Source:

Japan Candy Store

These are pretty dang good. I had no idea what to expect from the flavor (beef with mayo and chili oil???), but it really and truly tastes like what’s on the bag. It almost freaks me out just a bit. These are best savored, a few chips at a time.

No idea what makes chili oil masculine; likely a wonky translation.

Written on Jan 15, 2024

A sweets package: there's a little chef character with a bushy mustache holding an ice cream cone. A big ice cream cone hovers in the background. In the foreground are little round balls; one is cut open to show cream inside.
Fine

Bourbon Milk A-Npan Ice Cream Bread Snacks

Other Snacks from Japan

Rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Source:

Japan Candy Store

When you open the package of these little round snacks, it smells strongly of bourbon. There’s no mistaking that flavor in these bread snacks! I wish the center of the little bon bons was as creamy as the package makes it out to be; the cream filling seemed to have soaked into the bread bit, for the most part.

Written on Nov 25, 2022

A bag of white marshmallows shaped like tear drops. There's a pattern of white bubbles on a blue background.
Yum!

Kanro Marosh Marshmallows – Yogurt Soda

Candy from Japan

Rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Source:

Japan Candy Store

I’m surprised how much I like these! I came across these in the “new” section of japancandystore.com and thought they sounded intriguing: yogurt…soda…marshmallow?? It’s one of those tougher marshmallows, with little sparkles of sugar on the surface. I would describe the flavor as bright and clean.

Written on Oct 21, 2022

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