Kit Kat flavor explosion

So, I’m in the mood for some chocolatey covered wafers and think, “Wow, a Kit Kat bar would really hit the spot.” Lucky for me, there’s a bunch of Kit Kats in my crazy box of Japanese cuisine. But then I reach for one and am like “WTF? These Kit Kats is crazy!”

The Japanese are pushing the boundaries of flavors that can be captured and delivered in Kit Kat form. To start, I grabbed one of these bad boys:

 

Due to my inability to resize my microscopic graphics appropriately, I’ll let you know that these are lemon flavored Kit Kats. I was reassured to discover that Kit Kat means the same thing in Japan as it does here, because a bag with a bunch of Japanese characters and a lemon on it could just as well have been some sort of nanite-infused furniture polish.

 

These were delicious. Instead of the usual chocolate shell, the Kit Kats have a somewhat waxy yellow coating, similar to those weird pellets you see in the bulk section of the supermarket. Overall, the flavor reminded me of lemon cooler cookies, or a lemon wafer cookie similar to those peanut butter ones, but which may not actually exist. In fact, there’s a good chance I’m just imagining that I’ve eaten cookies like that before. Regardless, lemon Kit Kats good!

Next up, was another sure thing: Strawberry Kit Kats.

 

OK, for some reason my blog is messing with my sweetass image files. Take my word for it that the packaging is very attractive and properly conveys the strawberry flavor explosion hidden within.  As before, the usual chocolate is replaced with a pink waxy candy coating. It reminded me a bit of Strawberry Quick, and even though I am not a fan of that, I found the Strawberry Kit Kat good. Not Lemon Kit Kat good, but still pretty decent.

I was on a roll now, so figured I’d push on — the flavored Kit Kats hadn’t done me wrong yet. Unfortunately, I had to learn the hard lesson that not everything is good in Kit Kat form.

Now the images are just annoying me. The whole blog interface has changed and everything is wacky. Curse you interwebs!

Anywho, I was saving this box for a while because I figured it was going to be so good all other Kit Kats would pale in comparison. But somehow, Kit Kat Fruit Parfait just did not do the trick. Maybe it’s not the Kit Kat. Maybe it’s me. I tend to get excited by things like “Mango Guava Orange Juice” becaues it sounds tropical and awesome, overlooking the fact that I really don’t seem to like a lot of tropical fruits.

As you can see from the picture, or would if it was actually a legible size, it appears that fruit parfait consists of blueberries, oranges, bananas, and melons. Honestly, those are things I tend to like. The presentation is also prety cool. The now familiar waxy shell is striped and seems to have strawberry seeds in it to add the illusion of real fruit flavor versus something out of a test tube. But something about this just turned me off.  I could swear I detected a coconut flavor, even though there are no coconuts on the packaging. Ultimately, disappointing.

Well, Japan, you’ve opened my eyes — and my tastebuds — to the vast Kit Kat possibilities that lie beyond chocolate covered wafer crisps. Bravo!