I’m a sucker for limited edition varieties of snacks, and therefor Japan is the perfect country to indulge that in. Saying that, generally a lot of the season flavours that get released here just don’t interest me. The new Pocky x Kirin collaboration, did however catch my eye.
Firstly, there’s the packaging! How adorable and well thought out. You can align them to create a prince and princess scene.
Secondly, the flavour. I love custard, I can’t always eat it ( eczema) but I do really love custard. So I rather predictably had to pick these up to try them and they do not disappoint. As the midi pocky are the adult version of regular pocky, this flavour thankfully isn’t too sweet and has a really lovely creamy buttery custard flavour. Since their shorter then regular pocky too, you get a bit more chocolate to your biscuit ratio.
Have you tried these? If yes, what did you think? If no, would you try them?
UK2Tokyo 
I Love custard! I hope they wiLL stiLL be avaiLabLe when I visit Japan next month.. are they avaiLabLe nationwide or just in seLected regions (Like KitKat)?
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I think they were nationwide but I can’t see them in the shops now :O. So maybe they stopped selling them 😦
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I found some at 7-11 in Asakusa Last night ^^
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😀 Glad to hear it, what did you think?
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I can only get a faint taste of appLe from the tea.. I haven’t try the Pocky yet. Saving them for home ^^
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Yeah, i didn’t think the tea was so great . Apparently if you combine them they taste like apple pie 🙂
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Yeah I get *just* a hint of appLe pie when I consumed them together. But the Pocky was TOO SWEET I feLt Like having a toothache, and I’m a sweet tooth (^^;)))
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Hello! What do you mean when you say you can’t eat custard because of eczema? Is egg or milk a trigger? I ask because i have eczema and i didn’t know this! I always blamed the weather! 😩
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I suspect my eczema is caused by stress, milk and changes in the weather. There can be a number of reasons for eczema though, always best to see a dermatologist and dietician. 🙂
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I heard when you have them together it’s supposed to taste like Apple Pie. How did you find it?
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I didn’t know that :O. Kicking myself for not trying it like that now :(.
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