Following
my July Unboxing post, the lovely people at Tokyo Treat asked if I’d like to review
the December box and I just couldn’t say no. The last box got mixed reviews but
I feel this one – with some special edition and festive products – will be much
more positive.
In
case you didn’t see my last post, Tokyo Treat is a monthly subscription box,
sent over from Japan and full of incredible, and sometimes weird drinks and
snacks. These range from crisps to biscuits, sweets and chocolate. Each box
contains a DIY kit – that’s a kit where you’re required to make the item, often
sachets of powder to add water to – and there are three levels of subscription:
(1)
Small - $14.99 a month (5-7 treats)
(2)
Regular - $24.99 a month (8-12 treats)
(3)
Premium - $34.99 a month (13-17 treats, including a special item and two DIY
kits)
All
options offer free delivery and the opportunity to unsubscribe online at any
point. I have to quickly say that I mentioned in my last post about the speed
of delivery and the fact I was able to track where my parcel was. This isn’t
actually available for regular subscribers yet – but I’m sure eventually it’ll
get rolled out. But it’s well worth waiting for and the boxes always arrive in
excellent condition.
The
guys at Tokyo Treat were kind enough to send me the Premium option, that’s all
the items of the Small and Regular boxes, as well as a handful of extra
goodies. So let’s have a look and see what was in December’s box...
Chirin colour pen chocolate
– a crayon
that actually works and contains tiny chocolate balls, similar to smarties. I thought
this was really cute, although it’s impossible not to eat the chocolate all at
once.
Meiji banana chocolate – these looked and tasted
exactly like banana. They reminded me of those hard fruit shaped sweets you
could buy from those 20p machines at swimming pools and bowling alleys in the
90s.
Meiji cotton candy gum – with the taste and texture
of candy floss, this magical sweet then turns into a bubble gum. This was cola
flavoured and very fizzy – but I loved it.
Glico light potatoes – I haven’t tried these yet.
They make look like those Mikado/Pocky biscuits, but they are in fact crisps. I
guess they’ll be similar to Chipsticks, but I loved the packaging.
Tohato caramel corn (fun
Christmas special edition) –
another product I haven’t yet tried, although I had the original caramel corn
in the July box. These light puffs are a special Christmas edition and I’m
looking forward to opening them. The original were a cross between caramel and
peanut so I wonder what flavour this variety will be...
Majomajo neru neru – the first of two DIY kits.
All I had to do was mix the sachets with water to make a paste, before adding
another sachet which gave the mix a fizzy and aerated texture, to replicate a
witch’s cauldron. The flavours were a bit too artificial for me and the mix was
sweet and sticky. I did enjoy the sugar stars and popping candy though.
Lotte Star Wars bikkuriman –
a layer of
thick milk chocolate sandwiched between two wafer biscuits. This was quite
sweet but made a good afternoon snack – and given the release of the new film,
this made for a topical snack.
Meiji gochi gummy cola – I loved these sweets, as
the middle was sweet and the sugar coating, sour. This product actually tasted
like Haribo cola bottles and the large discs (and re-sealable pouch) made a
good treat for sharing.
Coris sharitto puru gums – this bubble gum melted in
the mouth, before popping with apple jelly pieces. The mix of apple and yogurt
flavours didn’t last long, but the product was still enjoyable.
Calbee hard fried potato
ride –I couldn’t
work out what flavour these crisps were: they had a strong smell and taste of
shrimp, similar to prawn crackers, but were covered in green herbs and
seasoning. They were light and crunchy, but I’m not sure if I enjoyed them.
Snowman ramune – this was this month’s ‘special’
product: a bottle of carbonated drink in the shape of a snowman. This was a mix
between vanilla and bubblegum, which I think is the flavour of original ramune.
The bottle exploded everywhere when opened, but it was still a nice drink.
Riddle puchitto – this was the second DIY
kit, although a lot less effort was required for this. The bag contained two
different sweets: an apple and an orange star. You could eat them separately or
mix for a fruity taste sensation. It was also possible to pull the shapes
apart, to create your own design.
Matcha collon – don’t let the name of this
product fool you, these little crisp bites were incredible. I’m obsessed with
matcha at the moment and the light wafer was so sweet, while the centre was so
creamy. These were so moreish and one of my favourite products of this month’s
box!
Meiji cream & caramel –
these small
sweets are individually wrapped and have a strong caramel-ly butterscotch flavour.
In terms of their shape and size, they’re similar to Starburst, but come in a
box. I shared these with my brother and we both loved them!
Each
box comes with an a4 sheet explaining the contents, in translated English. I
don’t think the sheets get translated into any other
language but Tokyo Treat do ship worldwide. One quick point on their customer
service – which was excellent: responses are quick and
the staff are friendly, helpful and professional. Special thanks to Melisa for
sorting out my box for review, too.
I’d thoroughly recommend Tokyo Treat to anyone interested in
foreign snacks, Japanese popular culture or looking for a subscription box that’s a little different from the norm. Still unsure if it’s for you? Why not check out the website (https://tokyotreat.com/), or
find out more on Facebook,
Twitter, or Instagram?
Love,
Lucy xx
*Tokyo Treat sent this box to me FOC for
review purposes but images and opinions are 100% my own.
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