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Sublime Ruby Kitkat
Feb. 22nd, 2018 09:55 pmFood review today. If only because I got my kitkats in the mail today and tasted the ruby chocolate that everyone's going mad about.
So the box is extraordinarily pretty, with metallic elements to highlight the pink crystal design. Honestly, I probably would have been delighted just to buy the box--I need to figure out what stuff from my desk I can put in it when the candy is done!
So the one I ordered had a combination of flavors: two ruby, one milk, one "bitter" that I assume is dark chocolate (though I don't know how dark yet), and one white. Since I've tried all the other flavors (assuming the dark chocolate isn't darker than the kitkat available in America), I decided to jump right into it and taste the ruby first.
I've heard a lot of people say about ruby chocolate that it tastes like berries, and yeah, that's definitely the case. But it's not a specific berry taste, or a flavor like "Okay, this is just white chocolate with strawberry/raspberry flavor added." It's more like a mixed berry smoothie, with some white chocolate syrup added in, if that makes sense. There's a fruity tartness at the first bite, but because the chocolate is nice and creamy and sweet, it's mellow. And given I don't really like strawberry or raspberry flavor, I have to say this is really good. The smoothie comparison is the best thing I can think of to describe it. It takes care of a sweet craving, but also has a bit of fruitiness, like you were having juice or even wine with it.
I gave Mom and Dad a bite, but I'm not sure how into it they were. And I told my sister about the flavor, but she said she doesn't know if she'd like white chocolate in her berry smoothies. I'll definitely finish the bars, but I think this is more of a chocolate I'd want to cook with, making a pie or tart or whatever. It is good, but don't go insane and spend a whole lot of money trying to get these off ebay or whatever. I paid abou $25 on DeJapan, plus about another $20 for EMS shipping (because I live where it is already early summer in February, so I didn't want it to melt). Otherwise...honestly, yeah, you can wait till ruby chocolate is available in your country. It's good, but it's not something I'd recommend overpaying for.
Edit: Fixed the photo links. Also, no idea why looking at the lineup of flavors so long makes me think of the Timeranger/Time Force helmets.
So the box is extraordinarily pretty, with metallic elements to highlight the pink crystal design. Honestly, I probably would have been delighted just to buy the box--I need to figure out what stuff from my desk I can put in it when the candy is done!
So the one I ordered had a combination of flavors: two ruby, one milk, one "bitter" that I assume is dark chocolate (though I don't know how dark yet), and one white. Since I've tried all the other flavors (assuming the dark chocolate isn't darker than the kitkat available in America), I decided to jump right into it and taste the ruby first.
I've heard a lot of people say about ruby chocolate that it tastes like berries, and yeah, that's definitely the case. But it's not a specific berry taste, or a flavor like "Okay, this is just white chocolate with strawberry/raspberry flavor added." It's more like a mixed berry smoothie, with some white chocolate syrup added in, if that makes sense. There's a fruity tartness at the first bite, but because the chocolate is nice and creamy and sweet, it's mellow. And given I don't really like strawberry or raspberry flavor, I have to say this is really good. The smoothie comparison is the best thing I can think of to describe it. It takes care of a sweet craving, but also has a bit of fruitiness, like you were having juice or even wine with it.
I gave Mom and Dad a bite, but I'm not sure how into it they were. And I told my sister about the flavor, but she said she doesn't know if she'd like white chocolate in her berry smoothies. I'll definitely finish the bars, but I think this is more of a chocolate I'd want to cook with, making a pie or tart or whatever. It is good, but don't go insane and spend a whole lot of money trying to get these off ebay or whatever. I paid abou $25 on DeJapan, plus about another $20 for EMS shipping (because I live where it is already early summer in February, so I didn't want it to melt). Otherwise...honestly, yeah, you can wait till ruby chocolate is available in your country. It's good, but it's not something I'd recommend overpaying for.
Edit: Fixed the photo links. Also, no idea why looking at the lineup of flavors so long makes me think of the Timeranger/Time Force helmets.