# Wasabi-Flavored Kit Kat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044 "2012-03-28T15:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/1 "2012-03-28T15:35:40Z")
A Thai reporter of my acquaintance returned from Japan this week and brought me a [wasabi-flavoured Kit Kat chocolate bar](http://d.nestle.jp/kitkat/omiyage/kk_tamaru_wasabi.html). Quite good! It really did taste like wasabi, only not heavy. Not heavy at all. The bar had a green coating over it such as you see in the picture on the box in the link. A slight taste of wasabi mixed with chocolate. The teensiest little wasabi nose burn. I’d buy some if I could. But it seems these are available only in the Japanese market, along with other unique flavors such as Cherry Blossom and Ginger Beer. Clicking on the little boxes lined up toward the bottom of the link will show some. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/2 "2012-03-28T15:50:55Z")
It’s not as cheap as a KitKat, but at least one other source for wasabi + chocolate is in Vosges’ [Black Pearl](http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/black_pearl_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars) chocolate bar, which has dark chocolate, wasabi, ginger, and black sesame seeds. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/3 "2012-03-28T15:53:15Z")
Haven’t bought a kitkat bar in ages, but I’d buy the wasabi or ginger beer flavors. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/4 "2012-03-28T17:10:06Z")
My mom managed to get ahold of one from somewhere-or-other (I think a friend of hers visited Japan), and saved it for me. It mostly just tasted like white chocolate, with the merest hint of wasabi flavor hiding in the back of it. Certainly far better than most Japanese sweets I’ve tried. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/5 "2012-03-28T17:51:46Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > It’s not as cheap as a KitKat, but at least one other source for wasabi + chocolate is in Vosges’ [Black Pearl](http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/black_pearl_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars) chocolate bar, which has dark chocolate, wasabi, ginger, and black sesame seeds. Highly recommended! It’s one of their truffles, but also available as a candy bar. The [Naga](http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/naga_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars) and [Oaxaca](http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/oaxaca_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars) are equally as good. (Careful though - My wife used to love Godiva, but Vosges has ruined her for other chocolates now…) ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/6 "2012-03-28T21:28:19Z")
I would buy that and try it out. Sounds neat. ---
**Author:** ![cardinal\_fang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal_fang/32/15316_2.png) [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/7 "2012-03-28T23:08:32Z")
FYI, you can order these and other Kit-Kat flavours (including Green Tea, Strawberry and “Hot Cake”) from [J-List](http://www.jlist.com/category/214). I’ve ordered stuff from them in the past; they’ve got some cool Japanese products – pop culture, manga, games, food, etc. if you’re into that kind of thing. Not exactly cheap, and shipping – as you might expect – is on the order of weeks. But if you simply must try these… NOTE: the site carries adult products as well, and parts of it are **NSFW** (although the link above is OK). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/8 "2012-03-29T01:55:22Z")
The AV Club just [reviewed](http://www.avclub.com/articles/kit-kat-european-cheese-rilakkuma-hotcake-strawber,71456/) some weird-flavored Kit Kats. They said the pancake ones were amazing. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/9 "2012-03-29T02:04:55Z")
[Mike and Tom Eat Snacks](http://www.nerdist.com/2012/02/mike-and-tom-eat-snacks-49/) also did an episode about Japanese Kit Kats. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/10 "2012-03-29T02:07:35Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > It’s not as cheap as a KitKat, but at least one other source for wasabi + chocolate is in Vosges’ [Black Pearl](http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/black_pearl_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars) chocolate bar, which has dark chocolate, wasabi, ginger, and black sesame seeds. > [@xenophon41](#): > > Highly recommended! It’s one of their truffles, but also available as a candy bar. The [Naga](http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/naga_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars) and [Oaxaca](http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/product/oaxaca_exotic_candy_bar/exotic_candy_bars) are equally as good. > > (Careful though - My wife used to love Godiva, but Vosges has ruined her for other chocolates now…) I will definitely be on the lookout for those in the US. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > The AV Club just [reviewed](http://www.avclub.com/articles/kit-kat-european-cheese-rilakkuma-hotcake-strawber,71456/) some weird-flavored Kit Kats. They said the pancake ones were amazing. What is it about Kit Kats that lends themselves to such odd flavorings? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/11 "2012-03-29T02:14:52Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > What is it about Kit Kats that lends themselves to such odd flavorings? I never would have considered it myself. I suspect it’s the wafer and lack of nuts. You can’t really make a Snickers bar anything but stuff and nuts. You can’t make a Hershey bar anything but chocolate with a hint of something else. But you can manipulate those wafers to complement anything you decide to do with the outer coating. I’m guessing that’s why the hotcake version did so well. Maple flavored wafers and butter flavored white chocolate. A+! ---
**Author:** ![OldLobsterClaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb9ed0/32.png) [@OldLobsterClaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldLobsterClaw)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/12 "2012-03-29T02:24:47Z")
That sounds really good. I love chocolates with hot pepper, the wasabi would be kind of the same but different. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/13 "2012-03-29T02:25:41Z")
I suppose one could take a standard Kit Kat and smear a bit of wasabi on it. Doubt it would be the same though. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/14 "2012-03-29T07:58:49Z")
When a bacon flavored Kit-Kat bar arrives, all world Communism will be destroyed. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/15 "2012-03-29T08:10:05Z")
Ha! Yes, that will be the pinnacle of capitalism. It’ll all be downhill from there. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasabi-flavored-kit-kat/617044/16 "2012-03-29T19:26:42Z")
> [@cardinal\_fang](#): > > FYI, you can order these and other Kit-Kat flavours (including Green Tea, Strawberry and “Hot Cake”) from [J-List](http://www.jlist.com/category/214). I’ve ordered stuff from them in the past; they’ve got some cool Japanese products – pop culture, manga, games, food, etc. if you’re into that kind of thing. Not exactly cheap, and shipping – as you might expect – is on the order of weeks. But if you simply must try these… > > NOTE: the site carries adult products as well, and parts of it are **NSFW** (although the link above is OK). +1 on getting Nippon-only Kit-Kats from J-list. The varieties are endless and we love them, especially when sampled out of a Christmas stocking and accompanied with a nice cup of green or black tea. Nui Ono!