Top 21 most popular Japanese chocolate you must try

When it comes to chocolate in Asia, you can't leave out Japan. The Japanese chocolate-making craft comes from Europe, but it also incorporates its own innovations, such as raw chocolate, which many people know, and chocolate with elements of matcha and cherry blossoms. Japan even has its own chocolate culture. 

Chocolate is a western confectionery that everyone knows. Recently, however, "Japanese-style" chocolates have begun to attract attention.

An increasing number of foreign brands are introducing "Japanese" flavors such as matcha, yuzu, and ginger, and their innovative flavors are very popular.

The best chocolate brand in Japan is Royce raw chocolate, but if you think Royce raw chocolate is the only one in Japan, you are wrong. This article will introduce you to those famous Japanese chocolate brands, you will find that Japanese chocolate is not only rich in variety and unique flavors but also very cheap, so foodies can try more than one at a time. Note: ranked in no particular order.

Some of this Japanese chocolate is perfect as a gift for your superiors or for a different kind of Valentine.

TOP 21 MOST POPULAR JAPANESE CHOCOLATE 

1. Japan Royce raw chocolate

Japan's most famous chocolate, super popular in the country, more than 14% water, 24% fresh cream, melt in your mouth, cut into small squares, wrapped in a dense and delicate texture of cocoa powder, slightly bitter taste of mellow, unforgettable in the mouth! There are also several flavors to choose from.

Price: 7$

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2.Meiji snow kiss Meltykiss

This chocolate has many flavors, the taste is delicate and smooth, like snowflakes, sweet and delicious, delicious round and ripe, melt in the mouth.

Original flavor

Price: 12$

3. Morinaga DARS chocolate

Japan's ORICON list of the most popular chocolate, a total of three, respectively, white, red, and black, always by the Japanese popular group KinKi Kids as the product endorsement.

White

Price: 10$

4. Morinaga Bake creamy chocolate

Smooth texture, rich cheese flavor, incredible taste of happiness, love cheese eaters can not miss!

Price: 5$

5. Rokkatei strawberry sandwich chocolate

Super delicious strawberry chocolate balls, Hokkaido buttermilk white chocolate contains a whole strawberry, the entrance sweet, then feel the sour, sour with sweet, also accompanied by milk.

Price: 20$

6. Matsuo MIX assorted chocolates

Very cute a chocolate, let the girl love, cheap and delicious, small body, big flavor, very popular in Japan.

Price: 10$

7. Kitashinchi breath chocolate

Osaka's most famous chocolate, there are tiramisu, strawberry, matcha, and other flavors, chocolate with large full almonds inside, sweet outside and fragrant inside with, simply can not be better!

Matcha flavor

Price: 13$

8. Bourbon Sailboat Chocolate Chip Cookies

The use of Venezuelan cacao beans, cocoa content of 70%, chocolate sandwiched between the crispy cookies, cocoa flavor-rich, unique taste.

Price: 10$

9. Nissin wheat crisp milk chocolate flavor

Crunchy, chocolate-flavored aroma, crunchy cereal outside wrapped in a thin, even thickness of chocolate, not sweet and greasy, great taste.

Price: 11.5$

10. Morinaga Bake baking chocolate

Crispy outside and soft inside, baked chocolate, winter microwave heating 30 seconds will not melt, the chocolate inside will become a chocolate sauce, taste very good!

Price: 17$

11. Meiji cranberry sandwich dark chocolate

Cocoa butter up to 77% high pure concentration, wrapped in dried cranberries and soybean crunch, full of strong cocoa polyphenols attractive aroma.

Price: 10.5$

12. Rakuten Ghana Chocolate

Pure taste, pure quality, the mouth is dissolved wonderful taste, aromatic and rich flavor, eat a piece of lips and teeth!

Price: 18$

13. Hokkaido white lovers chocolate

Produced by Hokkaido milk, and high-quality flour, egg production, the taste is thick and crispy.

Price: 18$

14. Royce Chocolate Chips

Can be called the perfect encounter between chocolate and potato chips, Royce family is originally known for Hokkaido raw chocolate eating circle, mixed with slightly salty potato chips, the collision of sparks, delicious to crack.

Price: 12$

15. Meiji Almond Chocolate

Entrance soft and smooth, chocolate slowly melted to eat the crispy roasted almonds, cocoa butter content of more than 70% of the chocolate.

Price: 21$

16. Pocky very fine chocolate

The inside of the sandwich cookie bar to the ultimate fine, more prominent the taste of the outer layer of chocolate, one by one can not stop ah! 

Price: 14.5$

17. Morinaga Uji matcha chocolate

Uji matcha flavor is a seasonal limit, the texture is very fine, smooth has meticulous workmanship, and looks very high gloss.

Price: 14.5$

18. Kobe strawberry chocolate

Very large, the outer cotton truffle just neutralizes the sweetness of white chocolate, inside is really large dried strawberries oh, crunchy and juice, white chocolate sweet plus dried strawberries sour, eat like cheese.

Price: 8$

19. Morinaga semi-ripe chocolate

The outer layer is baked by the crispy fire is a rich chocolate flavor, taste with wine heart chocolate, containing cherry brandy alcohol 0.7%, rich and aromatic, melt in the mouth.

Price: 20$

20. Meiji piano chocolate

This chocolate packaging is noble and elegant, drawer type exquisite small box, as if it is a golden piano keyboard, so also called piano chocolate. Each piece is so delicate and delicious, with delicate texture, and pure flavor, so that people can not help but enjoy one piece after another!

Price: 20$

21. Mu-an

Lastly, I would like to introduce you to Munian. The last one I will introduce is "Muni-An", a workshop with two brands, "Atelier de Muni-An" and "Cacao Tei".

Munian's two signature products are Munian Truffles and Cacao Cute.

Both of these chocolates have a new sensation that cannot be found in any other brand.

A typical truffle is a slightly hard coating of chocolate with a smooth ganache inside, but the Muni-an Truffle is completely different.

Most truffles have a smooth ganache inside a slightly hard coating of chocolate, but Muni-an Truffles are completely different.

The Munising Truffle is very large, about 4 cm in diameter. The truffles are as soft as a baby's cheeks, with an exquisite fluffiness and softness.

Like a fluffy, frothy mousse, but softer than a mousse, the truffle melts in your mouth and fills your mouth and nostrils with incredibly dense flavors.

The flavors range from vanilla and gin to matcha and white plum, all of which are aromatic and mellow. The overwhelming aroma and new texture make these truffles unforgettable.

On the other hand, "Cacao Cute" is a chocolate with a new texture, made by melting marshmallows and chocolate together.

It looks like raw chocolate, but when you put it in your mouth, you will be surprised by its new texture. It has a soft elasticity, yet is very smooth, and the sweetness and aroma melt away at a calculated speed.

There is no hard feeling like a normal marshmallow, and after the marshmallow is completely melted, the lingering aroma of cocoa is elegantly left behind.

There are three simple flavors: milk, white, black, and tea. Like truffles, these chocolates are a new sensation that leaves a lasting impression.

Both of these chocolates show the mastery of manipulating the "texture". They are pricey, but you will not regret it.

The Muni-an truffles are priced at 27$ yen for a pack of four, and the Cacao Cute is 16$ for a pack of three. Both of these truffles are sold by mail order and require cool delivery and refrigeration, so it may take some time to handle them, but they are worth it.

Types of Japanese chocolate on Valentine's Day

If you are in Japan and you receive chocolate (or if you have Japanese friends and they give it to you) be careful and don't automatically think that your generous Japanese has a romantic interest. Because there are several types of chocolate, depending on the relationship you have with the person giving it to you:

⦁Honmei-choko (本命チョコ), or favorite chocolate. It is the best chocolate you can be given as a gift because it is the one you give to the person for whom there are romantic feelings.

⦁Giri-choco (義理チョコ), or chocolate out of obligation. A fairly frequent gift for co-workers, bosses, friends, and generally men for whom there are no romantic feelings. Since there is nothing romantic involved, it is usually quite inexpensive. Sometimes the term Sewa-Choko is used for chocolates given to co-workers, bosses, and so on.

⦁Tomo-Choko (友チョコ) or friendship chocolate. This is the one given to close friends, often regardless of gender, as it can be given equally to men and women. If it is for close relatives, it is sometimes called Fami-Choko.

⦁Gyaku-Choko (逆チョコ) or "upside-down" chocolate. Although it is very rare, there is an attempt for men to give chocolate to women as gifts as well. As White Day is still very popular, this type of chocolate is not common in Japan. But it is clear that if chocolate companies manage to make it normal, they will make even more money.

Best Japanese raw chocolate recipe 

One of the most famous and best-tasting brands of raw chocolate on the market is Roxy from Hokkaido, Japan,

The Japanese word for raw chocolate also means fresh, so it's easy to see that raw chocolate has a shorter shelf life than other chocolate products, usually only about a month, which makes it much more expensive. Due to the short shelf life, it is not easy to transport, so it is often inconvenient for domestic partners to eat fresh and tasty raw chocolate from ROYCE.

The price of raw chocolate is relatively high.

The Food Stuff

So, today we're going to show you how to make your own authentic raw chocolate at home. November is the perfect time for raw chocolate when the temperature is easy to make and the taste is great, and it's early winter, so a little bit of raw chocolate is a great way to get rid of the winter chill.

First of all, let's see what we need to make raw chocolate: 

INGREDIENTS 

⦁200 g of dark chocolate with 65% cacao

⦁100 g of milk chocolate

⦁180 g of light cream

⦁15 g of water

⦁15g honey 

⦁125g butter (unsalted)

⦁cocoa powder.

Preparation:

The first thing you need to do is make chocolate 

Chocolate is very easy to make, so I will teach you how to make delicious and authentic ROYCE raw chocolate.

How to:

1. first chop the dark chocolate and milk chocolate and put them in a bowl.

2. Pour the light cream mixed with water into the milk pot and bring it to a boil, then pour it into the bowl with the chocolate in a circular motion.

3. Open the lid and stir with a whisk until the chocolate is completely melted and mixed well with the butter and light cream. (If the weather is cold, you can boil a pot of hot water, put the bowl of chocolate into the hot water, and stir over the hot water). 

4. take a mold lined with plastic wrap, and pour the chocolate sauce into the mold. (We recommend a rectangular mold with one piece) Put it in the freezer for at least 3 hours and take it out.

5. Sprinkle a layer of cocoa powder evenly on the surface of the solidified chocolate.

Then turn the mold upside down, remove the chocolate, and cut it into the size you like with a knife heated with boiling water. 

6. take a tray and pour the right amount of cocoa powder (buy cocoa powder

When shopping for cocoa powder, it is recommended to choose a darker cocoa powder, so that the production of chocolate color is more beautiful). 

7. Then roll each side of the chopped chocolate pieces in the tray with an even layer of cocoa powder and you're done.

Tips 

⦁Freshly made raw chocolate is delicious for the first 3 days and cannot be consumed.

⦁If you need to store it, you have to refrigerate it, but it will last for a week.

⦁If you want to pack it, you can put it in a pocket or put it inside a box.

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Thank you for visiting and if you have any questions or if you tried any of these Japanese chocolate let us know your experience with them.