Thursday, December 3, 2009

Glico Strawberry Mobaccho

Strawberry Mobaccho

These came to me from a friend as part of a late birthday gift, and thought I was happy to try them, my expectations were pretty low. The blandness of Matcha Mobaccho still brings the memory of disappointment. Kelly at Tasty Japan also reviewed the strawberry version a few months ago.

The cup sure is cute, though, even cuter than the matcha flavor. The violet-red drizzle looks great against the silver, and would probably make a fantastic shade of lipstick. According to the nutrition facts, the whole container is one 280 calorie serving, but I can't imagine eating all of the pellets at once.

Strawberry Mobaccho

Once opened, these smelled like tart strawberry (kind of like Fruit Roll-ups). However, the taste of the strawberry chocolate was almost completely drowned out by the "pretzel" center. There was just a mildly pleasant strawberry taste hidden behind crunchy, fairly bland biscuits. Also, these left my mouth feeling faintly oily.

These certainly didn't taste bad, but they were underwhelming. The chocolate coating is so thin and soft that it melts away quickly before I could even taste it. I suppose if you really just wanted to satisfy a crunchy craving, these might do the trick, but there are numerous better choices out there.

C+

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5 comments:

Par said...

C+, don't sound too good.
How big are the pieces?c

ebidebby said...

About 1 half cm long, I would say.

Kelly said...

Glad it wasn't just me then. Sorry your birthday present didn't taste so good though, bit disappointing!
And happy belated birthday too :)

Orchid64 said...

Ah, another one I've been seeing and avoiding. I'm rather glad I did. In my case, the waste of all that plastic (and so unnecessary, too) really put me off. I guess this is fad packaging rather than treat encasing!

ebidebby said...

Kelly - It wasn't the whole birthday present! Those Pure gummies were in it, too, and a hair straightening iron. :)

Orchid64 - That's it exactly. They're going off the idea that if the outside seems special, the inside won't matter.