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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Meiji Creamy Marshmallow Chocolate
The first thing I have to ask about this bar is why we don’t have anything like this in the United States? The bar is very simple, a single serving of milk chocolate in bar format with mini marshmallows dotted throughout. In North America we have plenty of options for chocolate covered single marshmallows (Rocky Road, various seasonal novelties) but nothing with this specific ratio.
The bar is nicely boxes, like many of Meiji’s other candy products. Inside the sturdy paperboard box is a mylar pouch with the bar in it. Mine was in excellent condition - no scuffs, not even broken.
The bar is thicker than the standard Meiji Milk Chocolate bar, and has lightly defined sections.
The bar has varying amounts of the little marshmallows in it. Around the edges, it was hard to find marshmallows, but deeper into the bar, they were quite dense. The marshmallows are small, about the size of a pencil eraser or a green pea.
The chocolate is not quite the same formula as the classic Milk Chocolate Meiji bar, which is too bad, because I really enjoy that bar. This bar is technically not even chocolate, as it contains some other vegetable oils in addition to cocoa butter, such as sunflower, shea nut and illpe butter. This gives the chocolate a smooth melt, but a very cool feeling on the tongue. The flavors are dominated by a dried milk dairy taste. The marshmallows are soft and bouncy, a little tacky and chewy around the edges of the bar. My disappointment with the bar is with the chocolate itself. I was fully expecting the deep, smoky Meiji Milk Chocolate that I’ve tried before. What I got was a little less than that, and when paying the full import prices, it’s a little steep. Next time I’ll just get the milk chocolate bar and some other marshmallows and do the rest myself. Still, there’s something to be learned here .... there’s a product out there that our confectionery giants are neglecting. (Though it could also use some little salty pretzel bits to complete it.) Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:04 pm
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Kuroishino on 10/12/11 at 5:48 pm #
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Amanda on 10/14/11 at 12:28 pm #
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Instead we have almost no options for chocolate covered single marshmallows .
This bar marshmallow appears around this time every year for a limited time.
This year we have strawberry flavor. ( your review is last year’s version)
I really agree with you on the chocolate itself. Not as good as Meiji milk chocolate.
I’ve been buying these at the Marukai in Torrance. I was optimistic since I love marshmallow and chocolate (See’s Scotchmallow, yum!). But much like you, was let down by the chocolate. My boyfriend who almost never eats candy really likes these which I find odd.
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