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Indulge in the delightful world of TokyoTreat, a tasty monthly snack box curated with an array of authentic Japanese treats and confectionery, all delivered straight from Japan to your doorstep. This exclusive subscription service ensures a handpicked selection of Japanese candies, DIY kits, traditional Dagashi snacks, and an assortment of delectable savory treats and refreshing beverages that are sure to tantalize your taste buds. Each month brings a new assortment, showcasing a delightful mix of the finest exclusive and seasonal snacks, including an assortment of chocolates, crispy chips, chewy gummy candies, anime-inspired treats, KitKat, DIY candy kits, and of course, the beloved Dagashi classics.
What’s in a TokyoTreat box: 15-20 full-sized Japanese snacks + a 24-page culture guide.
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Tokyo Treat – October 2023 Halloween SnackHaul Box Review:
Within every Tokyo Treat box, you will discover a delightful assortment of 15-20 Japanese snacks, carefully curated to surprise and satisfy your taste buds. Anticipate the excitement of exploring unique flavored KitKats, a signature inclusion in each package. Moreover, you can delve into the rich cultural significance behind the monthly theme through the informative English booklet enclosed. This comprehensive guide explains the chosen theme’s relevance to Japanese culture and provides detailed descriptions of each snack, highlighting common allergens and vegetarian-friendly options for your convenience.
Did you know?
Halloween didn’t hold significant traction within Japanese culture until 1997, marked by the inception of Disney’s Happy Halloween event. Nevertheless, Japan’s pre-existing fondness for cosplay and love for scary movies seamlessly paved the way for the assimilation of a Westernized Halloween culture. Coupled with the increase of international schools and English language education, young ones are now introduced to the traditions of trick-or-treating and Halloween festivities from an early age. Today, this celebration has evolved into a major event, Shibuya Scramble, drawing in over 1 million participants annually and transforming the bustling location into a colossal, vibrant costume extravaganza.
What snacks are inside the TokyoTreat Halloween SnackHaul Box?
KitKat Sweet Potato
Enjoy the sweet smell and subtle flavor of these white choco sweet potato KitKats!
I love trying these fun, new-to-us KitKats. In past boxes, we have tried the peach flavor and Lucky Daifuku. The KitKat sweet potato was unexpectedly sweet and citrusy, combined with a faint flavor of savory potatoes! The whole family really enjoyed them.
Koikeya Salt & Sesame Oil Potato Chips
Crunch into these thick-cut, golden potato chips infused with savory sesame oil & salt!
These salt and sesame oil chips had the perfect level of potato crunch and provided an amazing, mouth-watering flavor. I loved the touches of sesame seed oil! I would have these again!
Kobe Japanese Cola
Straight from Kobe, this drink is sweetened with Japanese citrus extracts for a unique flavor.
This drink is a must! Kobe Cola had such a striking citrusy flavor, along with the familiar taste of refreshing cola, like Coca-Cola and Pepsi. I chilled it in the fridge and it was delicious!
Tohato Caramel Corn Puffs
Soft, crispy, and melt-in-your-mouth, this sweetened corn-puff snack is a Halloween classic!
These corn puffs were so delicious! A favorite snack among at least one member of the family… myself. They were lightly crispy with a melt-in-your-mouth texture and a delicious sweet caramel coating. If I got these in my Halloween bag when I was little I would have been a very happy girl.
Polinky Mentaiko Corn Snacks
These savory corn snacks have a light mentaiko, or pickled pollack roe, flavor with just a hint of spicy!
The Polinky Mentaiko Corn Snacks was one of the best snacks included! There was no seafood taste whatsoever, but there was a superb spicy finish! I would definitely recommend this snack to anyone who is a light spice lover. Our kids in the household were worried when they saw that there may be seafood allergens in these, but they loved them!
Halloween Tomato Pretz
The crispy biscuit-pretzel texture and mouth-watering, savory tomato flavor are unmatched!
These pretzel sticks were so yummy! A skinny pretzel with a delicious tomato flavor. They were reminiscent of pocky sticks but with a savory flavor. They make the perfect snack and are so good so it’s hard to eat just one. They didn’t last long in our house.
Halloween Jelly Bean Gummies
Try them in either ghostly grape, creepy cola, or ghoulish ginger ale flavor!
The most amazing candy I have ever eaten! These jelly bean gummies are something I have never had before, but I need to have more of them in my life. First, the flavors were super. They are so flavourful and the taste was exactly what I expected; grape, cola, and ginger ale. Second, the texture was amazing! They had an outside shell of a jelly bean but the inside was a firm but chewy gummy that lasted longer than many other gummies. Third, that cola taste was amazing! You can never go wrong with cola candies!
Monster Bubble Gum Energy Drink Flavor
Treat yourself to this monster-theme bubble gum with an electrifying flavor!
This gum started out with the best flavor and a super soft almost gooey texture. My daughter, in particular, loved them but said that the flavor didn’t last long. With three pieces to a package, they would be awesome trick-or-treating candy for Halloween.
Tanuki Yakisoba
This vegetarian-friendly, savory yakisoba is best enjoyed with your favorite toppings!
In our house, we love ramen noodles. We tend to favor the ones without seafood, so were very happy that is one was vegetarian. The flavor in this yakisoba was delicious and my husband in particular loved them! I also love that there was a recipe included in my TokyoTreat booklet.
Pokemon Halloween Choco Pie
The lightly sweet whipped cream is wrapped in yummy cake layers and a rich chocolate coating!
Once we saw the Pokemon package, we knew this would be a huge hit in our house! Pokemon snacks, how can anyone ever go wrong? This treat was no exception. It didn’t come out of the package without breaking a bit, but sometimes the best foods are the messiest, and that was the case here and it didn’t last long once everyone took a piece. I guess you can say we are fans of chocolate, whipping cream, and a light cookie layer. This was very similar to a wagon wheel, which is a very common school snack and Halloween treat for kiddos.
Black Thunder Cookie Bar
This beloved treat is crunchy, creamy, and has a perfect cookie-chocolate ratio!
This one reminded me of a small chocolate bar but with an Oreo cookie crumble throughout. A perfect treat for a chocoholic! It was very sweet, but so tasty! One bite for each member of the family and it was done. We all were very impressed.
Koala March Halloween
With crispy biscuit coating and creamy chocolate filling, these are sure to please any trick-or-treater!
These are the cutest little koala cookies. I’ve never seen a snack so cute with an adorable image right on the cookie. I couldn’t wait to taste them. Sadly these looked better than they tasted. They lacked flavor, other than a subtle cookie taste.
Teeny Tiny Monster Chocolates
These cute tiny chocolates come in 5 fun flavors: milk choco, sweet soybean powder, strawberry, banana, and melon!
These teeny tiny chocolate cubes were so small and adorable. I was apprehensive about a few of the flavors, but because of their size, the flavor was not overwhelming. Our family had mixed reviews regarding these, some of us loved them, while others thought they lacked flavor.
Halloween Mini Hi-Chew
Bite into these sweet and chewy mini Hi-Chews, perfect for a night of trick-or-treating!
The word Hi-chew comes with a lot of hype around our house. Our kids seem to think of them as the holy grail of candy and to get them in their trick-or-treat bag on Halloween would be the best thing ever! These hi-chews were no doubt one of the top candies in this month’s TokyoTreat box.
Mini Halloween Cookies
These adorable mini cookies have the perfect amount of sweetness and crunch!
These are the tiniest cookie drops. A fun, snack for inside your Halloween bag. My family wasn’t super impressed with the flavor and the kids thought they had a slight seafood taste, but maybe after all the other sweets in this box our tastebuds needed a cleanse before we dove into sampling these cookies.
Why We Love the TokyoTreat October 2023 Halloween SnackHaul Box:
Our family loves the TokyoTreat box! Each month it delivers us a new experience that our whole family can share. The TokyoTreat box opens our eyes to new textures and flavors that we otherwise would never have experienced. We get a glimpse into the Japanese culture and all their fun and often cute-looking snacks, that are much harder to find in Canada.
This month’s Halloween SnackHaul box was a very big thumbs-up from the whole family! I can honestly say collectively this was our favorite TokyoTreat box to date. It included the perfect mix of sweet treats and savory treats, as well as a drink and a noodle snack meal. Everyone tried everything and there were so many amazing snacks that we will be shopping for in the future.
For our family, the TokyoTreat box isn’t just a monthly subscription box; it’s like embarking on an exciting snacking adventure that we all enjoy together and we can’t wait for the next box we get to enjoy together!
Have you tried Tokyo Treat? Which are your favorite snacks?