TokyoTreat April 2023: Sakura Picnic Party Box Review
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TokyoTreat is a monthly themed snack box filled with Japanese snacks and candy delivered directly from Japan. This subscription-based service delivers a hand-picked collection of Japanese candies, DIY kits, traditional Dagashi snacks, and savory snacks and drinks you will love! Items vary monthly but may include the best new exclusive and seasonal snacks, chocolates, salty chips, gummy candy, anime snacks, DIY candy kits, and Dagashi.
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Tokyo Treat – April 2023 “Sakura Picnic Party” Box Review:
Each Tokyo Treat box comes with 15-20 Japanese snacks. One of the snacks is almost always a unique flavored KitKat. Your box will also include an information booklet in English, explaining why they chose the monthly theme and what it represents to Japanese people. This booklet also describes each snack, common allergens, and if it’s vegetarian-friendly.
Did you know?
Hanami is the Japanese tradition of welcoming spring once the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. People all over Japan head outdoors to have cherry blossom viewing parties which often involve bento boxes and sharing food under these beautiful blossoms.
KitKat Peach
All dressed up and bursting with juicy peach flavor, these sweet and fruity KitKats are a spring favor fave!
The best KitKat we have ever tasted! If you love peaches or anything peach-flavored, you need to try these mini Peach KitKat bars. They are delicious!!! They are covered in a peach-flavored white chocolate (I think?) that gives them a light peach taste. It’s not overpowering, but just the right amount. They are the perfect snack size to share or take on the go.
Sakura Senbei
Crunch into these salty snacks with a floral twist- they’re made with real cherry blossom leaves!
I had no idea there was a snack made out of cherry blossom leaves. Who would ever have thought? The taste was very different than what we are used to. These bite-sized rice crackers have a conventional savory flavor, but they also have a floral twist thanks to the taste of cherry blossom leaves. It’s an unexpected mix, but it turns out to be pretty good, and it’s an intriguing take on the traditional flavors of sweet cherry blossoms.
Sakura Manju
A sakura season staple, this adorable sweet is filled with pink cherry blossom-flavored sweet bean paste!
This is a traditional pastry that is popular during sakura season in Japan. It is a soft cookie-like outside filled with the traditional sakura-scented sweet red bean paste. The outside pastry tasted delicious and reminded us of a fig newton bar, but our taste buds are still getting familiar with the red bean taste.
Sakura Matcha Cookie Bites
Bite into a popular spring flavor combo made in heaven- sakura and matcha!
These tiny cookie bites have an outside layer that is made of matcha cookie. It’s flaky and has a taste that is a tad on the bitter side. This contrasts perfectly with the sweet sakura cream filling that together creates a delicious balance in both flavor and texture.
Sakura Cherry Candy
These hard candies are flavored with the juice of Yamagata Prefecture’s famously sweet Sato Nishiki cherries!
These candies are a favorite in our house! They have a bold sweet cherry flavor that lasts the whole way through. We only wish that there were more candies in this package. They were that good!
Strawberry King Cider
Relish this refreshing sakura-colored strawberry soda made with sweet Amaou Strawberries!
Another fan favorite among everyone in our house! This soda, or pop as we call it, was absolutely delicious. It was sweet with the perfect amount of strawberry flavoring giving you a yummy refreshing drink. And how adorable is that bottle?!
Premium Ghana Truffle
They have three layers: a creamy milk chocolate ganache center, a coating of velvety dark chocolate, and a dusting of cocoa powder.
These chocolates are very similar to the truffles that we have in North America. A creamy rich dark chocolate taste.
Ghana Chocolate Cake Bites
Soft and scrumptious, these cute bite-sized pillows are packed with chocolatey flavor!
These chocolate bites weren’t as rich of a flavor as the truffles. They have a harder outer chocolate coating with a soft sponge-like cake inside. They have a slight cherry or amaretto taste? (I can’t place the taste).
Mini Caplico
Shaped like mini ice cream cones, these have two layers of sweet cream filling inside a savor, crispy wafer!
We were lucky to get two mini cones, one strawberry and one cherry blossom. So cute and fun to eat. The strawberry tasted like the strawberry ginza rusk from February 2023’s Tokyo Treat box. My girls loved that the filling went all the way to the bottom of the wafer. They are the perfect size for snacking.
Sour Paper Candy Cola
Piri-Kara Spicy Ramen
With a delicate balance of spice and flavor, this vegetarian ramen is bringing the heat to the picnic party!
This ramen is perfect for a quick lunch or snack. Mostly my husband ate this ramen as its his favorite! I did manage to snag a few bites. I was expecting it to have some heat, but it was more mild than anticipated. The light umami vegetable seasoning creates just the right amount of flavor.
Kuppy Ramune
They come in a sweet and sour mouth-watering assortment of orange, strawberry, and lemon flavors!
These are a firm candy that dissolves into a powdery texture when you bit or suck on them. They reminded us of Sweet Tarts, but the flavor was milder than expected. The kids loved crunching on these and it was the perfect amount to share.
Texas Corn Okonomiyaki
This soft corn snack is inspired by the Japanese dish, Okonomiyaki. Okonomiyaki is a popular Japanese dish similar to a pancake, made with a mixture of ingredients like cabbage, egg, meat, cheese, onion, and seafood. Have you tried Okonomiyaki before?
Similar in texture to a cheese puff or cheesy, but with more vegetable flavors and spices. They are crunchy when chewed and melt in your mouth when sucked on. Even with the slight seafood flavor, these were really tasty!
Full Moon Pon Cracker
This traditional soy sauce-flavored rice cracker is crisp, savory, and great for sharing!
This is a traditional soy sauce-flavored cracker only larger. I have come to know this taste well as it comes in our snacking trail mix. They are crispy and crunchy with a salty coating.
Coal Lollipop Dipper
Open the candy bag (carefully!), take a lick of the cola-flavored lollipop, then dip it into the candy powder for a bubbly burst of flavor.
My youngest says this was yummy! Sadly the rest of the family didn’t even get a taste, but we can imagine how good it was if she liked it. She said the powder was sweet tasting but she preferred to have the lollipop by itself.
Verdict:
We love the selection and variety of unique and familiar snacks inside each TokyoTreat box. This month there are many snacks that are completely new to us, both in flavor and texture. This is the first time we have experienced any Sakura snacks, it is something we knew very little about before receiving our TokyoTreat box. The peach KitKat was for sure the biggest favorite in our house. Along with the strawberry cider and sakura cherry candies. As well, there were a few really delicious and familiar-tasting snacks but with a slight twist, such as coke-flavored candy. We are still trying to wrap our taste buds around the red bean paste flavor.
We had so much fun with this unboxing and snacking, it ended up taking half a day. We loved trying new snacks, finding new favorite snacks, and this month sharing snacks with our friends! The TokyoTreat box is not only a monthly subscription box but also a unique snacking experience for us as a family.\
Have you tried Tokyo Treat? Which are your favorite snacks?