It is safe to say that the KitKat has well and truly established itself in Japanese culture. Nestlé has produced over 200 special edition flavors of the chocolate bar since 2000, which include gems such as creme brulée, ginger ale, cherry blossom, melon, soy sauce, baked potato, blueberry cheesecake, strawberry cheesecake, apple, pumpkin, brandy & orange, red bean paste, apricot seed, choco-banana, peach, fruit parfait, pear, mango, lemon, yuzu, salty watermelon, muscat grape, rum & raisin, cinnamon, apple vinegar, sports drink, pineapple, kiwi, caramel, maple, chestnut, edamame, purple sweet potato, french rock salt, wasabi, hot Japanese chili, creamy English tea, jasmine tea and green tea flavours. The newest addition to Japan’s seemingly endless list of KitKat creativity is the KitKat sandwich.
First Kitchen, a fast food franchise in Japan, are selling KitKats covered in whipped cream and orange peel sandwiched between two slices of white bread. The KitKats used aren’t your ordinary bars either. The sandwiches use ‘KitKat for Cafe’, which are apparently more robust bars designed specifically for dipping in hot drinks, to make the sandwiches more crispy. (Side note: WANT!!!) The sandwich is only 220 yen (£1.23) and despite sounding like something only a desperate university student would cook up, has been praised by those brave enough to try it.
