Even MORE Chocorooms!

My other Chocoroom flavor reviews:

• Original (Chocolate)
• Caramel
  
• Strawberry
• Purple Sweet Potato
• Macadamia
  

This is the last box of Chocorooms I have in my stash. 

The packaging for this flavor is very vibrant. The combinations of red-violet and green are stunning. I think this is meant to be a fall flavor and design, but I’m not sure. (The Purple Sweet Potato was definitely a fall release with an obvious fall color scheme.) The box is smaller and thinner than the Macadamia version I reviewed a few days ago, so it’s more like the original Chocoroom box than any of the specialty flavors I have had.

Inside, the chocolates are smaller and not individually wrapped. For this flavor, the little chocolate mushroom cap is sunny yellow with a plain biscuit “stump.”

I was kind of surprised by the smell. These don’t smell like a sweet potato at all. In fact, these smell more like a flavored/specialty coffee to me than any sweet potato I’ve ever had.

When I ate one, it confirmed that these weren’t quite sweet potato. While there is a sweet fruity/vegetable taste, these are really more like a mild flavored coffee than anything else. Maybe sweet potatoes are roasted differently in Asia? Even though these don’t taste like a sweet potato, they are pretty yummy.

So far I don’t think any of the specialty Chocorooms I have had tasted like what they were supposed to. If you like mild flavored coffee, you might enjoy this version (my mother does), but my favorite so far is still the Macadamia.

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Kinoko No Yama Caramel (Caramel) - Asian Food Market, NJ

Sorry for the lack of updates the last two days, I just got back from Otakon in Baltimore and my queue had run out.

This is the last flavors of my mushroom-themed snacks. This time, it’s a pretty well known flavor, caramel.

The box is smaller and thinner then the strawberry and the yam versions. It’s about half the size! This time the art seems to have a snowy theme, so maybe caramel is considered more of a winter flavor in Asian countries?  I like the combination of the colors on the box and I think they are really appealing.

Inside, the Chocorooms are together inside a large bag, not individually wrapped. This is different from the yam or strawberry, maybe those are specialty versions, and caramel is a staple flavor? The mushroom-shaped candy inside is about half the size of the taro and strawberry mushrooms too!

When I smelled the candy, it was rich and buttery. There is still a very strong smell of white chocolate, like most flavored Chocorooms, but there are definitely burnt sugar notes.

The biscuit stem tastes just like a Pocky stick, crunchy and mild. This time, the coating tastes like a lightly salted white chocolate mixed with caramel. The texture is like fudge, but it melts away in your mouth.

I really enjoyed this flavor a lot, and they are fantastic when paired with a cup of tea! Out of the three flavors, I’d have to pick caramel as my ultimate favorite. Least favorite would be yam/taro, because it tasted nothing like an actual yam at all.

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