Chocolate Sparkling
With Valentine’s Day last Sunday, many women bought chocolates for loved ones and friends in Japan, as is the tradition. So to mark the occasion and since I just tried Chocolate Beer last week, let’s try another chocolate flavored drink – Chocolate Sparkling!
Made by Suntory, it is a mix of soda and chocolate, but it comes in a clear liquid as you can see from the picture above. Amazingly, it taste exactly like chocolate, and surprising tasted pretty good – you would not think so with this weird combination.
This is certainly one of the strangest drinks I have had here in Japan, I am sure there are stranger ones still. Cheers!
It was actually good? I’ve been kind of reluctant to try it.
Yes, I was surprised that I liked it – though I wouldn’t buy a caseload of the stuff (still prefer beer of course). Like most unusual drinks in Japan, they are good to try once, and that’s it, then back to Coke or Pepsi
Maybe I’ll try it then. I had Van Houten cocoa tonight. Chocolaty, but more traditional.
This was released for Valentines Day…like the Chocolate Beer.
BTW, I linked to your Chocolate Beer post on mine:
http://tokyo5.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/chocolat-beer/
Thanks for the link. Looks like you liked the Chocolate Beer as well.
I found this stuff discounted at Jason’s for 55 yen, so I decided to try it. It’s like Hershey’s syrup mixed with club soda. Not bad, but not really chocolate. And not that refreshing, so I couldn’t chug the bottle if I was really thirsty.
55 yen is a good price … must have not sold their stock so it did not sell well. I agree, it has a strong chocolatey taste to “chug” the bottle. Beer is great for chugging