Japanese Almond Chocolate - Meiji, Lotte and Glico

Friday, August 1, 2014

Japanese Almond Chocolate - Meiji, Lotte and Glico

Today, I finally decided to compare almond chocolate between three different Japanese confectionery makers, Meiji, Lotte, and Glico. I was always wondering that how different their tastes were. As I mentioned in my previous entry, I bought Meiji Almond Chocolate for 139yen, Lotte Almond Chocolate for 139yen and Glico Almond Peak for 99yen at discount store in Japan.

Japanese Almond Chocolate

I opened them up and was surprised that the packaging of Meiji and Lotte ones were almost same! Glico Almond Peak was packed with silver plastic bag.

Japanese Almond Chocolate

Meiji Almond Chocolate & Lotte Almond Chocolate

The figures of almond chocolate made by Meiji and Lotte also looked same.

Meiji one had 24 pieces of chocolate, and Lotte one had 23 pieces.

Meiji Almond Chocolate & Lotte Almond Chocolate

Glico Almond Peak

Glico Almond Peak had 12 pieces of chocolate, but each chocolate was bigger than Meiji and Lotte ones.

Meiji Almond Chocolate, Lotte Almond Chocolate & Glico Almond Peak

I was surprised that all three almond chocolate had slightly different tastes!
Meiji ones were milk-chocolate-covered almonds with slightly caramel taste.

Meiji Almond Chocolate

Lotte ones were dark-chocolate-covered almonds, but they were not very bitter. :)

Lotte Almond Chocolate

Glico Almond Peak had pretty crunchy almond and had the best taste! According to their Website, the almonds were covered with sugar syrup and roasted for its crunchiness.