Godiva releases first-ever yokan to have fun fiftieth anniversary in Japan

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Conventional wagashi confection will get a really fashionable overhaul.

Again in 1972, revered Belgian chocolatier Godiva made its first foray into Japan, and over time, it’s grown to develop into one of many nation’s hottest and well-known chocolate manufacturers. Now, to have fun its fiftieth anniversary in Japan, Godiva is paying homage to clients right here with an unprecedented launch involving a conventional Japanese candy — yokan.

▼  The Yokan is among the new merchandise in Godiva’s “Summer season Assortment”, out there solely from 25 Might to 23 August.

Yokan is a conventional wagashi (Japanese confection) that’s generally bought as a easy and barely agency block, which is normally lower into slices earlier than being eaten. It’s historically made with purple bean paste, agar, and sugar, however for this Godiva celebration, the yokan might be showing in two flavours, Chocolate and Cacao Fruits.

Eager to search out out what a Godiva yokan would style like, we picked up a field of 5 and unwrapped the chocolate one first, which regarded like a slab of chocolate ganache.

Slicing it in two revealed that acquainted agency, jelly-like texture yokan is thought for, however biting into it revealed it had a really distinctive style. It was lighter than a yokan, with an intense chocolate flavour that left a lingering wealthy sweetness on the palate.

▼ No robust purple bean style right here.

It was an extremely high-quality candy, which elevated our expectations for the Cacao Fruits model.

This one was even lighter in flavour than the chocolate one, and it was so silky easy it felt as if it have been about to slip off the fork at any second. Upon consuming it, the refreshing sweet-and-tart flavour profile of the cacao fruit instantly popped out to shock the style buds, but it too left a sublime end on the palate.

The feel was undoubtedly the identical as a conventional yokan, which creates a well-recognized start line from which to benefit from the Western flavours. They have been each good, high-class luxurious sweets that have been nicely definitely worth the indulgence, however there was one downside, because the style of purple beans turned misplaced within the stronger chocolate and cacao flavours.

Nonetheless, if the robust flavour of purple beans normally places you off your yokan, you’ll be happy with the best way Godiva has dialled down the adzuki and turned up the chocolate on this new launch.

Offered in packing containers of 5 for two,160 yen (US$23.17) and packing containers of ten for 4,320 yen, these are indulgent sweets with equally indulgent value tags, so if you wish to have fun with one thing rather less costly, Godiva’s new candy sake Chocolixir might be a bit extra pleasant in your pockets.

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