- Hello. - Hello.
- I'm Nicky.
- And I'm ready.
- For some munchin.
- Not long ago we tried some American candy.
So we thought we'd try some candy
from somewhere else in the world.
- This time we are branching out to Japan.
We went to our local Japanese food seller thing
and bought loads of Japanese confectionery.
- We'd never tried it before so this is
our first time reacting to some Japanese candy.
- Let's go.
(whistle blows)
- First we have this.
(beeps)
Corn snack, corn potage.
- What? Corn snack cheese.
- Okay so open it.
- Oh, it's got a nice little rabbit on the front.
- It's got a hole in it and it smells like, cauliflower.
- You don't watch it.
- It's really sweet.
- Oh it's my ear. Oh, it tastes like sweet corn.
(beeps)
- So out of 10, we're going to give these...
- I don't know.
Up next, we have these which are pie with chocolate filling.
I think it says--
- What?
- pie with chocolate filling.
This little screw was in here.
I don't know what screws have to do with it
but ahh, it smells like.
- It smells like Nutella. Milky.
- It's pastry on the outside.
It's just puff pastry with Nutella in the middle.
- I mean, they're not bad.
I'm still going to finish it but.
- And I'm definitely going to have another one but.
Right, I'm giving that a five.
- I'm going to give it a five just because
it's got chocolate in it.
- It's like a promise that didn't deliver
but I still continued with it anyway.
- This is the weirdest thing we have I think.
A potato cheese flavored snack.
And on the front we have Potato Cheese Cookie.
- I really can't open it.
(wrapper crinkling)
- It smells like an almondy milk.
- (laughs) Got it.
(crunching)
- Where's the potato in that?
- No there's definitely potato.
It tastes like a rich tea biscuit.
No, it tastes like shortbread.
- It tastes like Scottish shortbread.
I'm going to give that a three.
I'm not quite sure what I ate.
- No I like it.
Aside from the fact it's made from potato
but I can't, I mean it doesn't physically--
I'm just going to give it a six.
- Okay, we both got one of these.
- [Sammy] A (mumbles) crisp wafer
with chocolate and yours is?
- is a chocolate coated biscuit with mixed fruit.
- They're both the same make but different flavors so.
- I like the wrapping on this because
it's got a dancing panda with squiggly eyes
and it's got a panda in the biscuit so, strong branding.
- That smells amazing.
- Mine looks like something out of a nightmare.
- It does look a bit horrifying actually.
- On the back you've got a little panda face.
(crunching)
- Oh, I don't like it.
- Mine's really nice.
- Oh, I don't like it.
(crunching)
- This one's a two, that one's an eight.
- Japan, panda's that taste like chocolate win,
panda's that taste like tropical fruit, not win - [Sammy] Not win.
Okay, I think I like Japan because
they like a lot of chocolate like I do.
- That big box has this. (yells and laughs)
- I'm quite concerned as to why Japanese people
want koalas on their biscuits.
- [Niki] I though koalas were Australian. - [Sammy] Australian.
(crunching)
- We used to have something similar to this didn't we?
- Oh they're really good.
What are your koalafications for eating it?
- I can't bear it. I'm going to give these a five.
- These are a solid seven for me.
Well done Japan, you've outdone yourself.
You excelled in the koala department.
We bought a hamper of Japanese goodies
and this came in it and it doesn't look like
it'd be a popular sweet but we're going
to eat it anyway.
- It's got flecks or something in it.
What is that chocolate?
(crunching)
- Eww, tastes like wafer.
It tasted like Pink Panther without the Pink.
- I'm going to give that a two because that was boring.
- Up next, is a lifeguard.
It's just a bit too sweet.
I feel like we know what to expect with these things so.
- Whoa.
(beeps)
Go for it?
(beeps)
- I don't like it.
It has like a foamy banana sweet.
- This one isn't technically candy
but we went to a Japanese store
and asked the lady what the most popular
sweet or confectionery was and she said--
- Caramel corn.
So technically, it is sweet so winning on one point.
She said this is sought after.
It was like the last one was the last one in the shop so.
- It's a caramel flavored corn snack with roast peanut.
- Oh that one was peanut.
- (yells peanut)
- Is that an owl? That is an owl isn't it?
(crackling of paper)
- Come on let's have it.
- (moans)
These are basically like Cheetos but not cheesy.
- Ingredients, corn grits, sugar, - [Niki] Ahhhhh.
- vegetable fat, peanut. (bleeps)
Peanut butter is my Achilles heel
and in the last video where we tried
American candy, we were jubilated--
- There's peanuts in here.
- to find peanut butter in most
of the American sweets and candy we were eating.
- So now I'm relieved to know that
the obsession with peanut butter
extends past Central and Northern America
all the way to Japan--
- and back again.
Is there any country really that doesn't like peanut butter?
Japan, Japan.
- Where have you been hiding these?
- Japan. (beeps)
- (talks with mouth full) I say 10.
- (talks with mouth full) I give it 12.
- See you in a bit.
- 12--
(beeps)
- Pocky.
Biscuit things dipped in like a strawberry flavored.
- What's it say? Chocolate coating.
- Oh it's so super cute.
(cheering)
It's got tiny strawberries on it that means it's good.
I don't, all three are stuck together.
(beeps)
I don't normally like strawberry chocolate but you know?
- It tastes like the yogurt coating you get on like raisins.
I'm eating it for the pretzel at this point.
I don't, that for me is a four.
- It's good but I feel like we made the wrong decision.
- I can feel my arteries expanding.
Up next, we have a chocolate snack is all it's called.
- Is that what is says?
- Literally, the description in English says,
"Chocolate snack."
There's lots of tiny, little creme brulees in there.
- Can you see it? Can you see it?
- And they're chocolates.
I'm assuming they're white and dark.
Oh they've got a creme brulee taste. I don't like it.
- I've got nothing. I've no taste.
These for me, I was expecting big things and--
- I thought it was just one big creme brulee.
These are a six for me.
They're chocolate and they're cute so.
- I'm giving them a three because they...
offered me so much happiness and they just--
- Didn't deliver.
- So the lady in the Japanese shop said
that we don't have anything similar
to this in the UK and at first sight,
it looks like a lolly so.
Japan makes you feel quailty for eating food
by putting smiley faces on it.
- On absolutely everything.
- You can seem them. It's stick is a flavor.
It's made from sweet. Oh, it's chewing gum.
- Oh it's coated flavor. It's two different flavors.
- Can you just give me the--
(beeps)
- Five on top because it's really sweet.
What are you giving the chewing gum?
- The chewing gum's really nice
so I'm going to give this a six.
Wonder what the little face tastes like?
(crunching)
- Taste's like lime.
I think I just lost a filling.
We received these in the little hamper.
- Mine is called Delicia.
- Mine's called something assort.
- Mine's a nice gem.
(crunching)
- No, I don't like it, I don't like it.
What are you doing?
(beeps)
- We got these from the shop too.
They're like brother and sister versions of the same sweet.
Let's go. Bubble gum, they're bubble gum.
Look, they're in a cute little tray
and they're bubble gum.
- Try one.
- I had all three.
- There's a jam in it.
(both cough)
- Oh it's nice.
- It's so sweet.
- Three was a bad idea.
(beeps)
It's hurting me. Ewww.
- I think the bubble gum nearly passed the test.
- Oh my God.
(beeps)
- Two.
- I give you three for the pain
you caused me as I sat eating you.
- We have some Orion's blueberry.
- I have a sneaky suspicion they will
taste like Parma Violets which we have in the UK.
And we use them as torture--
- This looks like a film case that you put oh.
Okay, so you pull this tab.
Oh that's not Parma Violet.
Not really a flavor.
- Tastes just like blueberry.
(beeps)
I'm going to rate the blueberry sweets
like three mainly because I don't like
chalky sweets at all. - [Sammy] At all.
- Those made me really gassy.
(whistle)
- Thanks for watching guys.
Give it a massive thumbs up if you enjoyed it.
- Comment below if you've ever tried
any Japanese candy or if you haven't,
comment below saying which one
of these things we just tried you think
you would like the most.
- We'd love to hear your thoughts
on this Japanese candy and what other
candy you think we should try in the future
and we'll see you again on Friday.
- Bye, bye, bye.
- Back to you.
(horns)
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