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  • You know when you think up something as a joke,

  • and then realise it could actually be a good idea?

  • Last year, KitKat Japan came up with an April Fool's

  • in the form of sushi KitKats

  • and then presumably a few days later, someone at Nestle thought,

  • "wait a minute, this could actually work."

  • Almost a year later, the crazy fools have only gone and done it -

  • they've gone and made 'Sushi KitKats'.

  • These aren't just limited edition,

  • they are -insanely- limited edition.

  • They're on sale for just 12 days

  • in only one shop in the whole of Japan, called 'KitKat Chocolatory'.

  • Lots of people asked me to make a video about it, and I'm pleased to report,

  • we were actually able to get a hold of some,

  • after lots of queueing early in the morning.

  • If you're wondering if this is sponsored by KitKat, by the way,

  • it's not.

  • Although it should be, because to get this,

  • you have to spend ¥3000 in the shop

  • before you get it, as a kind of 'gift'.

  • It's kind of like a 'special gift' you get.

  • Only a few dozen customers per day are eligible to get hold of one.

  • So, it's very very rare.

  • It's wrapped in this rather elegant bamboo leaf,

  • just like sushi used to be,

  • because bamboo leaves are actually good preservatives,

  • so they kept the sushi fresh.

  • And if you're wondering what we spent ¥3000 on in a KitKat shop,

  • you'll be impressed at some of the stuff --

  • I mean, I certainly am -- that we got.

  • There's 'Champaign Raspberry KitKat' in this nice little box.

  • We've got this KitKat Chocolatory 'I ♡ Fruits' box,

  • which is filled with little-- lots of different varieties of flavours.

  • And then we've got 'Chocolatory Sublime',

  • which is a bitter kind of chocolate.

  • But they're just as impressive as the Sushi KitKats, as far as I'm concerned.

  • I've never seen these before.

  • And you need to go to a special KitKat chocolate shop to be able to get them.

  • I must admit, I can't help but think this would work outside of Japan.

  • It's really annoying! Why do only sell this stuff in Japan?

  • Damn you, Nestle.

  • Uh, so anyway, let's go ahead

  • and unwrap the bamboo.

  • (*Chris sings fanfare*)

  • Wow.

  • That's a bit weird.

  • So there we have it - three KitKat sushis.

  • Here are the flavours:

  • So this one here is modelled on 'maguro', or tuna sushi,

  • and it's got raspberry KitKat with white chocolate rice underneath. Like a Rice Krispie.

  • And it's stuck together with wasabi.

  • This one here is sea urchin, and it uses Hokkaido melon and mascarpone cheese-flavour KitKats

  • wrapped in seaweed.

  • And the third and last one is modelled on 'tamagoyaki', which is egg,

  • and it uses a pumpkin-flavoured KitKat, and again,

  • with the white chocolate Rice Krispies underneath.

  • To put things in perspective, here's some real tuna sushi,

  • which is this one.

  • And as you can see, they're basically the same, there's no difference (sarcasm).

  • One appears to be missing.

  • Don't know where that went...

  • That's, uh... a mystery.

  • The one I'm most excited about is

  • definitely the tuna one, here,

  • because there's no seaweed.

  • And there's something about seaweed and chocolate

  • that doesn't really excite me that much.

  • It also, it's a bit-- it looks like it's going to be a bit awkward to eat,

  • because with normal sushi, you just...

  • take it, dip it in soy sauce, and off you go. You know.

  • *om*

  • Don't know if it's a good idea eating sushi, just before eating KitKat 'sushi'.

  • It's actually about the same size as a normal 'nigirizushi'.

  • So, this is a raspberry KitKat

  • with white chocolate, kind of, Krispies, and wasabi.

  • Hm.

  • Om.

  • That actually worked quite well. That was quite nice.

  • Raspberry KitKat - nice sharp, fruity taste with the white chocolate.

  • Actually really good.

  • Alright, let's be a little bit more daring,

  • and go for the mascarpone cheese and Hokkaido melon.

  • A little bit weird.

  • I-- yeah.

  • Mm!

  • (appreciative noises)

  • The melon flavour's pretty strong,

  • and, actually it's not bad.

  • For reasons I can't explain the seaweed-- the taste of the seaweed

  • goes pretty well with the taste of the melon.

  • To my surprise, I prefer that one to the raspberry one.

  • I don't even like melon, so I don't know why like that.

  • The raspberry one was an 8/10.

  • The second one - the mascarpone cheese and melon - 9/10.

  • That was really good!

  • And now we've got the last one - the tamagoyaki egg one -

  • which is pumpkin-flavoured KitKat

  • with rice and seaweed.

  • I didn't taste any wasabi, though, in either of those,

  • so let's see if there's any difference here.

  • So f*cking messy.

  • (*more appreciative noises*)

  • That's good! That's very good.

  • That was really nice.

  • The pumpkin, again, pumpkin and white chocolate seemed to go together quite well.

  • 8.5/10.

  • Not bad! I must say, I'm quite impressed.

  • A little bit difficult to eat - that's my only criticism.

  • And also, no wasabi -

  • I was looking forward to some sort of wasabi aftertaste.

  • But other than that, quite good!

  • Is it worth queueing to buy? Ehh, probably not.

  • But is it worth sending someone else to queue for you and buy it?

  • Yeah, I think it is.

  • And if anyone from Nestle's watching,

  • take this great concept--

  • or what was there a minute ago--

  • and sell it in a box for, like, ¥500 or something at airports in Japan -

  • you'll make a killing. That's my advice.

  • People will buy this. People will definitely buy it.

  • But, yeah. Not bad.

  • 8/10. Would buy again.

  • Thanks for watching, guys! I'm off now to tidy up this ridiculous mess.

  • The downside to...

  • eating sushi KitKats on a table.

  • It's a messy affair.

You know when you think up something as a joke,

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