Yan Yan - Japan

Yan Yan is snack from Japan. These are little stick cookies that you dip in chocolate. This chocolate delight cost about $1.00.

The girl found this treat and bought it for herself. She was kind enough though, to give a taste to her brother and I.


The cookie part is plain tasting, but dip it in the chocolate and it's wonderful....you could pretty much say that about anything dipped in chocolate.

What is fun about this little snack is that each stick has a saying on it like "Gallop Away" or "Eat More Carrots."


As you might imagine, it's all pretty messy. Especially if you want to get all the good chocolate left at the bottom when the sticks are all gone.

Glico Pretz - Japanese Snack

I've always enjoyed the way Japan has cutesified (if that is a word) everyday products.

This little snack is called Pretz and it's cute. Pretz looks like pretzel sticks, but tastes like chocolate.

The Pretz comes in a little box that has a flip top that kind of reminds me of a package of cigarettes.

On the English version of the nutritional facts these pretzels are called "Baked Wheat Cracker - Pretz Caramel Cocoa." It does have a mild cocoa and caramel flavor and smells like caramel too. A great combination. I haven't had one in a long time but that flavor combination reminded me of some chocolate Rolo candy...or Caramilk Chocolate bars which used to be one of my favorite treats.

The kids loved the Pretz also. Apparently they come in different flavors, so the next time we're at the world food store I'm going to see what other flavors they carry.