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How to make an ice cream sandwich…the Japanese way

• Oona McGee
  Jul 23, 2022
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Grandma always knows best. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking hacks • desserts • food • food hacks • ice cream • ice cream sandwich • Obaachan no Potapotayaki • recipe • senbei • snacks • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird • weird food)

Chicken nugget ice cream? A feast for the eyes as well as the stomach

• Oona McGee
  Jun 20, 2022

A very sweet take on frozen nuggets. 

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• S Asia, SE Asia
• (chicken • chicken nuggets • COK • cold desserts • desserts • fried chicken • ice cream • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird • wow • wtf • Yui Imai)

Frozen Japanese sake: A fantastic way to make easy summer cocktails

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2022

Sparkling sake becomes slushie sake this summer.

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• Japan
• (cocktails • COK • cool • desserts • drinks • frozen sake • haruka takagi • Mio • new • sake • slushies • SNJO • sparkling sake • taste test)

Vending machine noodle ice cream: A retro icon in Japan brings joy to a new generation

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2022

A surprising find to thrill the taste buds of noodle lovers. 

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• Japan
• (Akita • COK • desserts • food • Japanese vending machines • michi no eki • Noodles • SNJO • soba • sweets • taste test • udon • vending machines • weird)

Weird Japanese vending machine find of the day: Cream in cans?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 29, 2022

You’ll only find one thing in this machine, and it’s heaven for cream lovers.

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • cream • desserts • food • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • Shibuya • shibuya 109 • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • vending machines)

McDonald’s teams up with local confectioners for new lineup of very Japanese desserts

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2022

Schoolgirls step in to represent Tokyo, Kyoto, and a surprise outsider for this surprising collection. 

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• Japan
• (COK • commercials • desserts • food • Gion Tsujiri • ice cream • Japanese commercials • kikyo shingen mochi • limited edition • marketing • matcha • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • new • pies • shingen mochi • sweets • Tokyo Banana • video)

McDonald’s pink pie vs. KFC pink pie: Which one does it better?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2022

Two very different takes on springtime in Japan.

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• Japan
• (apple pie • cherry blossoms • COK • desserts • food • KFC • KFC Japan • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • pies • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s adds a hot sakura pie to its menu in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2022

New cherry blossom dessert takes its inspiration from a traditional Japanese springtime sweet.

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• Japan
• (apple pie • cherry blossoms • COK • commercials • desserts • food • hanami • Japanese commercials • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • pies • Sairi Ito • sakura • sweets • video • Yoko Maki)

Family Mart’s new Hotcake Soufflé Pudding proves Japanese convenience stores have the best sweets

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2022

New release serves up three delicious desserts in one cup.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience stores • desserts • Family mart • food • hotcakes • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • pancakes • purin • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Lawson’s new “drowning in cream” pancakes take convenience store sweets to another level

• Oona McGee
  Nov 17, 2021

It’s not the only dessert to be drowning in cream right now at the popular chain. 

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• Japan
• (brownies • chocolate • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cream • cute • desserts • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese desserts • konbini • Lawson • limited edition • pancakes • sweets)

How to make a Japanese Air Cheesecake with just three ingredients

• Oona McGee
  Nov 9, 2021

Simple recipe takes five minutes from start to finish!

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• Japan
• (cakes • Cheesecake • cooking • cream • desserts • Japanese desserts • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • tasty)

Turn a persimmon into a pudding with one simple ingredient

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2021

No gelatin necessary for this no-bake Japanese purin recipe!

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• Japan
• (cooking • creme caramel • custard • desserts • fruit • Japanese desserts • persimmons • pudding • purin • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • tasty)

Is Kyoto’s raindrop cake as good as the original from Yamanashi?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 11, 2021

Japan’s famous water cake now has some stiff competition. 

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• Japan
• (COK • desserts • food • Japanese sweets • Kyoto • mizu maru mochi • mizu shingen mochi • mochi • raindrop cake • review • shingen mochi • SNJO • sweets • taste test • water cake)

Kraft fuses cheese with Japanese dessert ingredients for something very different

• Master Blaster
  Sep 20, 2021

The only question is whether it’s even cheese any more.

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• Japan
• (cheese • desserts • kinako • Kraft • kuromitsu • mochi • Mochimochi Kinako • Morinaga)

How to make a sinfully decadent Apple Pie Bar pie out of Japanese grocery store stuff【SoraKitchen】

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 12, 2021

We create an apple pie inception that’s as ill-advised as it is appetizing.

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• Japan
• (apple pie • apples • COK • cooking • desserts • Gororon Kaniku Apple Pie Bar • Imuraya • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets)

McDonald’s Japan’s Tsukimi “moon-viewing” pie oozes Japanese flavour

• Oona McGee
  Sep 11, 2021

The perfect flavour for a traditional Japanese festival. 

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• Japan
• (adzuki • azuki • COK • desserts • fast food • food • full moon • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mochi • otsukimi • pie • red bean paste • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tsukimi)

Takoyaki ice cream appears at Japanese convenience store chain

• Oona McGee
  Aug 28, 2021

A summer festival for the mouth…but this celebration isn’t suited to all tastes.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience stores • desserts • food • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • octopus • octopus balls • SNJO • sweets • takoyaki • taste test • weird)

Customers go crazy for Starbucks Choux Cups in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2021

New cream puffs become a sell-out hit!

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• Japan
• (choux cream • COK • cream puffs • desserts • puff pastry • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan’s version of the viral TikTok apple pie hack

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2021

How to create the “ultimate dessert” that’s got everyone talking on social media. 

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• Japan
• (apple pie • COK • desserts • fast food • food • food hacks • food trends • hacks • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • sweets • TikTok • tiktok trends • trends • viral videos)

Got a sweet tooth? Here are our reporters’ favorite new-release convenience store desserts

• Dale Roll
  Aug 5, 2021

Try one of these seven tasty treats the next time you have a sweets craving!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • chocolate • convenience store food • convenience stores • desserts • Family mart • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • matcha • Mini Stop • parfait • sweets)

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