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Krispy Kreme (Page 2)

How to get a free Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut with your coffee in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2025
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Little-known “morning service” deal is only available at three stores nationwide.

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• (coffee • COK • donuts • doughnuts • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • limited • seasonal • sweets)

Is the Krispy Kreme fukubukuro lucky bag in Japan good value for money?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 5, 2025

There’s more than just doughnuts in this fukubukuro.

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Krispy Kreme releases new zodiac doughnuts for the Year of the Snake in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2024

Be charmed by the power of the snake…and some new fukubukuro lucky bags. 

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• (COK • donuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • sweets • year of the snake • Zodiac)

Japanese rice-flour donut line added to permanent menu at Krispy Kreme Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2024

Kome-Dough debuts with a mix of two traditional Japanese dessert flavors.

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• (COK • donuts • food • kinako • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • kuromitsu • rice • sweets)

Krispy Kreme Japan unveils new doughnuts filled with…cheese?

• Oona McGee
  May 19, 2024

Say hello to the Cheerful Cheese! collection.

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• (cheese • Cheesecake • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • tiramisu)

Krispy Kreme Japan reveals mouthwatering sakura donuts for springtime snacking

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2024

Some are for all of Japan to enjoy, while others are available in one town only.

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• (cherry blossoms • COK • donuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • sakura • sakura food • sakura sweets • sweets)

Japan’s cutest bird becomes a Krispy Kreme sakura doughnut for cherry blossom season

• Oona McGee
  Jan 27, 2024

Beloved shimaenaga “snow fairies” bring the kawaii to Krispy Kreme, but you’ll only find them at four stores in all of Japan.

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• (birds • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • COK • cute • donuts • doughnuts • food • Hokkaido • Krispy Kreme • sakura • sakura sweets • shimaenaga • sweets)

Krispy Kreme Japan releases new seasonal Premium Nagoya donut flavors for the fall

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 20, 2023

The two limited-time donuts, which can only be purchased at one location in the whole country, combine fall flavors with traditional ingredients. 

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• (chestnut • COK • donuts • hojicha • JR Nagoya Takashimaya • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • limited • Nagoya • seasonal • sweets)

Krispy Kreme teams up with famous Japanese snack and candy maker for unique donuts and drink

• Dale Roll
  Aug 14, 2023

These innovative sweets are exclusive to one part of Japan. Read More

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• (Aichi • candy • donuts • drinks • food • Kasugai • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • Nagoya • snacks • sweets • weird)

Krispy Kreme Gin: Making use of doughnut scraps never tasted so good

• Oona McGee
  Jun 7, 2023

That’s not all — there’s even an “upcycled doughnut” made with leftovers from the gin-making process.

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• (COK • crazy • donuts • doughnuts • drinks • Ethical Spirits • gin • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • limited edition • weird • wow • wtf)

Krispy Kreme’s Original Glazed Soft Serve Ice Cream arrives in Japan…but it’s disappointing

• Oona McGee
  May 20, 2023

We’d had high hopes for the ice cream’s first jaunt outside of the U.S., but it’s not what we were expecting.

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• (COK • crazy • desserts • donuts • food • ice cream • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test • weird)

Krispy Kreme releases Japanese fox doughnuts in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2023

Indigenous fox enjoys the spotlight in one part of the country.

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• (animals • characters • COK • cute • donuts • doughnuts • Ezo • Ezo Red Fox • food • fox • foxes • Hokkaido • Kita Kitsune • kitsune • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • sweets • weird)

Krispy Kreme Japan’s new Sesame Street doughnut range includes…wasabi!

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2023

Look out, Cookie Monster — Elmo’s “favourite” wasabi is about to blow you away.

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• (characters • chocolate chip • COK • Cookie Monster • cute • donuts • doughnuts • Elmo • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • Sesame Street • sweets • wasabi • weird)

The drink, not the doughnuts, is the best part of Krispy Kreme Japan’s new Lotus Biscoff lineup

• Katie Pask
  Mar 13, 2023

Belgium’s popular cookie once more teams up with Krispy Kreme Japan, but will their products satisfy our resident Biscoff superfan?

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• (biscuits • COK • cookies • donuts • doughnuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • lotus • lotus biscoff • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Krispy Kreme’s new sakura donut is available at only one place in all of Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2023

Branch also adds incredibly long-named, immensely delicious-looking matcha donut made with regional green tea to its menu.

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• (cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • COK • donuts • food • green tea • gyuhi • Krispy Kreme • matcha • mochi • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets)

Pastrami donuts? Krispy Kreme Japan has crazy palate-cleanser after all that Valentine’s choco

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 11, 2023

Chain’s newest donut burger also has two special condiments spread inside it.

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• (COK • crazy • donuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • meat • pastrami • sweets • weird)

Krispy Kreme takes aim at Mister Donut with new doughnuts for Valentine’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Jan 21, 2023

Can the international chain really compete with the local doughnut masters?

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• (chocolate • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tasty • Tokyo • valentine's chocolate • Valentine's Day • valentine's day chocolate)

Krispy Kreme releases tit doughnuts in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2023

A sweet homage to a beautiful tit that can only be seen in Hokkaido. 

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• (birds • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Hokkaido • Krispy Kreme • long-tailed tit • shima enaga • SNJO • sweets • tasty • tits • Tokyo • weird)

Krispy Kreme adds doughnut burgers to its menu in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 10, 2022

Glazed original doughnuts get American fillings at select locations.

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• (burgers • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Mac n Cheese • Mr. Sato • sloppy joe • SNJO • sweets • tasty • Tokyo • weird)

Krispy Kreme Japan’s new “scary cute” Halloween donuts get us in the spooky spirit

• Dale Roll
  Sep 21, 2022

Halloween has come to Krispy Kreme!

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• (donuts • halloween • Halloween 2022 • Halloween food • Halloween in Japan • Krispy Kreme • sweets • tasty)

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