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Japan’s Valentine’s Day gets extra cute with the return of KitKat Heartful Bear【Photos】

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 9, 2026
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This year, KitKat is bringing everyday goods like pouches, tumblers, and towels to make the holiday feel much more adorable.

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• (Afternoon Tea Living • bears • COK • collaboration • collaboration goods • cute • gifts • goods • Heartful Bear • KitKat • KitKat Heartful Bear • limited edition • love • Nestle • Nestle Japan • products • Valentine's Day • Valentine's Day gifts)

New Doughnut KitKat captures the flavour of a Japanese castle town

• Oona McGee
  Feb 24, 2022

Regional-exclusive chocolate aims to raise funds for damaged samurai fortress.

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• Japan
• (candy • chocolate • COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Japanese KitKats • KitKat • KitKats • Kokuto • Kumamoto • Kumamoto Castle • limited edition • Nestle • Nestle Japan • regional KitKats • souvenirs • sweets)

Japanese KitKat Bears debut exclusively in Japan, but are they any good?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 29, 2022

Join us as we break into this limited-edition box of Valentine’s Day chocolates.

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• (bears • candy • chocolate • COK • cute • food • Japanese KitKats • KitKat • KitKats • limited edition • love • Nestle • Nestle Japan • SNO • sweets • taste test • Teddy Bears • valentine chocolate • Valentine's Day)

New Japanese KitKat is…a Heartful Bear!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 20, 2022

Japan-exclusive chocolate comes with special messages for Valentine’s Day.

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• (bears • candy • chocolate • COK • cute • food • Japanese KitKats • KitKat • KitKats • limited edition • love • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sweets • Teddy Bears • valentine chocolate • Valentine's Day)

Some Japanese KitKats just got bigger… but still the same size they were a year ago

• Master Blaster
  Sep 27, 2021

Size is relative.

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• Japan
• (candy • chocolate • food • KitKat • Nestle Japan • shrinkflation • size)

New summer ice cream-flavored mini KitKats come with a serving of summer homework topics

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 20, 2021

Japanese kids can exercise their mouths and minds by participating in a contest to brainstorm ideas about the future.

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• Japan
• (contest • future • homework • ice cream • Kit Kat • Miraikan • Nestle Japan • new flavor • odaiba • snacks • summer vacation)

We taste the new Japanese KitKat, aged in whisky barrels in Islay, Scotland

• Oona McGee
  Jan 14, 2021

Never before have we experienced a chocolate quite like this.

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• (chocolate • COK • food • Japanese Kit Kats • Japanese KitKats • KitKat • Nestle • Nestle Japan • Scotland • SNO • sweets • Whiskey • whisky)

Shortage of chocolatey milk enhancer Milo has Japanese resellers licking their chops

• Master Blaster
  Dec 9, 2020

Truly the winter of our discontent.

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• Japan
• (business • chocolate • food • mercari • Milo • Nestle Japan • resellers • shortage)

New winter-only Japanese KitKat flavour combines chocolate with a decadent sweet

• Oona McGee
  Dec 9, 2020

“A new way of enjoying cake” proposed by Japanese chocolatier. 

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• (Cheesecake • chocolate • COK • food • Japanese KitKats • Kit Kat • KitKat • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sweets • Yasumasa Takagi)

New Japanese KitKat has been aged in whisky barrels from Islay, Scotland

• Oona McGee
  Dec 4, 2020

Blending the best of two worlds together for an unforgettable limited-edition KitKat. 

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• (chocolate • COK • food • Japanese Kit Kats • Japanese KitKats • Kit Kat • KitKat • Nestle • Nestle Japan • Scotland • sweets • Whiskey • whisky)

Japanese KitKats are shrinking, Nestlé says previous size may have been “too large” for customers

• Oona McGee
  Oct 19, 2020

Twitter user uncovers a case of shrinkflation, and chocolate lovers aren’t happy about it. 

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • economy • food • Japanese Kit Kats • Japanese KitKats • Kit Kat • KitKat • Nestle • Nestle Japan • price increase • shrinkflation • sweets)

Japanese KitKats up the frisson of excitement with their limited, premium “Blindfold Chocolatory” line

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 4, 2020

KitKat’s Chocolatory has teamed up with a professional illustrator to make these premium KitKats fun, fanciful and excitingly mysterious.

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• (blindfold chocolate • delicious • food • gimmick • gourmet • KitKat • KitKat Chocolatory • limited edition • Misaki Tanaka • Nestle Japan)

Yoghurt Sake is the newest Japanese KitKat we need to get our hands on right now

• Oona McGee
  Mar 10, 2020

There’s a brand new alcoholic KitKat to add to our souvenir wishlist.

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• (chocolate • food • Hidetoshi Nakata • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • KitKat • KitKats • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sake • sweets • yoghurt • yogurt)

KitKat Mcflurry comes to McDonald’s Japan with commercial starring Japanese idol

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2020

After a seven-year hiatus, the popular chocolate brand is teaming up with the fast food giant for a limited time. 

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• (chocolate • desserts • fast food • food • Kit Kat • KitKat • McDonald's • McFlurry • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sweets)

Japanese KitKats now come in edamame milkshake flavour

• Oona McGee
  Nov 27, 2019

New Zunda Shake variety perfectly blends chocolate with sweet soybeans. Read More

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• (chocolates • edamame • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat • KitKat • KitKats • Nestle • Nestle Japan • souvenirs • soy • soybeans • zunda)

Japanese KitKats now come in Gold Caramel Tokyo Banana flavour

• Oona McGee
  Nov 19, 2019

New golden makeover supports hard workers like Olympics athletes.

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• (bananas • chocolates • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat • Kit Kats • KitKat • KitKats • Nestle • Nestle Japan • souvenirs • Tokyo Banana)

New Yuzu Sake KitKat combines Japanese rice wine with a zesty local citrus

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2019

Now there’s a new alcoholic KitKat to add to our souvenir wishlist.

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• (chocolate • food • Hidetoshi Nakata • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • KitKat • KitKats • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sake • sweets • yuzu • yuzushu)

New Japanese Kit Kat features premium Tokyo Banana flavour…with crushed crepes

• Oona McGee
  Dec 14, 2018

New premium Kit Kat comes with a premium professional pastry ingredient.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • limited edition • Nestle • Nestle Japan • souvenirs • Tokyo Banana)

All the best Japanese Kit Kat flavours together in one exclusive anniversary box for limited time

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2018

Now you can enjoy 35 different Japan-exclusive Kit Kats without having to run around town trying to find them all.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat Chocolatory • Kit Kats • limited edition • Nestle • Nestle Japan • omiyage • souvenirs • sweets)

Japanese Kit Kats: Winning flavour from worldwide competition finally unveiled

• Oona McGee
  Nov 9, 2018

New release, with unique packaging by a Japanese artist, set to be released internationally.

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• Japan
• (art • artists • chocolate • food • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kats • Nestle Japan • sweets • tiramisu)

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