July 2024

Take-It "Green Tea"

Delfi

I think Allison said it best when I told her about this green tea version of a Kit Kat ripoff bar, “Kit Kat should make a green tea bar”. She was of course being sarcastic, as there are many green tea Kit Kat varieties, I’ve actually reviewed 6 on candycritic.org already. The difference is that most of the green tea Kit Kat bars I’ve reviewed get very specific about what kind of green tea it’s supposed to taste like. This bar on the other hand is very vague. The package suggests both a regular green tea and a matcha green tea.

The difference between these two types of green tea is extreme, with the matcha being extremely bitter compared to a regular mild green tea. The bars themselves are probably closer to a matcha green tea than a regular green tea, with one exception. Because of the chocolate, the bitterness is smoothed out just a little bit. I seem to remember the matcha versions of the Kit Kat bar being the same. This bar, much like the matcha Kit Kat bar is actually really good for people who might find regular milk chocolate wafer bar of this kind to be too sweet. While I enjoy sweet things generally, this is a nice change now and again.

I did enjoy eating this bar, but you really can’t avoid comparing it to a Kit Kat bar. I would be happy to update this review and that of the Kit Kat bars if someone could prove that these aren’t just copy cat bars. I kind of wish companies like Delfi would invest more time and money to create interesting and unique new treats instead of just copying other popular treats. I know that this is a proven design and it’s likely profitable because of that, I just get tired of seeing the same thing on the shelves with different names.