One product sent Japanese potato chip industry a shock-wave. "Strawberry Cake" flavor potato chips have been on sale in Japan since December 14 just in time for the Christmas season.

Japanese social media is bubbling with a wide range of reactions about this flavor. So we decided to give it a go ourselves.

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Source: Koikeya

The packaging will make you look twice – an illustration of strawberries and a cake behind a photo of potato chips?? Can this be real? Or is it a match made in heaven?

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Furthermore, this potato chip flavor uses Tochiotome strawberries – a special breed of strawberries that is quite popular in Japan for its unique sweetness. But how is it going to work with a bunch of deep-fried potatoes?

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What we got first as we opened the bag is the aroma of a cake. It's not at all a sensation you get when you open a bag of chips. There is a hint of that typical salty scent in the background though.

It's too bad we can't deliver the scent to you – from the picture below, it just looks like an ordinary bag of chips.

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We tried different shots to see if we can make this work... Nah. It's chips.

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Let's eat it... It's shocking. We wanted to recite: Cake! Strawberries! Chips!

And it's surprisingly pleasant. The balance between the three flavors is spot on – it works!

This special-flavor potato chips is only available until December 21. If you happen to be in Japan before then, do buy one and taste it for yourself!


By - grape Japan editorial staff.