Jan
21
2010

Flavor Success: Chocolate Soda

Seriously, Japan. WTF? “Chocolate Sparkling” from Suntory.

Do you take some sort of sick pleasure in forcing me to drink these ridiculous concoctions!?!?!? Curse you, curse yo….. wait… This is… actually not half bad.

Chocolate Sparkling, chocolate soda by Suntory

Suntory has done what Sapporo couldn’t: mix the flavor of chocolate into a non-coffee drink. Congratulations, Suntory! I don’t really think I needed 500ml of the stuff, I would have been happy with just a taste. Anyway, drinking this “Chocolate Sparkling” is like having a strangely flavored Jelly belly. The flavor doesn’t match the medium at all, but it’s mysteriously accurate and somehow good…

I think if I had any more than a bottle, the paradox of chocolate soda would wreak havoc on my mind… so I’ll make this my first and last bottle of the stuff this year. Maybe it’ll be back for next year’s Valentine’s day.

non-Chocolate Chocolate Soda

Translation: Contains no chocolate (chocolate was not used)

Finally, it’s interesting to note that the chocolate flavor, while strikingly accurate, uses no actual chocolate. If you’ve got a chocolate allergy but are curious what all the rage is about, this might be the drink for you!

See Suntory’s official Chocolate Sparkling page for more information (in Japanese, of course).

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  1. Japundit says:
    January 21, 2010 at 9:41 pm

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  • That makes me wonder what kind of bizarre chemicals you are drinking for it to taste like chocolate. Yikes

    by: bluegreendan, Jan 21st at 10:09 pm

  • I’m so glad you wrote a review of this. I saw this in the store a few days ago was like, huh? I thought about buying it, but stopped myself at the last second thinking it would be a total waste. Looks like I’ll be heading back to the store and buying a bottle.

    by: TicTaek, Jan 22nd at 2:06 am

  • Friend grabbed a bottle of this the other night, and I agree it’s pretty good, but I think they need a smaller bottle.

    by: Matt Katch, Jan 22nd at 7:56 pm

  • @bluegreendan: Yeah, I’m sure it’s probably absurdly artificial, but if the Japanese government will allow it on the shelves then one bottle of it can’t hurt me too badly, I figure.

    @TicTaek: Let me know what you think!

    @Matt: Agreed. 500ml is just too much.

    by: Lloyd Vincent, Jan 24th at 10:16 pm

  • oh my.. Is it still selling? Where can i get this in tokyo?

    by: ai, Feb 19th at 9:34 pm

  • Have you ever had a YooHoo? They’re hard to find in my part of the US, but I can’t have enough of the stuff!

    After reading through this article, I’d say the main differences between this and YooHoos are that YooHoos are NOT carbonated… and really aren’t soda. They use real chocolate too, but hardly any milk. So technically YooHoos are just a chocolate drink?

    No idea where I was going with all that. I must have a try at this Chocolate Sparkling though! :D

    by: Czarina, Nov 1st at 2:49 am

  • Really interesting!

    by: Joe Kabocha, Apr 30th at 8:37 am