March 14th, 2008
Banana-Flavored Cream-Filled Chocolate Snack

PUCCA Banana Choco

Let me be honest — I bought this because of the cute, colorful box.

PUCCA Banana ChocoI absolutely looove opening boxes with this type of perforation. They produce the manliest of tearing sounds. Mmmmm….

Er… ok, back to the review. See the chocolate-coloured outer shell? I used my two front teeth to bite into this because based on years of eating similarly-shaped snacks, I’d assumed that this would have an easy-to-bite, crumbly texture.

How wrong was I. The shell was much, much harder to break, as compared to say, Pepperidge Farm Goldfish or Hello Panda Chocolate Biscuits — causing a slight shock to the system. Yes it sounds all too dramatic, but such is the excitingly dangerous life of a snack-tester.

The shell was very dry and brightly crunchy, and didn’t taste very chocolate-y. Though the texture did provide a contrast to the creamy banana filling, I’d prefer it slightly softer.

PUCCA Banana Choco

For the cream filling – if you have tried a banana milkshake before, a bad one that is, you pretty much know how this taste and smell like.

The pieces came in at least four different shapes – A fish-shaped one with straight tail and another with a concave tail, an octopus with four arms and another one with three. These shapes serve no other purpose than to entertain people like me.

PUCCA Banana Choco

I felt sick of the stuff after my fifth piece. I wasn’t sure whether it was due to the fact that I’d eaten too much MiniSnacks earlier.

Update: I tried eating this again on empty stomach but didn’t manage to finish more than two pieces.

Photos: Snacktimes




If toxic banana flavour suits you fine, then this is the snack for you.

Taste: 4 | Visual Appeal: 7 | Health Factor: 5 | Value: 4 | Packaging: 9
Snacktimes Rating:
4.45

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 55g / 1 box
Serving Per Pack: 1.0 Net Wt: 1.9oz (55g)
 
per 100g
per serve
Ingredients
Wheat Flour, Sugar, Cocoa, Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Vegetable Fat, Shortening, Cocoa Powder, Skim Milk Powder, Dextrine, Condensed Milk Powder, Salt, Spice, Malt Extract, Banana Powder, Emulsifier, Flavoring, Leavening
 
Product info: Pucca, Meiji, Japan