Collon Green Tea Baked Wheat Cracker
I’m sure that we all have, at one time or another, passed over food because of its looks, smell, or texture. Well, what about because of its name?
I’d been refusing to toss this item into my shopping basket for months because I was a little freaked out by its name, which reminded me too much of a certain English word. Call me irrational; you wouldn’t be the first.
But my silliness was overruled by curiosity about how this item would taste.
And it’s what’s inside that counts, right? (I never realized how many clichés/oft-used expressions I knew until I started this site. And I know better. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. God, I can’t stop.)
Green Tea Baked Wheat Cracker.
Bite-sized pieces of ‘em.
I like bite-sized pieces of things.
Especially cramming a bunch of them into my mouth at once. Which kind of defeats the purpose. (Once you start, you can’t stop. In more ways than one.)
I’m glad I got over my irrational fear of this item because I found it yummy. Sweet and soft green-tea flavored cream was surrounded by a light and crisp cracker. Green tea has a distinctive taste which sometimes doesn’t work well as a food flavoring, but I didn’t notice that with this snack. The green-tea flavor was light, and I enjoyed the creaminess of the filling.
This item is also available in a Thai version, and comes in other flavors (for both the Thai and Japanese versions).
I think there is a strawberry flavor, don’t remember.
Have you try it?
I try this one and I felt it’s ok, does have the green tea flavor but I wouldn’t say it’s a snack I be craving again.
I could totally use this as a dessert right now…
Ms. K.: I eat these wheat crackers in small doses—I think there is such a thing as too much green tea. I’ve seen the strawberry-flavored one, but I haven’t tried it. I’m thinking I would like the taste better than the green tea one.
TabzChewy: These are good on their own, but I think they’d also made a fun topping on vanilla ice cream. Maybe crushed and drizzled with chocolate sauce.
If you like green tea, you might like green tea mochi.
I get my fix from the local tea shops which import them from Taiwan.
Unrelated, but have you tried noodles that are fresh (that are soft and have the powder {flour} on them)? So good. Love Japanese noodles. I wanted to write this on the spicy cup noodle entry but forgot.
Anyway, back to the Collon candy, haha. I love that it has such an off-putting name. Makes me chortle inside. I’ve seen something called “Crunky” that’s like a rice puff and chocolate bar. Haven’t had it but that name gets me. If I ever see this collon green tea biscuit thing, I’ll definitely have to try it.
Lian: Hey, you! It’s good to hear from you—I’ve missed your related and unrelated comments.
Hmm, I think I’ve seen powdered/floured noodles at markets but haven’t tried any. (I love ordering freshly made chow mein or other type noodles at Chinese restaurants.)
This Collon Cracker also comes in strawberry flavor, which you may like better.
I know! I’ve missed being a regular on here! But last quarter, school kept me so surprisingly busy. So time-consuming (Intermediate Ceramics was the worst! I had such a tough time in that class.) My other classes were better compared to that but this quarter I have to take Advanced Ceramics (because classes [that I want to take] kept on getting cut due to the budget business and all.)
Lian: Sometimes when I’m driving by my old university, I miss being a student. Then I read a reality-check comment like yours and I change my mind. I never took Ceramics but it sounds hard! Good luck to you this quarter!
In Intermediate Ceramics, we learned how to use the wheel (insert caveman joke here). I was one of the really slow learners. It’s really hard trying to push the dense clay. (The teacher makes it look easy but he’s got big arms and has been doing this for goodness knows how many years.) And when the clay is spinning and you have to put your hands on it, it feels like sandpaper. I did sort of get the hang of it, but it would still take me an hour to make one thing on the wheel.
BUT! In Advanced ceramics, we decide on our own assignment so we don’t even Have to use the wheel. (Which is great news for me!)
Thank you! My daughter has been interested in these because of the name, now we won’t be so afraid to try them. Have you tried the D’Asses cookies? Another one that caught our eye because of the name.
Kelli: Good Lord, no, I haven’t tried D’Asses cookies. Never heard of them, actually. But, Must. Find.
Oh my gosh, I love your reaction to that. Definitely find it!
Lian: I’ll look for it in stores first. If I can’t find this Japanese chocolate cookie in any of them, maybe I’ll order it.
Oh my gosh, those cookies look really good! So pretty too.
Kelli and Lian: Found. The part of me with the humor of a 12-year-old boy is excited. Oh, who am I kidding? The 20-something girl in me is pretty excited.
Can’t wait for that post. (And I am completely a kid at heart too.) Tell me if it’s anything like those Milano cookies (mint milano was my fav.) from Pepperidge Farm.