KINOKO no YAMA

Hello everyone. It is Valentine's Day this week. Do you send chocolate against what? Handmade? Luxury chocolate? I think what any chocolate, feelings that it is important. Now, this time I'll introduce to confectionery is most popular in Japan.




The confectionery's name is "KINOKO no YAMA."

 Mushroom mountain (mountain of mushrooms), the chocolate confectionery snack Meiji Corporation manufactures and sells. Products have also been released for a limited time. Was released from Meiji Seika at the time from 1975 (1975).

Part of the mushroom umbrella has become a double-layer of milk chocolate and bitter chocolate, the handle is a cracker. From that figure that employees gave a biscuit to Apollo is similar to mushrooms, is product development. It was originally released in the golden era of European writing a product, in order to express the image of nostalgia and natural kindness, human dare, named "mushroom mountain" as a friendly name.




               sources: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/きのこの山



Limited edition of more than 20 have been released so far.


・口溶けミルクキャラメル
・あじわいミント
・宇治金時味
・ホワイトバニラチョコ
・味わいバニラ
・ハイカカオ
・木いちご
・黒糖きなこ
・赤ぶどう&白ぶどう
・黒ゴマ抹茶
・いちごミルク
・クリーミーアーモンド
・ホワイトマカダミア
・クラシックショコラベルギー風
・香ばし粉仕立て
・まろやかビター
・ほろにが
・キャラメル&マカダミア
・香ばしクリスプ
・こく旨マカダミア
・ブルーベリー
・トリュフアイス（夢の味企画）
・ミックスフルーツ（ポケチョコ）
・チョコバナナ（ポケチョコ）
・北海道あずき（ポケチョコ）





November 20, Meiji has launched a nationwide "tailoring macadamia nut pile of large grain mushroom" winter limited edition of the "mountain" mushroom chocolate confectionery. Kneaded into chocolate macadamia nuts that crashed, I have a combination of cocoa cracker. The price is 210 yen.

There is also a taste of sweet potatoes "mushroom mountain". Blended "sweet potato powder" in white chocolate, we have to reproduce the natural sweetness of the sweet potato.
Mouth-filling taste delicious baked sweet potato.








Had been released "mushroom mountain" What can handmade. Amazing! Is very happy there is a variety of types. I never saw this product, I would like to have the opportunity to buy it.

It is also developing region-specific products. It is also interesting to try to find a pile of mushrooms limited areas when traveling!

Hokkaido limited
レアチーズケーキ
ミルクチョコ&コーン

Shinshu limited
巨峰ミルク

Aomori limited
あきたこまちササニシキパフ入り
りんご

Niigata limited
笹だんご風味
さくさくライスパフ入り

Shizuoka limited
抹茶

Toukai limited
小倉トースト

Kansai limited
きなこチョコあんこ風味
生姜風味栗おこし胡麻味
抹茶味ライスパフ

By the way, are sold "mushroom mountain" in the United States. 
It is likely to have been referred to as "CHOCOROOMS" in the United States. The package has been simplified as compared to the Japanese. Japanese version of the package has adopted the design was not adopted mainly to sweets in general, the color of the green. 
Simple, understated than the current color, originally released in idyllic mountain village has been drawn. The current rural landscape that grew mushrooms are drawn.