This is the Fujiya Country Ma’am Luxurious Vanilla, a soft-baked cookie featuring 9% more chocolate chips than the previous product. It used Madagascar vanilla, domestically produced wheat and in-house-made chocolate chips containing 20% cocoa from Ecuador.
The package contained 12 individually sealed cookies, each presenting with a circular shape measuring 4 cm in diameter and 1.5 cm in height, with a golden-brown appearance. Aroma opened with sweet, fragrant vanilla notes supported by the warm aroma of wheat.
After reheating in the microwave at 500 W for 20 seconds for five cookies, initial contact delivered an immediate aromatic vanilla profile. The cookies retained their crisp exterior before yielding to a loose, medium crumb and moist interior.
Through the mid-palate, the rich chocolate chips softened and melted into the crumb, almost overtaking the wheat component while adding creaminess and depth to the vanilla and further hydrating the cookie.
As the cookie hydrated, the sweet, richly fragrant Madagascar vanilla and flavourful wheat became more prominent, peaking towards the finish. The softened crumb then resolved into a melt-in-the-mouth texture, with the chocolate providing a rich counterpoint to the aromatic vanilla and wheat.
Overall, a soft-baked vanilla cookie with a chocolate-led mid-palate and integrated textural development, progressing from a crisp exterior and loose, moist crumb into a rich, melt-in-the-mouth finish. The increased chocolate content gave the centre of the profile greater richness, while Madagascar vanilla and wheat became more pronounced towards the finish, creating the intended luxurious character..
This Fujiya Country Ma’am Luxurious Vanilla contained 151 g (10.6 g x 12 pieces). It was produced in Japan and purchased in Sydney, Australia in 2026.