This is the Lotte Choco Pie Saku Saku Tapuri Choco, a crispy variation of the classic soft, cake-like Choco Pie. It consists of two baked chocolate cookies sandwiching a chocolate cream filling, all coated in chocolate, with the formulation containing 110% chocolate compared with the usual mini Choco Pies.
Each package contained eight individually sealed pies.
Each piece measured approximately 5 cm in diameter and about 1 cm in height. They had a dark brown hue and a rich cocoa aroma from the coating.
On tasting, the chocolate coating provided the first impression before giving way to the crisp chocolate cookie beneath. The texture shifted clearly through the bite: firm and crunchy at the exterior, then soft and creamy at the centre. The chocolate flavour emerged immediately from the coating, with the cookie reinforcing it through a pronounced cocoa note and a lightly nutty character. The crunch persisted throughout the bite, contrasting with the smooth chocolate cream inside. This filling introduced a softer sweetness that rounded the darker chocolate elements and prevented the flavour from becoming overly rich.
Overall, this was an enjoyable reinterpretation of the Choco Pie format, trading the original’s soft cake for a crisp structure while retaining the familiar layered chocolate profile. In practice, it ate somewhat like a particularly good chocolate biscuit sandwich, reminiscent of an Arnott’s Tim Tam, though lighter in texture, with a cookie that felt airy and dissolved quickly on the palate.
This Lotte Choco Pie Tapuri Choco Saku Saku contained 30.5 g x 8. It was produced in Japan and purchased in Sydney, Australia in 2026.