Kit Kat Tourism: Muscat of Alexandria

November 22, 2008 · Posted in Kit Kat Tourism · 2 Comments

Something very exciting happened the other week. My friend Chris Botman went to Japan - home of the most varied and dynamic selection of Kit Kats - and he brought me back the most crazy Kit Kat he could find. While most other Kit Kat flavours have pretty generic names like Mint Chocolate or White, the flavour Chris brought back for me is a very hilarious and specific flavour of grape. Not only is it muscat grape flavoured, but it’s muscat of Alexandria flavoured. Awesome. I can only hope this the start of a new era in Kit Kat flavours - Overripe Tomato of Lexington, Wisconsin or Crunchy all Natural Peanut Butter of My Fridge, perhaps?

I once had a grape flavoured gummy candy that was coated in milk chocolate, and it was about one of the Best Things Ever. I was hoping for a similar taste experience with Muscat of Alexandra. Sadly, Muscat of Alexandria is just grape flavoured white chocolate (which isn’t even real chocolate anyway). The Kit Kat came in two individually wrapped packages (two standard finger sized bars in each, pictured right), snuggly packed in a larger cardboard box (pictured above). This seems to be the standard with Japanese Kit Kats (the Japanse do love their pretty yet totally unnecessary packaging), whereas the ones in Australia and Canada are just one standard bar in one wrapper.

Now, I’m not usually a fan of Kit Kats that aren’t chocolate based. I like my Kit Kats with milk chocolate and caramel and/or some other delicious creme filling. However, I found the grape flavour refreshing (good for a hot day, when milk chocolate is too heavy) and rather realistic in the way that Jelly Bellys taste exactly like what you’d imagine the candy version of Pear or Peanut Butter would taste. However, I can’t really say that it tastes specifically like Muscat of Alexandria, which is supposed to have a sweet (check) and earthy taste (definately not check). Yes, I know this seems ridiculous to point out (we aren’t talking about wine here), but if you’re going to make a very specific flavour like this one, don’t forget the slight earthy flavour!