Not quite as good as I expected for a top FamilyMart pick

Honki no Choco Cream Pan

Brand: FamilyMart

Price: 184 yen

Place of purchase: FamilyMart

Rating:

On a recent trip to FamilyMart I spotted a flag outside the convenience store promoting three of their 'top-selling' bakery items, each coated in chocolate. I wasn't adventurous to try all three, so I picked up two, including this "honki no" chocolate bun. "Honki no" in this instance could mean 'serious' or maybe they are using it to mean 'rich', either way you look at it, it is not a false claim. This is a chocolate-heavy dessert. Despite that, though, it is not overly sweet. The price is good too, at 184 yen before tax or 198 yen after tax. like that it falls under the 200-yen mark.

While this chocolate bun falls under the 200 yen mark, relative to taste I didn't find it that good of value for money. If it was priced at 150 yen I might buy it again. But because I wasn't overly impressed, I won't be buying it again at the current price. One of the reasons, potentially, that I didn't like it is because I had high expectations. After seeing the flag outside advertising it as a top-seller and then seeing it numbered as a top three within the store (I can't remember if it was #1, 2 or 3!), I was expecting great things. Unfortunately, it didn't hit the mark for me.