Spicy and mildly sweet peanut souvenir

Chiba kun no piinatsu age

Brand: Chiba Peanuts

Price: 486 yen

Place of purchase: Perie Chiba

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This peanut snack suitable for gift giving has an appealing package with the image of Chiba-kun, Chiba Prefecture's mascot. His profile is shaped like the outline of the prefecture's borders. The background of the package is a traditional textile pattern. The contents are five small packets of rare crackers. This kind of cracker is made with mochi-gome, glutinous rice. However, the big feature is Chiba-grown peanuts, a product for which the prefecture is famous. The snacks are a little sweet and lightly spicy.

On my way home from a business trip to Chiba City, I picked up this souvenir for my colleagues. For the price and the appealing package, it looked like a good bet. The promotional website describes these treats as suitable for kids, but I figure they'd appeal to kids at heart. The five small packets have the same graphics and background as the larger package. The snacks are addictive! They're a great mix of sweet, spicy, and crunchy with a good peanut flavor. However, they're not a cracker so much as little sticks. You get the crumbs all over your fingers. Great for little hands.