Calbee Jagarico - Karupasu (カルパス)

I was at the grocery store, when I noticed there was a different section for Halloween themed packaged snacks. I thought this was interesting because it wasn't near the usual snack aisle I always check out. I found a new Jagarico flavor called カルパス or Karupasu. I had no idea what this was and couldn't tell from the giraffe dressed up as it. I had to ask a friend and was told it's like America's Slim Jim beef jerky stick snacks, but shorter. With this description I immediately recalled seeing this karupasu snack before. I was a little bummed out because I thought this was going to be a fun sweet Halloween flavor with the pink packaging. 

I love spoopy Halloween packaging.

Wow the first thing I thought of when opening the package is that this deep red color reminded me of Flaming Hot Cheetos (that are sadly not available in Japan)! I was actually surprised that this sausage flavor was not bad. It was a bit salty, but the red color doesn't mean it is spicy at all.

Another thing that I found interesting that this specific flavor stands out is that all the potato sticks are the same short size!! I only noticed this after eating a bunch and thought that there were a lot more pieces that usual... only to find that they were just all short just like the actual Karupasu snack! Personally, I like this better. I think Jagarico should make all their potato sticks the same short size because it feels like there is more quantity inside the package making this snack last longer. (Also just realized that the package says that the sticks are shorter just like the Karupasu and the color is similar too).