This tier list is for all my ice cream lovers out there with limited time in Japan but want to try the best. From one ice cream addict to another (´。• ᵕ •。`) ♡
Mochi ice cream bar
An experience on its own, no spoilers because I want you to enjoy it. If you love mochi and kinako, you MUST get this!!
Morinaga vanilla ice cream sandwich
Tastes like the perfect ice cream sandwich if you're craving one. The biscuit bit is a nice soft consistency but still has bite to it and the ice cream has a pretty good more traditional vanilla taste.
Papico Coffee and Chocolate Bar
Maybe a controversial placing for this papico bar, but I actually really loved it. I enjoyed it so much that it made me want to try the other Papico flavours - this was a mistake.
DARS Ice cream crepe
I love crepes so I loved this LOL crepe lines can be kind of a pain, so this is a nice quick fix
Lotte Choco Pie
What you'd expect when you think of a choco pie ice cream. I'd definitely get it again if I was craving a choco pie.
Family mart tokyo banana special
I've never loved banana flavoured desserts but this one is really well done even I liked it. I think you'll really love this if you enjoy banana desserts.
GIANT Chocolate milk cone
I enjoyed this one the most out of all the GIANT cones. Signature GIANT airy waffle cone, quite a different texture to the normal cones I'm used to.
Chocolate mochi ice cream
Rich chocolate ice cream with mochi. So good!
Haagen Dazs Caramel Sandwich
Good icecream, as expected from the brand. They have this chocolate coating between the ice cream and the wafer so it keeps the wafer crunchy.
Family Mart Purin
Three layers: cream, caramel and pudding. The caramel really made the whole dessert, I'd recommend leaving it out for a bit if it's cold so you can scoop all three layers at once when you do eat it. Nice to try once, but I wouldn't get it again.
GIANT Chocolate cone
The waffle part of all the GIANT cones are different to what I'm used to, more airy! I kinda like the change. I prefer the vanilla version, the chocolate flavour was pretty deep and not too sweet but got a bit too much for the whole cone.
Grape Ice Balls
Bite size ice balls that resemble real grapes but the flavouring is what you'd expect from a grape flavoured lolly in Japan. Has that signature grape flavour taste. Refreshing little snack to have and just to keep in your freezer for when you want something small.
Hersheys Waffle ice cream
Better than expected. I personally don't like the taste of Hersheys chocolate (tastes too artificial) but this ice cream doesn't have that. Just a classic waffle ice cream, good for when you want something small as they're portioned into 1-2 bite pieces.
Jumbo Morinaga Vanilla waffle sandwich
This thing is huge and the chocolate filling saves the whole thing. The vanilla ice cream was okay but it gets a C tier because the waffle was weirdly hard and crunchy. A friend told me theirs wasn't crunchy so if you get lucky I'd bump it up to a B tier.
Daifuku x Ishiya
Tastes exactly like the image, would recommend if you'd like to try a new flavour, but gets a C because it was a bit too sweet for me.
Disneysea tiramisu ice cream sandwich
Bonus non-konbini ice cream! This was okay, it had quite a strong cheese flavour that kinda turned me off. I know cheese is used in tiramisu but normally it results in a very creamy texture for the tiramisu but this one I could straight up taste cheese LOL an interesting experience
711 Rich milk ice cream
Very generous serving, tastes like a harder maccas soft serve. Not bad
Chocolate Almond sugar free ice cream
Nothing special, just a good choc almond ice cream. It is sugar free tho so that's a bonus if you're concerned about sugar intake. Still sweet even with no sugar so not sure what they added to it, but might be worth checking the ingredients.
Chocolate brownie ice cream sandwich
It looked really good, but the taste was kinda disappointing and I got sick of it within a couple bites.
Lipton royal milk tea ice bar
Tastes like what you'd expect, lipton in ice bar form :P
Chocolate Coated Ice cream Ball
I fully went into this expecting it to by a choc coated mochi like the other ones in this packagaing but nope, no mochi. Just a chocolate covered ice cream.
Matcha monaka waffle sandwich
Not bad, but not good. I got bored of it within a few bites but it's quite big so might be good if you want quantity. Not sweet at all.
Papico Milk
Underwhelming, not worth the effort of sucking it up for the taste
7/11 sweet potato soft serve
Really did not vibe with the filling, and sweet potato flavour did not taste like sweet potato. Might be okay for a couple bites but I got sick of the taste pretty quickly
Papico strawberry
Too strong of an artificial strawberry flavour. I really did not like this one.