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Meiji Almond Chocolate Whole Roasted Almonds 79g

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Made byMeijiTokyo, Japan

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Meiji Almond Chocolate Whole Roasted Almonds 79g

Whole almonds roasted over an open flame, sealed in a milk chocolate built to carry the roast rather than cover it, so the first thing you taste is the almond's dry, hard snap.

Regular price $6.03AUD

$7.63 per 100 g

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Why we say this

Ranked 15th in Japan's national chocolate purchase-frequency chart for January to March 2026, measured on this exact 79g pack.

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About

Whole almonds roasted over an open flame, sealed in a milk chocolate built to carry the roast rather than cover it, so the first thing you taste is the almond's dry, hard snap. If you know chocolate-coated almonds, this is the same idea with the balance tipped towards the nut. It is an everyday box in Japan, off supermarket and convenience-store shelves rather than a gift counter.

On the pack: アーモンドチョコレート (aamondo chokoreeto), simply "almond chocolate".

What you're getting

  • It won't wreck your hands. These don't come off on your fingers. You can eat them at a desk, or one-handed in the car, without reaching for a napkin.
  • Check the weight if you have seen this box elsewhere. This is the 79 g box. Meiji cut it down from 88 g, and several Australian listings still show the old size.
  • The shine may be shellac. Each piece is polished with a glazing agent, which is what makes them gleam, and Meiji does not say which one. Shellac, a resin from an insect, is one of the glazes used on sweets like these, so if you avoid insect-derived ingredients, give this box a miss.
  • The honest bit: this is not quite the recipe it was. When cocoa prices climbed, Meiji cut back the cocoa butter and raised the vegetable fat. It touched around forty Meiji products, and regular buyers in Japan noticed and said so plainly. You should hear that from us rather than find it later.
  • Allergens: contains milk, almond and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.

A few things worth knowing first. There is no resealable zip on it: the inner tray closes over but nothing seals, so it is a box to get through rather than one to keep half-open. It is still chocolate in an Australian climate: the coating keeps it off your fingers, not out of the heat. And if you are weighing it against our other two Meiji nut boxes, the difference is texture and coating rather than quality: this one is a crisp almond under plain milk chocolate, the macadamia box is soft, and the matcha box is this same almond under a green-tea coating.

Ingredients

Sugar (manufactured overseas), almonds, vegetable fat, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, lactose, reduced starch syrup, cocoa butter

lecithin, flavouring, glazing agent. Contains milk, almond and soy.

For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.

Allergens
Contains
  • Milk
  • Almond
  • Soy
Dietary notes

The pieces are polished with a glazing agent, which Meiji does not name. Shellac, a resin from an insect, is one of the glazes used on sweets like these, so if you avoid insect-derived ingredients, treat this box as unsuitable. The milk powder already rules it out for vegans.

For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.

Nutrition
Nutrition
Per box (79 g) Per 100 g
Energy 1879 kJ (449 kcal) 2378 kJ (568 kcal)
Protein 9.2 g 11.6 g
Fat 30.2 g 38.2 g
Carbohydrate 37.1 g 47.0 g
– available carbohydrate 33.1 g 41.9 g
– dietary fibre 4.0 g 5.1 g
Sodium 39 mg 50 mg

From the Japanese pack's nutrition panel — not the Australian nutrition information panel. Available carbohydrate is the pack's 糖質: carbohydrate less fibre, not sugars. The Japanese pack gives no saturated fat or sugars figure. The per-100 g column, the kJ figures and sodium (from the pack's salt equivalent, 食塩相当量, ÷ 2.54) are our calculation.

Details
Maker
Meiji · Tokyo
Made in
Japan
Net contents
One box: 79 g — Meiji does not publish a piece count

Our guide

How to eat it

Good to know

  • Tear the film off at the tab marked あけくち ("opening"), then slide the inner tray out like a drawer; it closes again between handfuls.
  • Keep it somewhere cool. Meiji's own instruction is to store it below 28°C, and an Australian summer clears that for months at a time.

In their own words

What Japanese buyers say

What do the numbers mean?

Counts of how many reviews mentioned each thing, not a score. One review can mention several. Every quote is our translation, with the original Japanese beneath it.

  • The almond's crunch, the chocolate's coating and sweetness — so good you keep eating one after another, a moreishness you don't tire of.

    アーモンドのカリカリ感、チョコのコーティングと甘さ、おいしくてツイツイ何個も食べてしまう飽きない美味しさ‼︎

    mentioned in 3 of 50 reviews we readfrom monolog, a Japanese review site

  • The cacao and milk balance is exquisite.

    カカオとミルクのバランスが絶妙です。

    mentioned in 6 of 50 reviews we readfrom monolog

  • Delicious — but it keeps getting fewer and smaller.

    美味しいけれども、どんどん少なく小さくなる。

    from monolog

  • I saw on a programme that there's real care in the almond's coating too — the toastiness and the bite are good.

    アーモンドのコーティングにも拘りあると某番組で見ましたが、香ばしさと歯応えがいい。

    mentioned in 3 of 50 reviews we readfrom monolog

  • Not too sweet, and far too good.

    甘すぎなくて美味すぎました。

    from monolog

  • Your hands don't get messy, they're easy to take out, and you can carry them around!

    手も汚れないし、取り出しやすいし 持ち運びも出来ちゃう！

    from monolog

  • But — as someone else wrote — I noticed they'd changed what the label calls it, and wondered since when? A while back?? It was a shock.

    しかし、別の方も書かれていましたが、準チョコレート表示に気づいてしまい、いつから？結構前から？？とショックでした。

    from monolog

    Our tip: This is the one we'd rather you heard from us. Meiji cut the cocoa butter back and raised the vegetable fat. We say so plainly in the description.

  • The almond is crisp and light, and the chocolate tastes superb.

    アーモンドはカリカリ軽いし、チョコの味も最高です。

    from monolog

  • There are plenty inside, and the almond makes it properly satisfying — I thought again how good it is.

    中に入ってる個数が多く、アーモンドが入っていて食べ応えがあるので、改めて美味しいなと思いました。

    from monolog

  • I love it way more than Lotte's almond choc!

    ロッテのアーモンドチョコより大好きで〜す！

    from monolog

  • Sure enough, I got heartburn. The fats in the new recipe must not agree with me.

    案の定、胸焼けを起こした。準チョコの油脂が合わないのだろう。

    from monolog

  • Lotte's is cheaper, but I don't find it as good so I avoid buying it.

    ロッテの方が安いのですが、ロッテはあまり美味しくないので買わないようにしています。

    from monolog

  • Ate it after ages and thought — this is good! I'm not a chocolate person, but I can feel the quality in this one.

    久しぶりに食べたら美味しいな！と思いました。チョコレートが好きではない私ですが、この商品はクオリティーの高さを感じます。

    from monolog

  • I've always taken this almond choc along as a travel snack.

    昔から旅行のおやつにはこのアーモンドチョコを持って行きます。

    from monolog

  • Too expensive… it's got so dear I can't buy it often.

    高すぎる… あまりにも高くなってしまい、しょっちゅう買えません。

    mentioned in 19 of 50 reviews we readfrom monolog

  • Almond choc on the way home from work, to top up body and spirit. You can pick at them even while driving, so they were gone in no time!

    仕事帰りにアーモンドチョコで心と身体の栄養補給のために。車を運転しながらでもつまめるのであっという間に食べちゃいました！

    from monolog

  • I usually reach for new products, but this has the steadiness of a standard.

    いつもは新商品を選びがちですが定番の安定感あります。

    from monolog

  • It being a little drawer somehow gives me a lift every time I open it.

    引き出しになっているのがなんか開けるたびウキウキします。

    from monolog

  • Every so often there's a dud almond that isn't nice, but it's good.

    たまーにハズレの美味しくないアーモンドがあったりもしますが、美味しいです。

    from monolog

  • There are more in here than in the macadamia one, so this feels better value and I prefer it.

    マカデミアナッツよりも沢山入っているので、こちらの方がお得感があって好きです。

    from monolog

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The maker

Where it comes from

  • Meiji
  • Tokyo
  • Founded 1917

Meiji put this box on Japanese shelves in 1962, aimed at adults rather than children, and it has stayed there ever since: the same idea, whole almonds under milk chocolate, for sixty-four years.

Each almond is picked over by eye and by hand, and sorted for hardness, before it goes near the fire. Then comes the roast. The almonds go over a direct flame, and the fire and the timing get adjusted through the year as the weather changes, so the nut comes out the same in February as in August. The chocolate around it is mixed to be mild, which sounds like faint praise until you taste one: it is built so the roast reaches you first.

The gloss is deliberate too. Each piece is polished so it comes out of the box shining, and the coating is formulated to stay on the almond rather than on your fingers.

Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: meiji.co.jp (opens in a new tab)