Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan is gearing up for Valentine’s Day with a string of loving (and delicious) releases. The first of these in the run up to the season of love comes in the heart-shape of three doughnuts and two chocolate flavoured drinks which will arrive at all branches in Japan on January 9, 2019.

These doughnuts are a popular product making a return for the first time in two years. When warmed up for 12 seconds the microwave oven before being served the cream inside melts into a delicious fondant. The three flavours are chocolate and the new strawberry and banana caramel.

Fondant Chocolate: ¥230

The heart-shaped chocolate doughnut is filled with a velvety chocolate cream. The doughnut pastry is laced with cocoa and coated in dark chocolate. It is also decorated with a white chocolate pattern and topped with candied walnuts and pistachio for added texture.

Fondant Strawberry: ¥230

The strawberry doughnut is packed full of melty strawberry cream. The surface of the cocoa flavoured doughout is covered with strawberry chocolate and topped with bright-red freeze-dried strawberries and strawberry curls. It is finished with a dusting of strawberry sugar to create the perfect sweet and sour Valentine’s treat.

Fondant Banana Caramel: ¥230

Oozing with banana milk cream, this delectable heart is made with a banana puree that includes milk and cream. The dough is made with chocolate and the doughnut is topped with rich caramel chocolate. It’s decorated with dark chocolate lines and finished with crunchy almonds and bitter caramel candy.

Hot Orange Chocolate: Small ¥370 / Tall ¥410

The two beverages arriving are the “Hot Orange Chocolate” and the “Crispy Frozen Orange Chocolate” both of which can be ordered as a set that comes with a Krispy Kreme Original Glazed® doughnut. The drinks are made with sweet and juicy setoka oranges grown in Setouchi.

Warm your heart this Valentine’s season at Krispy Kreme.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan (KKDJ) is getting ready for the holiday season with its upcoming “Holly Jolly Holiday” line of cute Christmas doughnuts that will be released at most branches across Japan on November 14, 2018.

The tasty treats all take on Christmas motifs and unique shaps. KKDJ is also introducing milk tea flavoured crème for the very first time in the Milk Tea Box doughnut. Let’s take a look.

Strawberry Milk Santa: This cute square doughnut is made to look like Santa Claus. His bright-red Christmas hat is a strawberry nappage and beard is made from milky white chocolate. Inside is a strawberry milk flavoured cream.

Caramel Reindeer: Another square doughnut, this time coated in caramel chocolate. It’s filled with a bitter caramel sauce and a caramel cream with added salt to help bring out the flavour. You can enjoy three different textures: the fluffy doughnut itself, strawberry jelly reindeer nose and the crunchy pretzel antlers.

Milk Tea Box: This doughnut is made in the image of a Christmas present box and contains KKDJ’s first ever milk tea flavoured cream. The yellow outer coating is purin flavoured and sprinkled with colourful sugar. It’s also ‘tied’ with a white chocolate and strawberry chocolate ribbon.

Snowman Chocolate: The snowman doughnut is filled luxuriously with a rich raw chocolate cream and coated with wintery white coloured and milky flavoured white chocolate. His smile is painted with dark chocolate while his scarf is made with a sweet and sour strawberry nappage.

Sprinkle Wreath: This doughnut is a spin on Krispy Kreme’s popular Original Glazed® doughnut. It’s coated in a bright green vanilla chocolate and topped with red, green and white holiday colour sprinkles. It’s the spitting image of Christmas.

KKDJ are also selling a limited edition design box called “Holiday Dozen” that contains all five of these doughnuts and the Original Glazed®, the chain’s most popular doughnut.

Share some cute and delicious doughnuts this holiday season with friends and family!

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan have announced that they will release four Halloween themed doughnuts this year with black and pink as the primary colours. They will be available from September 12 to October 31.

The black cat is a new entry to KKDJ’s Halloween doughnut range this year, with the jack o’ lantern and spider being returning regulars. The doughnut dough too is new, coming as pitch black and made with bamboo charcoal powder.

Pink Pumpkin Jack – ¥220

The jack o’ lantern is a classic choice during Halloween at Krispy Kreme in Japan, but this year it’s arriving in a new colour. The black doughnut is filled with rich pumpkin cream and coated with pink coloured and vanilla flavoured chocolate.

Black Cat Chocolate – ¥250

Black Cat Chocolate is the new kid on the block in KKDJ’s Halloween range. This cute black kitty is filled with sweet caramel custard. Its eyes and whiskers are made of white chocolate and pupils and nose from pink chocolate. The sweetness of the caramel custard isn’t too strong so it’s recommended for kids too.

Pink Spider Custard – ¥200

This doughnut is inspired by a spider’s web and takes on Krispy Kreme’s classic chocolate custard flavour. The web is made from pink chocolate and it’s filled with custard that has vanilla beans in it which when combined with the velvety chocolate icing has become a regular favourite.

Halloween Old Fashion – ¥200

This doughnut is made with old fashioned chocolate and a richer bitter chocolate.

KKDJ are also releasing a Halloween dozen box that’s coupled with their most popular Original Glazed® doughnuts, as well as a colourful ‘mini box’ of 20 that includes a range of different monster doughnuts. Both boxes will also come in original packaging from October 1.

As well as doughnuts, they are bringing out a hot Sweet Potato Latte and the Krispy Frozen Sweet Potato. Sweet potato is an autumn ingredient in Japan so you can embrace the season if you order these items. They get their sweet potatoes from Tanegashima in Kagoshima Prefecture. They’re high in sugar content.

Enjoy the Halloween season even more in Japan with friends and family with some delicious doughnuts from Krispy Kreme.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has released the Krispy Kreme Premium Panda at its JR Nagoya Takashimaya branch.

The new product comes as part of the company’s Krispy Kreme Premium series in the run up to summer and is decorated with a panda, which are hugely popular and adored by kids and adults like in Japan.

The cute panda is poking out from inside the doughnut, which is made to look like a bamboo leaf. The head of the panda is made from fluffy whipped cream and the face is drawn in chocolate.

The doughnut is coated in bright green apricot glaze, and the center is filled with red melon. The fruity taste of the doughnut gives you that summer vibe.

Get your hands on the kawaii panda doughnut from Krispy Kreme in Nagoya!

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Japan will sell four kinds of collaborative doughnuts with the world-popular character, “Barbapapa” from France, under the promotion name of “Barbapapa Promotion,” from the 1^st of March 2018 (Thurs.). Also, Barbapapa Easter Version Doughnuts will be sold from the 15^th of March 2018 (Thurs.) to the 17^th of April (Tue.) in accordance with Easter which is gaining much popularity in recent years.

 “Barbapapa Strawberry”

Available period: 2018/03/01 (Thurs.) to 04/17 (Tue.) (plan)

Price: 250 yen (tax included)

Here is a doughnut using the motif of “Barbapapa” who is very dependable. Fresh strawberry cream is stuffed inside a sour/sweet face made of strawberry chocolate and the round eyes, mouth and nose are depicted with white chocolate.

 “Barbazoo Caramel”

Available period: 2018/03/01 (Thurs.) to 04/17 (Tue.) (plan)

Price: 250 yen (tax included)

A pudding-flavored chocolate which is not too sweet is coated around the doughnut that includes bitter and smooth caramel. The boy who loves animals, “Barbazoo” becomes a doughnut.

 “Barbamama Custard”

Available period: 2018/03/01 (Thurs.) to 04/17 (Tue.) (plan)

Price: 270 yen (tax included)

A doughnut of Barbamama who wears a hair accessary made of colorful sugar. Lots of custard cream including vanilla beans is stuffed inside the face made of chocolate.

 “Barbalala Melon”

Available period: 2018/03/01 (Thurs.) to 04/17 (Tue.) (plan)

Price: 270 yen (tax included)

Red fresh melon cream is stuffed inside the doughnut coated with vivid green vanilla chocolate. The eyes are depicted using white chocolate and the nose and mouth are depicted w bitter chocolate. The hair accessory is made with colorful argent.

Moreover, the pick of rabbit’s ears will be placed on top of “Barbapapa Strwaberry” and “Barbazoo Caramel” during the Easter season and the popular product of KKDJ, “Chocolate Custard” will be changed into “Chocolate Custard Egg.” The product will be sold with “Pink Flower” using the motif spring flowers for a limited time offer.

Let’s have a fun by eating Barbapapa doughnuts♡