Fancy a grilled choc-sandwich? The bizarre new packaged chocolate slices that look just like children's cheese singles
- A Japanese company has launched chocolate sliced like cheese slices
- They can be placed atop pancakes, fruit and cakes for decoration
- The slices taste just like ordinary chocolate and come in packs of five
- Social media users have had a mixed reaction to the concept
- Some think it's a genius idea, others think it's 'gross' and 'lazy'
First there were the much-loved individually wrapped cheese slices for the lunch box - a childhood favourite for many.
But now the concept has been taken a step further, with chocolate now sold sliced up in exactly the same way.
The product, developed by Japanese company Bourbon, has blown up on social media - many unsure of what to think of the idea.
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Forget cheese slices: A Japanese company has launched chocolate prepared just like popular cheese slices
A childhood favourite: Cheese slices are a popular addition to burgers, sandwiches and childhood lunchboxes
Grilled chocolate sandwich? The company has launched the chocolate slices with a number of suggestions for how to consume it, including slapping a slice on a piece of bread (pictured)
The company has launched the chocolate slices with a number of suggestions for how to consume it - from slapping a slice on a piece of bread and melting it in, to cutting out shapes and putting them on a cracker for a mid-afternoon snack.
The slogan 'Cut, Roll, Wrap, On!' sums up the options for the chocolate slices, with accompanying pictures showing the various techniques.
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One image shows a person wrapping up the slice of chocolate inside a fruity crepe, and another shows a piece wrapped up inside sponge cake.
Other ways to use them include melting them over sliced up banana atop a slice of bread, laying them over pancakes, decorating cakes, and wrapping them around Christmas snacks.
Just like normal chocolate: The chocolate slices melt just as effectively as regular chocolate does (pictured)
Christmas treat: 'Cute handmade chocolate cracker sandwich crackers,' the company suggested
'Full-bodied deep, melting in the mouth smooth ganache [sic],' the advertisement reads, adding that each slice is just two millimetres.
'Cute handmade chocolate cracker sandwich crackers...wrapped in with fruit and cream crepes for a fruit chocolate crepe [sic].'
'Enjoy a full-bodied and rich chocolate sense...please enjoy with your favourite recipe [sic].'
New way to enjoy pancakes: Instead of melting chocolate people can now place a chocolate slice on their pancakes instead
Popular choice: The slices had a base price of ¥3,000 ($34) for a pack of 60, and they have since sold out
And despite a base price of ¥3,000 ($34) for a pack of 60, they have since sold out.
The chocolate is just like normal everyday chocolate and has a six month refrigerator shelf-life from the date of manufacture.
People on social media have had a mixed reaction to the idea and many have offered up their own ways to consume the product.
Dessert toppers: 'Imagine cheesecake with these after you cut and then freeze the chocolate into little tulips,' one social media user suggested
Afternoon snack: The company also suggests cutting them into little shapes for a mid-afternoon snack on a cracker
'Wow! Toast some nuts in the toaster-oven, lay a slice of chocolate on top of them briefly, then use a spatula to put it all on top of your ice cream! The world continues to conspire to sabotage my urges to diet!' One fan said.
'I wanna grilled chocolate sammich [sic],' another said.
'Must buy this for decorating desserts imagine cheesecake with these after you cut and then freeze the chocolate into little tulips!'
Mixed reaction: 'The world continues to conspire to sabotage my urges to diet!' One social media user said
'Both intrigued and disgusted at the same time': Others were less impressed with the concept
Others were less sure.
'Kinda gross if you ask me [sic],' one unimpressed social media user wrote.
'Chocolate is great, but I will never understand the attraction of putting it between two slices of bread,' another said.
'Both intrigued and disgusted at the same time.... how lazy does a person have to be to not use their own chocolate spread?' Said another.
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