Help Translating chocolate flavours
 

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I have been given a box of chocolates purchased in Kyoto and am having difficulty translating the flavours. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

1. Blackcurrant
2. ?
3. Raspberry
4. Coffee
5. Caramel
6. Almond + (カツプ (katsupu))?
7. Milk + (カツプ (katsupu))?
8. Almond
9. Plain Dark
10. Plain Milk
11. ?
12. Chestnut?

1. Blackcurrant
2. ? Crisp Gianduia
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianduja_(chocolate)
3. Raspberry
4. Coffee
5. Caramel
6. Almond + (カツプ (katsupu))? "Cup"
7. Milk + (カツプ (katsupu))? same as above
8. Almond
9. Plain Dark
10. Plain Milk
11. ? Gianduia
12. Chestnut? Yes.

Thank you very much. I thought 2 was crisp something, but have never heard of Gianduja. I also thought カツプ would be cup but couldn't find a translation.

I don't know in English, but the original name is Gianduia. Chocolate flavor made in Italy and takes its name from a famous carnival mask. In Italy you can find chocolate candies with that flavor and their name is Gianduiotti. They are hazelnut based.

And about the maroon (still not sure if that's English name) they are a kind of chestnut. They are a bit bigger and darker than chestnuts with a slightly different shape. They are used to make a kind of candy (I guess French) called Marron Glasse'.

We call it the same thing in English. You could also call it "hazelnut chocolate," which is less specific, but more people would understand what it is.

I think you may be talking about a macaroon and not maroon. I'm not familiar with the nut, but I've heard of it. Maroon is a shade of purple. It could be a maroon, but I've just never heard of a nut named maroon.

A 'macaroon' isn't a nut either. He means "marron', which is the French for sweet chestnut. Chocolatier and patisserie produce in Japan all mostly stem from the French tradition, hence why their using the French word not the English or their own Japanese word for it.

Well, consider me corrected. I guess I'll need to recheck what a macaroon is.

This is a joke, right? If not, here's why I thought it was: "maroon" is old time slang for "stupid" (see Bugs Bunny cartoons from the 50s). "Nut" is slang for "a stupid/crazy person." :)

Unfortunately not a joke. I haven't watched Bugs Bunny in years. I guess I'm just not particularly knowledgeable in the area of nuts. *shrug*