Takenoko No Sato

Takenoko no sato (たけのこの里, lit. 'Bamboo Shoot Village'), branded as Chococones in the United States, is a Japanese snack food produced by Meiji Seika since 1979. It is a chocolate-covered cookie shaped like a bamboo shoot. Following the success of a similar snack, Kinoko no yama, first sold in 1975, Takenoko no sato was released in 1979. In 2024, due to the high price of cocoa beans, the cocoa content was reduced and the candy was reclassified as "quasi chocolate sweet", dropping its previous "chocolate sweet" classification. In a similar fashion to Kinoko no yama (branded as Chocorooms), Takenoko no sato was renamed to Chococones, and had its packaging changed in the United States. Chococones were discontinued in the United States in 2016.

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