Kit Kat 2020 Recap

We made it to the end of 2020! Woo hoo! 

Like so many things in 2020, I had more ambitious plans for this blog that I just didn't have the time to realize. I'm going to do a few catch-up posts with quick reviews of foods I meant to review but didn't have time for.

2020 was a good year for Kit Kat. They seem to be coming for Oreo's title as the limited edition flavor champion of American snack foods. Kit Kats from Japan have long seemed amazing, but they're hard to get in the U.S. This year, Kit Kat U.S. really made an effort. I already wrote about the Kit Kat Raspberry + Crème Miniatures, and even took a detour to look at Kit Kats from other countries. But there were other 2020 U.S. flavors worth mentioning.

Just in time for Easter, Lemon Crisp Kit Kats came onto store shelves. This flavor was a good choice after Raspberry Kit Kats. There's something about lemon that lines up well with spring.

Well, Lemon Crisp Kit Kats were really good. The coating had a nice, light lemon flavor. I once had a lemon-flavored white chocolate bar from Sicily, and this Kit Kat reminded me of that. Lemon Crisp was another win for Kit Kat.

Kit Kat also introduced Duos, in this case a combination of Mint + Dark Chocolate. I'm not confident that the street date for these was in 2020, but that was the first time I saw them.

These were also pretty good. I was skeptical at first, since there are a million combinations of mint and chocolate out there (not that I'm complaining). But these tasted smoother, a tad more sophisticated than other cookies and candy out there. Would buy again. 

Summer saw the introduction of Apple Pie Kit Kats. These were whole candy bars, instead of the miniature Kit Kats released earlier in the year.

I wanted to like Apple Pie Kit Kats more than I did. Not that they were bad. They just weren't as close to the actual flavor as I wanted. 

Birthday Cake Kit Kats were also released during the summer. I was skeptical about these at first, since birthday cake seems like a go-to flavor when brands are trying out limited edition flavors. 

Birthday Cake Kit Kats were surprisingly better than I was expecting. I like how they look, with white coating accentuated by colorful sprinkles. But the flavor was pretty much spot on, too. It took me a long time to find these (I finally saw them at Wal-Mart), but I would buy more, especially for my or someone else's birthday.

Finally, for Halloween season, Witch's Brew Kit Kats were released. The were a light green color and had a marshmallow flavor to them.

These were actually pretty good. A lot of times in the world of limited edition flavors, a "marshmallow" flavor will simply be a vague sweet/sugary flavor. However, these actually taste like marshmallows. It's hard to describe the difference, but imagine plain sugar versus a marshmallow. I was impressed.

Overall, Kit Kat had a pretty good year. There were some other flavors I saw that I'm not featuring (Pumpkin Pie tasted a little too pumpkin spice, and I bought but haven't yet tried Dark Chocolate). But I have to give Kit Kat a lot of credit. The original is already a favorite candy of mine, and the limited edition flavors brought it this year in a way that (I'm sorry to say) Oreo quite frankly didn't. I hope everyone bought these and Kit Kat continues to release new flavors for years to come until we start getting varieties like sweet potato, blueberry cheesecake, roasted corn, and more.