Kracie Popin'Cookin' - Bento Kit

When we first saw this kit on one of the youtube channels we frequent, we knew right away we NEEDED to try this kit.  Who doesn't like panda onigiri - in candy form nonetheless!

The box

The inside. The packaging includes a mini bento box drawing.

Where the magic is!

Making the rice

Then, the jelly broccoli...

After that, starting on the jelly octopus...

.. the tamago roll....

Making chicken karaage.

The face for the panda onigiri.

Squeezing out the "pasta"

Completed Bento. Sadly, we didn't have any cute bento boxes at the time.

The Verdict:
This has been the most difficult Popin'Cookin' kit so far, but was also tons of fun to make. The bento contains 2 onigiri (original triangle shape, and a panda onigiri), tako sausage, brocolli, chicken karaage and pasta. Sadly, once the panda ears are coated with the black powder, they no longer stick well to the panda head. =(

How did it taste?
The rice as always is ramune flavoured and the rest of the jellies were grape flavoured. However, like all Popin'Cookin candies, the texture was cold, wet and mushy, thereby making it quite unpleasant to eat. (Wish: "it is inedible.... ")

Do we recommend it? 
 For approximately $5 , Popin'Cookin is always quite fun to make, especially with kids. Don't expect much in terms of taste, but putting together all the different components of the bento was definitely amusing!

Kracie's Popin'Cookin' - Curry Set DIY

Kracie is known for making DIY candy kits, but a savory, mini curry kit? Would it actually taste like curry? Of course we simply had to try this one out!

This kit came in plastic packing, rather than the usual cardboard box.

Making the rice.

Rice

Next, we start on the croquettes

squish squish squish!

Rolling the croquette in the crunchy coating

We just made normal shaped croquettes.. Did not bother making the heart and star shaped croquettes as shown on the box.

And lastly, the curry.

Curry! There are even little veggie bits. It smells like curry too!

The final result doesn't look bad at all!

The verdict:
This candy kit was so interesting! Since all the previous Popin'Cookin' candies had a grape flavor, we were dreading the thought of savory curry over grape flavored rice. However, the rice was not sweet! It did not have much flavor (like real rice) and actually worked quite well with the curry. The curry itself was savory and actually tasted like curry... cold curry. We thought that the croquettes had a mild potato flavor. In terms of texture, the croquettes were soft with a crunchy crust. Surprisingly, this kit did not taste half bad. If you're daring, give this kit a go! Wish and cera hope to be able to find other savory Kracie kits, especially the ramen set!