Cheese Cheese Chocolate Cheese; An Unusual Mixture of Chocolate and Cheese

“Cheese Cheese Chocolate Cheese” is a new brand that focuses on snacks and sweets made of chocolate and cheese. The new product has been unveiled by confectionery and chocolate manufacturer Sils Maria Co. Ltd. headquartered in Yokohama, and will be sold for a limited time between March and April 2020 at four stores nationwide.

“It’s more cheese than chocolate” “it’s more chocolate than cheese.” It is hard to explain what the main flavour of the Cheese Cheese Chocolate Cheese brand is.

The new products are available in a wide variety of flavours, made out of 80 different types of cheese and chocolates, bringing cheese lovers and chocolate lovers together.

Chocolate manufacturers and cheese specialists from Sils Maria have come together to create the new snacks which complement the delicious tastes of chocolate and cheese.

Product Packaging Design by Aki Ishibashi

The product packaging, designed by illustrator Aki Ishibashi, whose designs are popular across SNS platforms, completing the brand and making it perfect for small gifts.

Born in Kanagawa in 1986, Ishibashi has a following of over 27,000 on Instagram. After graduating from a design school in Tokyo, Ishibashi worked in both a graphic design company and as a freelance illustrator.

Ishibashi has taken a liking to SNS platforms, where he shares and expresses his daily life through his designs. While curating solo exhibitions and selling his own merchandise, Ishibashi has been expanding his network within the fashion industry and media.

Product Overview

8 pieces of zebra chocolate x cheese sweets 864 yen (incl. Tax)
A cheese and chocolate brownie like sweet that melts in the mouth flavoured with bitter chocolate and camembert butter cream.

8 pieces of marbled berry chocolate x cheese 864 JPY (incl. Tax)
A sweet and sour framboise puree mixed with sweet milk chocolate and white cream cheese.

12 pieces of original dacquoise biscuits 1,296 yen (incl. Tax)
A soft camembert cream and chocolate ganache centre sandwiched between two light and crunchy meringue biscuits resembling traditional dacquoise cake.

5 pieces of mint chocolate and mascarpone cheese truffle bonbons 864 yen (incl. Tax)
Mint flavored mascarpone cream encased in a rich milk chocolate truffle.

Assortments and boxes of Cheese and Chocolate bites

Assortment of 3 different fondant cheeses and chocolates ¥ 1,944 (incl. Tax)

Bitter chocolate camembert bites x2
Cherry mascarpone bites x2
White chocolate gorgonzola bites x2

Fondant cheese and chocolate bites: Camembert & Gorgonzola ¥ 1,944 (incl. Tax)

Bitter chocolate camembert bites x3
White chocolate gorgonzola bites x3

Fondant cheese and chocolate bites: Camembert & Mascarpone ¥ 1,944 (incl. Tax)

Bitter chocolate camembert bites x3
Cherry mascarpone bites x3

White chocolate gorgonzola bites

The salty taste and aroma of gorgonzola is juxtaposed against the sweet white chocolate dough.
Chocolate degree level: Low | Cheese degree level: High

Bitter chocolate camembert bites

Soft camembert cream melted inside of bitter chocolate dough.
Chocolate degree level: Medium | Cheese degree level: Medium

Cherry mascarpone bites

Mascarpone cream and dark cherry puree combined with rich milk chocolate.
Chocolate degree: High | Cheese degree: Low

Participating POPUP stores

“Cheese Cheese Chocolate Cheese” will be available for a limited time only at the following participating department stores. Whether you are a chocolate connoisseur or a cheese buff, be sure to pop by and try out the sweets for yourself.

Odakyu Department Store

Odakyu Department Store, Shinjuku Main Building, B2F Event Corner
When: Friday March 6 - Saturday March 14 2020
Days and times: Mon - Sun 10:30 - 19:30

Kintetsu Department Store

Kintetsu Department Store in Abeno Harukas building, Osaka Tower Building, B1 Floor Event Space
When: Wednesday April 1 - Tuesday April 7 2020
Days and times: Mon - Sun 10:00 - 20:30

Daimaru Department Store