Yan Yan (snack)

Yan Yan (snack)

Yan Yan is a Japanese snack food made by Meiji Seika. It comes in a package with two compartments. One side has biscuit sticks, and the other has chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla frosting used for dipping. The sticks themselves may also be flavored. Some Yan Yan products are sold in rectangular with 9 sticks with dip. There is also a new version which include two flavoured dips.

The sticks

The sticks often have pictures of various animals on them with quotes relating to that animal. The quotes are in English, but often appear unorthodox to native English speakers. Examples of these animal quotes include:
* Zebra - herbivore
* Octopus - lucky number: 8
* Starfish - star + fish
* Cat - say meow
* Rhinoceros - think big
* Bat - only in the night
* Squirrel - your best friend
* Rabbit - eat more carrots
* Horse - gallop away
* Squid - black ink
* Beetle - lucky color: brown
* Seal - loves to sun tan
* Sheep - wool sweaters
* Stag Beetle - love it
* Duck - go for a swim
* Whale - biggesy sic mammal
* Giraffe - tallest mammal
* Fox - beware of lies
* Snail - Snail Mail?
* Chick - Lucky Color: Yellow
* Goat - You are lucky today
* Mole - in a hole
* Elephant - Jumbo
* Panda - Go for More

And the mysterious ones "golden egg" and "golden log."

Some of the animal-related quotes relate not to facts about the animals, but instead to the noise the animal makes, which is printed in a Japanese-influenced English dialect. For example:
* Chicken - kokekokko
* Cow - Muuuuu

Flavors

Yan-yans come in a variety of flavors. This include vanilla sticks with chocolate cream, vanilla sticks with strawberry cream, vanilla sticks with vanilla cream, and chocolate sticks with vanilla cream.

Relation to other snacks

Pocky is a similar Japanese snack which includes thinner sticks pre-dipped in cream. The cream comes in a much wider variety of flavors such as green tea cream or honey-flavored cream. Yan-yans are dipped by the consumer themselves, and come in a more limited assortment of flavors. They both also have 160 calories per serving (30g). Meiji also produce a very popular snack "Hello Panda". It is a bear shaped biscuit with either chocolate, strawberry or milk flavored fillings. Every biscuit has a cartoon print on it depicting pandas playing various sports.

External links

* [http://www.meiji.com.sg/html/products_lo_yy.htm Meiji Singapore's Yan Yan page]





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