Today we’re making crème brûlée! I don’t even know what it is, and if it wasn’t for autocorrect would never have spelled it correctly. While this kit sets to reproduce the look of crème brûlée, it’s actually apple flavoured! I believe this is a candy making kit aimed at an older and more discerning customer, and I bought this one in Japan when I was there last summer.

I forgot to take a photo of the contents of the package, but they were largely the same as the other candy making kits: a plastic tray/mold and several bags of powder. The first step was mixing one packet with water to make a green slurry and then adding a second packet to the mixture, which turned it into a sort of yellow pudding.

Then another powder is dusted on top of the mixture and then put water is dropped on top (one drop at a time) until it is all damp. You need to let it sit for a while then, during which a fourth packet was used to make the butter sauce (and yes it tasted of butter) in the other side of the tray.

This is what it looked like at this point, and after letting it sit for about ten minutes the miracle had occurred:

The surface of the crème brûlée had hardened! Of course the intent here is to reproduce the real dessert where the surface is heated using a blowtorch, and whatever chemical reaction happened between the water and mystery powder it did a wonderful job. As you can see it even cracked when broken with a spoon!

As for the taste: KLS liked it a lot! This kit was fun to make and both looked and tasted good. Two thumbs up!