Crispy and chewy! Plenty of custard and sweet sweet potato ♡ Exquisite freshly baked croffles (Kyomachi, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City)

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I heard that a baked sweet potato specialty store in Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City, had released a new product that was sure to please all fans of sweet potato desserts, so I went to try it.

From baked sweet potatoes to sweet potato desserts! Takeout only available at "Imo Pippi. Kokura Store" (Kyomachi, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City) - a specialty store of extremely sweet, matured baked sweet potatoes

Imo Pippi Kokura Store opened in March 2022, about an 8-minute walk from JR Kokura Station and right in front of Kokura Izutsuya.

This popular store, which was founded in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, specializes in sweet, aged baked sweet potatoes, and currently has over 20 stores nationwide. You can enjoy everything from carefully selected baked sweet potatoes to potato sweets.

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The doorknob is also very cute, shaped like a roasted sweet potato.

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The interior of the store is purple, which evokes the image of roasted sweet potatoes.

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So cute! New baked sweet potato desserts

We would like to introduce our new products that will be on sale from May 2023.

Crouffle Sweet potato brulee

The first one is "Crouffle Sweet Potato Brulee" (700 yen).

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Crispy! Chewy! Freshly baked croffles topped with sweet sweet potato and plenty of custard. A very satisfying dessert!

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They also pay special attention to how the custard cream is squeezed, and each one is carefully arranged by hand.

The amount of sweet potato and custard is carefully calculated, allowing you to enjoy the full sweet potato flavor until the very end.

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Purple sweet potato shaved ice and fluffy oiri

The second new product is "Purple sweet potato shaved ice and fluffy oiri" (1,400 yen), which is perfect for the upcoming season.

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The shaved ice is made with purple sweet potato and milk, giving it a rich flavor.

Apparently, the product was created after repeated trial and error with the combination of purple sweet potato and milk, with repeated fine-tuning to ensure that neither ingredient was too dominant.

The presentation is also carefully designed, giving the dish a cute, round shape, and the finishing oiri (a type of rice cracker) adds to its cuteness.

The inside is delicious ice cream ♡ The super-thin Mont Blanc is irresistible

At "Imo Pippi", the Mont Blanc "1mm Silk Thread Purple Sweet Potato and Ice Cream" (1,300 yen), made with a machine that can squeeze out 1mm-thick paste, is also very popular!

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Underneath the purple sweet potato Mont Blanc are layers of thinly sliced baked sweet potato, vanilla ice cream, and whipped cream, making it a fun treat to eat.

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Their dedication to sweet potatoes is incredible!

The deliciousness of Imo Pippi's sweets is due to their commitment to using sweet potatoes.

Temperature control is important when ripening sweet potatoes. If it is below 9 degrees, discoloration and rotting will occur, and if it is between 17 and 18 degrees, sprouts will begin. Also, if the humidity drops, sweet potatoes will dry out, so they are actually difficult to handle.

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Imo Pippi's extremely honey-ripened baked sweet potatoes are ripened in an environment with a temperature of 13 degrees and a humidity of over 85%, making them sticky and extremely sweet.

It is sold by weight starting from 220 yen per 100g.

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Another recommendation is the "Yakiimo Honey Butter" (680 yen), which is warm baked sweet potato topped with butter and honey. Although simple, the richness of the melting butter and the generous amount of honey go perfectly together.

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"Yakiimo Brulee" (680 yen) is a sweet made by luxuriously topping custard on baked sweet potato, with the sweetness of the custard and the crispy texture of the crust creating an exquisite dessert.

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"Yakiimo Ice Cream" (680 yen) is made by topping chilled ice cream on carefully selected honey-ripened baked sweet potatoes. It's an irresistible dish with a perfect balance of hot and cold.

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In addition, the "Sweet Potato Chips" (500 yen), which became a huge hit as soon as they were released in October 2022, come in two flavors: sugar and salt.

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"Imo Pippi" is filled with popular sweet potato sweets.

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Why not stop by? (Text by ayu.latte)

＜Store information (click on the store name ↓)＞
■Imopippi. Kokura store
Address: 1-3-7 Kyomachi, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City
Business hours: 11:00-19:00
No regular holiday
*This article is current as of the time of publication. *Prices in the text include tax.

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