--- ---  # Butter-Flavored Kit Kats Are Now a Thing by [Sabrina Toppa](https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Feb 25, 2015 7:37 AM UTC  Bars of original KitKat chocolate, produced by Nestle SA, sit arranged for a photograph in London, U.K., on Monday, Dec.7, 2009. Bars of original KitKat chocolate, produced by Nestle SA, sit arranged for a photograph in London, U.K., on Monday, Dec.7, 2009.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Sabrina Toppa](https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Feb 25, 2015 7:37 AM UTC The good news: a new butter-flavored Kit Kat will be [unveiled](http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/02/25/butter-flavored-kit-kats-come-to-japan-as-new-specialty-store-opens-in-hokkaido/) next month. The bad news (unless you happen to live in the vicinity): it will only be available in one store in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo, which lies on the island of Hokkaido. The rich new buttery flavor was the winner of a contest organized by the Tsuji Group culinary school, which sought to highlight an ingredient local to the region. Milk and butter are among the island’s main claims to fame — luckily, in this case, beating out other Hokkaido specialties like sea urchin and salmon. The butter-flavor chocolate-covered wafers will be sold at the Sapporo branch of Chocolatory, a Kit Kat specialty store, in four-packs for $3.36 or 12-packs for $10.20. **MORE:** [The 13 Most Influential Candy Bars of All Time](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/18/13-most-influential-candy-bars-of-all-time/) Kit Kats enjoy immense popularity in Japan, partly because parent company Nestle has been wowing consumers with its limited edition local flavors — like special Sakura Green Tea Kit Kats (made with green tea, white chocolate and edible cherry-blossom leaves), Strawberry Cheesecake and (yes) Wasabi. The butter-flavored Kit Kat will be available from March 7\. If you have friends in Sapporo, now’s the time to start calling in a few favors. \[[_Rocket News 24_](http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/02/25/butter-flavored-kit-kats-come-to-japan-as-new-specialty-store-opens-in-hokkaido/)\] Chocolate: Butter-Flavored Kit Kats to Go on Sale in Japan ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3721591/kit-kats-butter-flavored-japan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3721591/kit-kats-butter-flavored-japan/"},"headline":"Butter-Flavored Kit Kats Are Now a Thing","datePublished":"2015-02-25T07:37:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:10.864Z","description":"But only for the fortunate few","url":"https://time.com/3721591/kit-kats-butter-flavored-japan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Japan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a43d4690a06a5b5/698780ddcd1bba03266f563f/gettyimages_94106239.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sabrina Toppa","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a43d4690a06a5b5/698780ddcd1bba03266f563f/gettyimages_94106239.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nestle To Make Fairtrade KitKats","caption":"Nestle To Make Fairtrade KitKats","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3721591/kit-kats-butter-flavored-japan/","name":"Butter-Flavored Kit Kats Are Now a Thing"}}]}] ```