Yuraku Shifuku no Black Thunder Chocolate Bar French Cultured Butter

Shifuku means bliss, and this is the bar Yuraku builds when it wants to spend money.

French cultured butter goes into it — beurre de baratte, cream soured with live cultures before churning, which develops a tangy, nutty complexity that sweet-cream butter does not have — and the chocolate is made with French milk.

Both are specified on the pack, which is unusual for a bar at this price.

The texture has a name of its own.

Yuraku calls it zaku-horo: a butter cookie made with the same French cultured butter, which crumbles and dissolves, set against an almond biscuit that fractures hard.

Cashew nuts go in alongside the almonds, and a trace of cheese powder underneath — a confectioner’s trick for making butter taste more like itself.

Black Thunder has been made by Yuraku Seika since 1994, and the Shifuku line is the brand’s premium end, first launched in 2020 and relaunched in its current form as the opening release of a new series.

22 g a bar — larger than the standard Black Thunder — at 123 kcal, with a ten-month shelf life.

About this item
Item Name : Shifuku no Black Thunder French Cultured Butter
Brand : Yuraku Seika
Item Form : Semi-Chocolate
Allergens: Cashew nut, wheat, milk, almond, soybean
Number of Items : 22g (Pack of 1)