Haagen-Dazs ice cream topped with 'Zaku Hard' cookies in a mini cup 'ROCKY CRUNCHY! Strawberry Black Cocoa / Salty Honey Butter' tasting review

From the Häagen-Dazs mini cup series, the new ' ROCKY CRUNCHY! Strawberry Black Cocoa ' and ' ROCKKY CRUNCHY! Salty Honey Butter ' flavors, featuring smooth ice cream topped with crunchy cookies, will be released on March 10, 2026. The editorial department received these flavors ahead of their release, so we tried them out, a little different from previous Häagen-Dazs flavors.

ROCKY CRUNCHY! | Product Information | Häagen-Dazs Japan

The ice cream contains strawberry coating and strawberry puree in addition to cream. Each contains 274 kcal.

Remove the lid and peel off the film inside.

ROCKY CRUNCHY! Strawberry Black Cocoa looks like this: strawberry ice cream topped with chunky cocoa cookies.

When I scooped it up with a spoon, the strawberry coating on top cracked open. With one bite, I was able to enjoy three different textures: smooth ice cream, a crispy coating, and a crunchy, hard cookie. The ice cream portion is creamy and sweet, accented by the sweet and sour strawberry sauce and coating, while the cocoa cookie contains caramel, giving it a bitter taste, so the flavor changes as you crunchy bites. The cookie is fairly hard, so you need to chew it firmly, so be careful if you're looking for a lighter treat, but it's highly recommended if you're looking for a satisfying dessert.

ROCKY CRUNCHY! The Salty Honey Butter package looks like this:

The ice cream flavors include salted milk coating, salted butter biscuits, and honey sauce. Calories: 279kcal.

This is what's inside.

ROCKY CRUNCHY! The Salty Honey Butter ice cream is butterscotch ice cream with honey sauce, giving it a high-quality sweet taste, but the cookies on top have just the right amount of saltiness, making it not too sweet and making you want to keep eating it. Because both the ice cream and the cookies contain butter, the buttery flavor really spreads throughout your mouth.

'ROCKY CRUNCHY! Strawberry Black Cocoa' and 'ROCKY CRUNCHY! Salty Honey Butter' will be available nationwide for a limited time from March 10, 2026. The suggested retail price for both is 373 yen (tax included). Rakuten Ichiba has been selling a pack of 12 for 3,380 yen (excluding shipping).

Häagen-Dazs Mini Cups ROCKY CRUNCHY! Strawberry Black Cocoa, 12 pieces

Haagen-Dazs ROCKY CRUNCHY! Salty Honey Butter Mini Cups (12 count)