Tokyo based chocolate company Bourbon has begun to sell packets of sliced "nama chocolate" resembling packets of sliced cheese. Photo By Bourbon/shop.bourbon.jp

TOKYO, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A Japanese chocolate company has begun selling chocolate in thick, individually wrapped slices.

Tokyo based chocolate company Bourbon has begun to sell packets of sliced "nama chocolate" resembling packets of sliced cheese.


The slices are about .08 inches thick and can be molded in a variety of different ways.

They are sold online through the company's website in bundles of 12 packs of five slices, as well as in Japanese supermarkets.