Random Candies from Nihon!



I love these little guys.  Puccho Gumi.  They're tiny little gummies with odd flavor mixtures.  I've never had the one to the left in the above picture, but I have had the three to the right.  The purple one is grape and yogurt.  The blue one is regular ramune soda and melon ramune soda.  And, the brown/red one is cola and energy drink.  They're so addicting but they go by so fast!

I bought these the other day and I'm completely addicted!  They're plum flavored, but not the sort of plum I'm used to.  If I'd never had a Japanese umeboshi before I probably would've been a little disgusted, haha.  They're sweet and tangy and a little bit salty.  Hard on the outside, soft on the inside.  And, once you adjust to the culture shock on your tongue they're wicked.

Apple Jellies!  They're cubes of jellied apple...basically.  The flavor is light and the texture is strange, but I'd totally recommend them to any lover of red/fuji/etc. apples.

And, last but not least, these chocolate/green tea treats.  They're bite sized and practically melt in your mouth!  Layers of chocolate, matcha, and chocolate all over again!

A Tribute to Harry Potter

Since the first half of the seventh movie is coming out within days...

Yes, I've had them.  Yes, they're disgusting.  The normal flavors are tastey enough.  I was lucky enough to never come across a vomit flavored one, but I did manage soap, grass, dirt and others which are vile enough without crossing over that line.  Soap I simply had to spit out.  Grass I could chew for a while but still despised it.  Dirt.  Yeah.  It's like eating dirt.  And they all taste as they should!  How they got the flavors right I'll never know; but, they're spot on and revolting.

Halloween Sour Skittles.

I'm disappointed!  Amused, but regardless, disappointed.

The Sour Skittles I bought for Halloween are covered in a powder that has no tartness to it.  Like eating a fuzzy Original Skittle.  No sour power.  Not one bit.

Gourmet Candy Corn

I've only tried two flavors so far, but I plan on trying more!

This is the best candy corn I've ever had in my life!  It tastes just like a pumpkin pie!  Once I started eating it, I couldn't stop!  These corns are so very addicting.

I've also tried the Strawberry Cotton Candy variety!  I like the Pumpkin Pie ones a bit more, but these ones are good as well!  They taste like their namesake.

I found these guys at Target!  Just a little heads up, haha.

Bourbon Chokozutsumi!

Absolutely fantatical about these!  I couldn't find a picture of them anywhere, so a webcam shot is going to have to do what justice it can.

These delicious little guys are tiny mochi cakes filled with a green tea flavored chocolate.  They are absolutely to die for.  Rich and creamy and so very palatable.

Japanese Marshmallows!

Filled marshmallows, at that!

After a short reprieve brought on by an illness and broken finger, I've returned!  Today I stopped by the local 200 yen store in China Town and bought a few things.  There wasn't much candy to speak of, but I did manage a few bags!

Just now, I sat down and ate an entire bag of these.  They're so very tastey.  Apple jelly filled marshmallows.  The apple flavor is light, but just enough that you get that savory sweetness!  Very addicting.

This is the only photo of the strawberry filled marshmallows that I could find [they're around the outside].  Both these and the chocolate filled ones [seen inside the bag] are fantastic!  Like the apple ones, the strawberry marshmallows are light in flavor.  They are, however, more on the sweet side.  The chocolate marshmallows are not as light, but most certainly delicious [they're probably my favorite filled marshmallow to date].

I didn't get my hands on these today, but I've had them in the past.  They mimic the consistency of the apple and strawberry marshmallows, but with a mild grape taste instead!

 

Hello Kitty filled Marshmallows!  This cat dabbles her paws in everything.  These guys are sweet and tangy.  I prefer the mango to the pineapple, but they're both plenty edible!

Any one of these bags I could eat in one sitting, easy!  They're terribly delicious and light.  You won't ruin your diet with these little beauties!

Germany, anyone?

Here's a short pass through a bit of German candies I've tried.

Sour cherry gummies.  These things are freakishly delicious!  I can eat a whole bag in one sitting.  They taste nothing like any other cherry candy I've tried before.  I used to buy them where I work until we stopped carrying them, but I have had luck finding them at Fiesta!

Same brand, different flavor.  Red Currant!  These guys are sour like the cherry candies, but their flavor is disimilar.  They're a bit like having a sweet wine made into a candy and then coated in sour sugar.

Kinder chocolates!  I've tried a few different kinds within this brand, and they're all incredibly good [smooth, and creamy].  These Santas are milk chocolate on the outside, white chocolate on the inside, and hollow in the middle.

These guys are bizarre.  They pretty much taste like sweet ice [which is what I think they were going for].  There's no other way to describe the flavor.

Wafers with sour, powdery candy inside.  I love these things.  You can eat the whole bag and never feel full!

Gummy mice.  The best flavor comparison is circus peanuts.  The only difference is the consistency.  These mice are far chewier than your typical peanut.

A Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki

Because I love him and his work more than I can bear.

If you've ever seen Spirited Away, then you may have noticed these candies!  They come in different sizes and colors.  Sen feeds them to the soot balls:

Gotto love it.

They're pretty much just a softer rock candy, but I'm addicted to them like crack.  If all you want is a little sugar without masses of flavor on top of it, these Konpeito candies will be perfect for your palate.

And, since Studio Ghibli produced the film, I give you candy from Grave of the Fireflies as well!

These are the hard candies Setsuko eats in the movie.  They're soooo very different than what you'd expect out of fruit drops.  There're fruit flavors, sure: pineapple, melon, strawberry, etc.  But, there're also flavors like chocolate and mint!  I was surprised the first time I got a chocolate one because I wasn't expecting it at all!

This movie makes me cry so much.  But I still love it more than I can express.

A Taste of Australia

I haven't had much from Australia, but what I have had has given me the desire to try lots more!

This is the very best licorice I've ever tried!  It's sweet and chewy and tastes different than any other red licorice!  Just be careful, it'll get stuck in your teeth for hours [Kookaburra has a lot of other flavors too, including Black, Raspberry, and Green Apple].

I tried these for the first time in a Psychology class.  Our professor was trying a little experiment on us to see how we'd react to a new and strange flavor of Life Saver.  I've gotto say, there's nothing else that could ever compare to "Musk." They're odd at first [sort of like a mixture of baby powder and flowers], but once you get used to them you just want more and more!

These guys taste pretty similar to the Life Savers, but with a stronger taste and more pungeant odor!

Aaaaand, Tim Tams!  Soft and deliciously chocolatey with a subtle crunch.  Apparently they go very well with coffee, but I'm not much of a coffee drinker myself.  A friend of mine bites the ends off and uses the Tim Tam much like a straw!  It's very strange.

Japanese Chocolate!

Here're a few Japanese chocolates for your palate!

Strawberry flavored white chocolate on cookies!  Very delicious.  A simple snack.

The same thing covered in milk chocolate!  Nothing fancy, but definitely worth a buck or two!

Chocolate covered shrooms!  They taste pretty similar to the previous chocolate covered cookies, but I rather prefer these ones.  They're more chocolate and less cookie!

You can find these guys anywhere nowadays.  They're still delicious, nevertheless.  Cookies filled with creamy chocolate.  Just the right amount of sweet.  The vanilla filled ones are awesome too!

YanYan.  Pretty much large sticks of pocky.  These are fairly easy to find too!

And these.  Oh my good lord.  These are absolutely fantastic.  Mochi filled with bourbon chocolate.  Out of all the Japanese chocolates I've ever had, these are my favorite.  They're rich as sin, but I just can't get enough of them!

Puccho~puccho!

Japanese chewy candies have the consistency of squishy Tootsie Rolls.  They come in hundreds of flavors.  Some are good.  Some not so much.  Some completely and totally bizarre - and not all of that bizarre quality stems from taste alone!

Grape: This variety is by far my favorite.  It makes your mouth water for more.  Japanese grape flavored candies taste completely different than American.  No words can describe how different.  You just have to try it!

Yogurt: This little bugger is fantastically peculiar.  My tongue can't seem to catch the concept of the flavor, but I always want more!  It's completely unique.

Peach: Very, VERY peachy.  If you like peaches or peach flavored candy, this stuff is the bee's knees.

Chocolate Strawberry: My second favorite flavor listed here by far!  It tastes like - you guessed it - chocolate and strawberry mixed together!  Sugary sweet and not too rich.  It's so very addicting.

Fizzing Soda: As soon as you bite into the chewy bits inside, these little guys start fizzing in your mouth like a frothy soda!  Delectably strange.

Calpis: Nothing can describe the flavor of this chew.  Seriously.  Get some.  Try it.  You'll become an addict in no time.

Green Apple: Hi-Chew has a lot of varieties that're really similar to the Buccho ones, but not quite the same.  They're still very good though!  If you like green apple candy, these are definitely the way to go.

Lemon Cheesecake: Last, but certainly not least, are these Lemon Cheesecake flavored chews.  They taste and smell different than expected, but still manage to please the palate!  Instead of tasting/smelling like cream cheese, the taste/smell is far more akin to something like mild cheddar.

Bali's Best Green Tea Latte

If you love green tea then you have to try this candy - made in the good old US of A! 

Bali's Best!  These hard candies pack a wallop of taste on your tongue.  Their main ingredient is tapioca - this makes them extremely creamy and rich.  So far they're the best green tea flavored candies I've ever tried!

[They also come in citrus green tea and classic iced tea!]

A World of Candy

Candy is one of my many obsessions in this life.  I like to try anything and everything.  Chocolate, gummy, crunchy, chewy.  From any country.  Anything is worth tasting once!  Who knows what crazy thing you'll find that rocks your tastebuds and your world?!

I tend to lean towards Japanese candy more than anything because their selection is so wonderfully absurd!  So, for today I'll give y'all a heads up on a few Japanese Kit Kats I've had.

The first one I ever tried was this:

Green Tea Cherry Blossom.  So wonderfully, deliciously good.  I think it may be my favorite to date.  Tastes like green tea with the hint of a flowery flavor.

Following that, I went after these guys:

Royal Milk Tea: Freakishly good.  Sweet and smooth.  All it needs is some Boba!  Haha. [Boba is my obsession, mmk?]

Semi-Sweet: Pretty simple.  Dark, bittersweet chocolate.

Banana: Banana flavored chocolate.  Simple as that.

Framboise: Tart-sweet like a raspberry should be.  Extremely rich.

Chili: Sweet and spicy.  A very yummy and unique mixture of flavors.

Soy Sauce: Sweet and lightly salty.  Very interesting.  You'd never know it was supposed to be soy sauce flavored.

Miso: Tastes fairly similar to the soy sauce one, but without the salty.  Very-very slight Miso flavor.

I want to try as many flavors of these wonderful and unique Kit Kat bars as I can!  I have yet to eat one I don't like~.