A while back, two great friends of the Candy Girls went on an epic adventure through Japan and kindly asked if there was anything that we’d like them to bring back for us. We immediately thought of ...

Hi-Chew Candies have always been my go-to comfort sweet — bringing back fond memories of times when I would sneakily eat it in class. The classic grape flavoured fruit chew is my all-time favourite ...

Japanese candy surpasses American in many regards. The candies feature exciting, unusual flavors (musk melon, kabocha pumpkin, soy sauce), packaging that’s covered with animated figures and ...

Shalala-sha is a candy shop specializing in kohaku-to 琥珀糖 (literally "amber sugar"), a kind of candy made from pure sugar and kanten 寒天 (Japanese agar), sometimes blended with coloring and flavoring.