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Pick A Pack Of Pocky


Pocky is a delicious, sweet treat from Japan. The original version is a thin cookie stick dipped in chocolate. It’s a delightful little snack as there are several sticks to a package, meaning more time can be spent enjoying the taste. According to Wikipedia, Pocky eventually got it’s name from the sound it makes when […]

Asian Sweet of the Week: Selection from Aji Ichiban


Aji Ichiban is a franchise Asian candy and snack distributor. They have a wide selection of candies and various dried fruits and snacks. You can find out a little bit more from the Wikipedia entry.
I went through the store and made some random selections.
Gummis:
Mint gummy bears - A surprising but not unpleasant combination of citrus […]

Asian Sweet of the Week: Collon, Matcha Milk


Reviewed this week: Collon, green milk tea flavored from Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd.
Ingredients: sugar, wheat flour, shortening, whole milk powder, dextrin, lactose, whole milk powder, cheese powder, corn syrup, green tea powder, potato starch, cream powder, brandy, palm oil, salt, nonfat dry milk, high fructose corn syrup, artificial flabor [sic], sorbitol, soya lecithin, baking soda
Package […]

Asian Sweet of the Week: Strawberry and Mango Hi-Chew


Reviewed this week:  Strawberry and Mango Hi-Chew, from Morinaga & Co., Japan
Ingredients (strawberry):  Glucose syrup, sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, gelatin, flavors, strawberry concentrated juice, DL-malic acid, citric acid, emulsifiers, lactic acid, ascrobic acid (vitamin C), natural colors (beta-carotene, carmine) may contain traces of milk and soy bean
Package copy and appearance:  Hi-chew in big blue […]

Asian Sweet of the Week: Yan Yan Strawberry Snacks


Reviewed this week:  Yan Yan Strawberry Cream Snack, from Meiji Seika, Singapore
Ingredients:  Wheat flour, vegetable oil & shortening (palm & canola oils), sugar, lactose, whole milk powder, leavenings (ammonium bicarbonate & sodium bicarbonate), yeast, cheddar cheese (contains milk, cheese culture, salt), salt, strawberry powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural colorings (beet red E162, beta-carotene E160 & […]

Asian Sweet of the Week: Peanut and Sesame Brittle Candies


Reviewed this week:  Peanut Cake from Hurng Fur Foods Factory Co. LTD., Taipei, Taiwan
Ingredients:  Peanut (66.7%), Sugar (20.7%), Maltose (7.5%), Salt (0.1%)
Package Copy and Appearance:  clear packaging, a little red seal in the upper left saying “nice choice” and information that the product has won “excellent food golden award.”  This is probably a one packaging […]

Asian Sweet of the Week: Kasugai Litchi Gummy


Reviewed this week: Kasugai Litchi Gummy from Kasugai Seika Co., Ltd. Nagoya, Japan
Ingredients: Sugar, corn syrup (corn starch, water), concentrated apple, litchi juice, gelatin, oblate powder, d-sorbitol, citric acid, milk calcium, pectin, artificial litchi flavor, palm oil, emulsifer (glycerin fatty acid ester, soybean lecithin)Package copy and appearance: The front has images of litchis with the […]

Asian Sweet of the Week: Pine[apple] Pocky


Reviewed this week: Pine Pocky, imported from Japan by Hadson (Toko) Trading Company in Maspeth, New York.
Pocky has become one of those cult candies like Kit Kat. There are numerous flavor variations and for those dedicated fans, they seek out all the different flavors. The basic concept is a cracker stick coated […]

Asian Sweet of the Week: Morinaga Milk Caramel and Brown Sugar Caramel Candies


Reviewed this week: Morinaga Milk Caramel and Brown Sugar Caramel candies, imported from Taiwan
J. Winslow previously reviewed the brown sugar version.
For me this is a bit of a retro Asian candy. My pops used to buy this for me when I was kid, and he used to eat it as well. Although it’s […]