Strange Japanese Candy

Here are 8 odd and (maybe?) delicious treats you can find only in Japan.

Candy With Some Assembly Required

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DIY kit to make your own hamburger candy. Cheese, meat and lettuce are gummy and the patties are crunchy. Want fries with that?

Candy That Wants You To Make Music

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Whistle candy that tastes like the Japanese "ramune" soda popular at festivals. Blowing air through the hole makes a whistling sound.

Candy With A Wrapper You Can Eat

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You can eat the wrapper. It looks like plastic, but is actually made from rice. Citrus flavor inside.

Candy That Grew In The Sea

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This candy is made from seaweed. Enough said.

Chocolate Candy Inhabited By Stars

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These chocolate balls are the habitat of tiny crunchy balls and a star very happy to meet you.

Candy That Hipster Ninjas Eat

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The name of this candy is literally "ninja food". Tastes like sour and salty umeboshi plums.

Candy That Thinks It's A Vending Machine

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A bag of goodies, each modeled after an actual drink in those Japanese vending machines that are everywhere.

Candy With Tentacles

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Squid-flavored treat that actually contains no squid, but imitates it with bar made from fish paste with some squid-like flavoring on top.