‘Sushi Candy’ Japanese snacks and sweets

Here’s the most interesting bit — what do you actually get and what are they like? 

(For the purpose of clarity i’m basing this on the 40 piece Japanese snack box which is what I ordered. It’s also worth noting that it doesn’t look like each box will contain exactly the same items every time; there might be some slight variation.) 

Every item in a box will be different, (you won’t find any duplicates) although you find a couple that are quite similar or the same item in a different flavour. There’s a mix of sweet and savoury with items such as crisps, biscuits, crackers, nuts, confectionery, with a few totally unusual items such as coated seaweed. 

Here’s a rundown of some of the products you can expect to try.

Senbei crackers

There are a couple of these within the box in different variations but are one of the few snacks that are quite different to anything you may have tried before. These are fairly thick but brittle cracker style snacks coated with a sticky coating which has a slight taste of popcorn (the coating not the cracker). 

Wafer snacks

This is a very general description I know, however, there are a fair number of wafer-y style foods in the box. They come in various shapes and sizes such as a fish or a tube and most are paired with a chocolate filling or coating. You don’t need to be feeling very adventurous to try these as they taste very similar to some chocolate bars you may be used to. For reference the wafer tastes like an ice-cream wafer.

Fujiya Home Pie

I found two variations of these in my box which are essentially Japanese style biscuits. Again not the most unusual but very nice either way. One tasted very similar to a custard cream but with a strawberry cream filling, the other was similar to shortbread. Both were very nice.

Wasabi Nori

Now to one that wasn’t so good. For anyone not well-versed in Japanese food terms, Wasabi is often translated as Japanese horseradish and nori is seaweed. This was one of the most unusual snacks that you would not have tried before — and probably won’t again. It’s a very thin piece of seaweed that is entirely coated in a dried sauce (I’m assuming wasabi but who knows). It has a very pungent fishy urine-y smell. Yes you read that right. The taste resembled the smell. Only for the brave.

Soba Meshi

This was a personnel highlight. Sobameshi is a Japanese meal of buckwheat noodles and rice, here we find it in a confessed snack option. I’m assuming this is meant to come solid however mine was in bits when opened. Despite that, the taste was really good. There was a slightly spicy thick beefy flavour. Very flavourful.

Strawberry sweets

Strawberry sweets were plentiful in Sushi Candy too. There are strawberry coated raisins, strawberry chews, a small strawberry bun thing with chocolate in the middle that’s beyond some of the other things already mentioned. You can certainly expect to see some combinations that are a little different.

Marshmallow sweet

Very small soft marshmallow sweet, almost identically to a flump which you may be used to.

Pink Bottle

Thats the literal name in katakana for those that can read it. Novelty sherbert sweet.

Curry flavoured crisps

These were a personal favourite with a very mild taste, with a shape and texture very similar to chipsticks.

Porickey

Very thin crunchy breadstick kind of snack. Came in two flavours, both of which were very mild and enjoyable.

This covers most of the types of things you can expect in a Sushi Candy Japanese snack box. Aside from one or two items, most of them are quite enjoyable.