Japan Candy Box is filled with hand-picked quirky Japanese sweets & snacks directly to your home every month. Each box includes 10 delicious, special and fun Japanese candies and snacks.
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About Japan Candy Box
The Subscription Box: Japan Candy Box
The Cost: $19.90 a month + free shipping
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The Products: 10 Carefully curated and fun Japanese snacks
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Japan Candy Box August 2018 "Natsu Matsuri" Review
This box came with an illustrated info sheet for details on the products included. This month’s theme is Summer Festival!
Coris Kakigori Shaved Ice Ramune Candy
Normally I don’t like ramune candies but these were great! They had a crunchy outer shell that would pop when I bit them, and the inside is a powdery bit of deliciousness. These don’t taste like American shaved ice, but they taste like the other shaved ice candies I have tried from Japanese snack boxes.
Boruto Gummy
These were interesting. The description says these should taste like a sweet and sour pineapple energy drink, and I didn’t get any sweetness or any pineapple but a lot of the sour and the fizz of an energy drink. The gummies themselves were very firm and sticky so they didn’t want to peel out of the container. Overall these were a bit unpleasant.
Bin Ramune Powder Bottle Snack
This snack is so interesting! This is a wafer bottle filled with ramune powder, and you stick a straw into the bottom of the bottle to essentially drink the powder. It was a little weird to sip powder through a straw, but I liked it.
Umaibo Takoyaki Potato Rings
The last time I tried a takoyaki (Japanese octopus flavored balls of dough topped with mayonnaise and bbq sauce) flavored snack I was not a fan at all, so I was hesitant to try these. These are extra cheeky, with some of the snacks being ring-shaped and some of them actually being octopus-shaped. When I tried these, however, I actually liked them! There is the faintest flavor of mayo that then goes to BBQ, and while that may sound strange it just worked.
Glico Karu Edamame Potato Sticks
I love edamame so I was excited to try these! The sticks were light and airy, but the edamame flavor was a bit grassy which I was not expecting. These definitely don’t have a traditional edamame flavor, so I was a bit disappointed.
Osatsu Doki Sweet Potato Chips - Pancake Flavor
These were stellar. They really do taste like buttery, syrup-soaked pancakes and they were so addictive! These chips are one of the best Japanese snacks I have ever tried.
Yaokin Yakitori Umaibo
I love umaibo - there has yet to be an umaibo I have not liked. These are yakitori flavored, which is a Japanese grilled chicken. This umaibo had the smoke and char flavor that you would expect from a real piece of grilled chicken! As expected, this was tasty.
Yaokin Soba-meshi Noodle Snack
Soba-meshi is a quintessential Japanese street food, and this snack did not disappoint. This was a savory snack with a hint of spice and a good crunch.
Puccho Sakurajima Mandarin
This chewy candy is flavored with authentic Sakurajima Mandarins, and these really packed that sweet citrus flavor. I wasn’t a big fan of the strange firm, yet chewy, texture, but the mandarin flavor was absolutely delicious.
Sumikko Gurashi Grape Gummy
These gummies had a firm outer layer with a juicier gummy texture inside, and they really taste like grapes! These were fun.
The Verdict: I really enjoyed getting to try snacks inspired by the food served at Japanese summer festivals! Those pancake sweet potato chips are a game-changer—they are SO good! I look forward to getting this box every month because it really is just fun—even if I don’t like a snack, I still enjoy the experience of trying something I couldn’t get here in Louisiana.
To Wrap Up:
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Value Breakdown: This box cost $19.90 with free shipping, and I received 10 cool snacks. That breaks down to $1.99 a snack!
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