Comments on: Bontan Ame – Traditional Japanese Gyuhi-Mochi and Pectin Soft Candy

By: Molana Oei

Molana Oei — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:27:50 +0000

woah, these look incredible!

By: Peko Peko

Peko Peko — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:30:59 +0000

Hello jen, Yes, I think that the novelty of the cellophane wrapper makes this candy fascinating to people.

Hello Marc, Oh, yeah, I know the one with the girl in pigtails but I haven’t had that candy though. I will get some next time I see it.

Hello Corie, Oh, so you can get them at Japanese supermarkets over there?!? That is great!

By: Corie L Stern

Corie L Stern — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:20:34 +0000

I devoured Bontan Ame as a child in Seattle and when I go a Japanese grocery store I always buy them….longggggggggggg time favorite candy and thank God its low calories!!!!

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Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:58:38 +0000

[...] unique caramel is made by the same Kyushu based company that makes bontan ame, another meibutsu (meisan) product. It indeed has a ‘caramely’ taste but is not as [...]

By: Marc @ NoRecipes

Marc @ NoRecipes — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:50:26 +0000

These remind me of my childhood too. I preferred those “Milky” candies to these (you know the one with the picture of the girl with pigtails on the front), but now I’m craving a piece of nostalgia.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:34:02 +0000

this was one of my favorite childhood candies growing up!! I think it was just the cellophane wrapper I was so fascinated with. I haven’t had that in YEARS! Now I must go out and find it!