Meiji hard candy

Food recommendation time!

I actually found a post while image googling 'meji sweets'. Take a look. I'm amazed anyone could write such a long review on a tin of hard candies. So far I could only tell mint, pineapple and melon. Never noticed the rest. Melon (green) is my fav. It's always fun to watch my friends grumbling in despair when the white (mint) ball dropped into their palms after they so arduously shook the tin box. 'I want fruits not mint!' Sorry guys, no second try. And heck, I bought it for $2.99CAD. Things are cheaper in the States!



Original review Typetive

Name: Sweet Candy (Fruit Drops)
Brand: Meiji
Place Purchased: Mitsuwa Marketplace (Little Tokyo, LA)
Price: $1.99
Size: 3.8 oz
Type: Hard Candy

Ya gotta love anything that comes in a swell flask-shaped tin in this day and age.

Made by Meiji, this tin contains, simply put, fruit hard candies. As far as I can tell the flavors are something like lemon, orange, strawberry, grape, pineapple and melon. But there’s also a curious opaque white one that’s peppermint (quite a shock when you’re expecting pineapple). The candies are nicely flavored. Tart but not overly so. The lemon and pineapple are particularly good.

It’s a fun little stocking stuffer or something to keep on your desk. After you’re done, you can even put change in the tin - though the largest coin that will fit through the opening at the top is a quarter (but if you’ve got more money, what are you doing saving it? you should be out buying candy).

Rating: 8 out of 10.

And I cant help quoting the first 3 comments... Hilariously sentimental.

Comments

1. i bought this candy after watching an Japanese anime called ‘Grave of the Fireflies’. It’s a very sad anime about 2 brothers in Japan during WWII. The younger bro had a candy tin very similar to this - even the colours of the candies look identical. whenever i see this candy on the shelf it would remind me of the movie and the story of the 2 brothers.

   Comment by johnz on 4/29 at 5:19 am

2. Ummm, the younger one is a girl…

   Comment by someguy on 8/14 at 2:05 pm

3. I bought a tin of sweets that is exactly the same as the one in the film, it even has a picture of the little girl on one side. The tin also has a chocloate flavoured sweet. The shop is called Globally Sweet in Aberdeen, the sweets were just over £4 for the tin.

   Comment by Ali on 8/22 at 5:25 am