Kompeito!

[possumdixon]

I was surfing wikipedia today as an offshoot of reading my livejournal friends list, as sometimes happens. As a tangant from reading this Candy Is Awesome post I came upon a wikipedia article for Kompeito.

This looks awesome! Has anyone enjoyed Kompeito? Even since I was a small child I had a near obsessive fascination with Roald Dahl's

Comments

[holeinthedonut]

I came across that article too! I wondered what Anime's meant exactly by "sugar stars." Looking at them I think they'd be exactly like those little colored candies they'd put in bracelets and hollow plastic sticks. Sorta like Nerds, but sweet.

[anonymous]

I love sam brown.

Yeah I assumed soemthing like rock candy since they're made in a similar way. Still pretty sweet!

[possumdixon]

Sorry, that was me.

[wateredsilk]

I've always loved the way they look, but the taste is always a little disappointing to me. I generally prefer other wagashi when I'm craving a Japanese sweet, but I guess kompeito tends to travel a bit better than a clump of daifuku.

[lilycharlotte]

i like using kompeito to decorate stuff, like cakes or parcels but other than tossing in kompeito to like hot chocolate i hardlly eat it. i always have a bag of it handy, but it`s not my first thought for wagashi.

[deaf_audio]

I've seen Spirited Away and the little soot balls grabbing at the candy was one of my favorite scenes...so cute

[thecandyaddict]

I reviewed them for Candy Addict a while back. The bag I had spelled it Konpeito though

Brian

[lilycharlotte]

こんぺいと can be written konpeito or kompeito. both are right but i always write it kompeito because that`s closer to how it sounds. it`s a personal choice though.