Japanese Plum Hard Candy Koume, 2.39oz

Soooo good! Growing up we always ate these in Okinawa, Japan. I had a taste for them and had searched several asian markets here in Southern California and none of them carried this. When i saw this on Amazon, i purchased it, as always Amazon delivered in timely manner. Very happy to know if i need more, Amazon will be my first place to shop!

I like these. There is a salty/sweet/sour option, and a non-salty option. Both are excellent. They are unique, delicious, and packaged well, so it's easy to toss some in my bag before heading to work. I'm a big hard-candy fan, and these are currently one of my favorites

Great flavor-gifted person raved about them

Expensive for the amount of product.

The miracle of Umeboshi plums in candy form.Soooo good.They are probably an unusual flavor for most western palates and taste, at turns, pucker-inducing, sweet, fruit blossomy and salty. A veritable circus for your tastebuds. I love them and can’t be without them, so when my local Japanese store was out, of course I came running like a trained seal to Amazon. The price isn’t horribly inflated, so they are worth the splurge.

I have been trying a bunch of different Asian candies and others' reviews of this candy really intrigued me. These came today and I was not disappointed. WOW! The experience of eating them reminds me of the Mexican lollipops I enjoy with a rough, spicy and salty corn exterior, that rewards you, after some determined licking, with delicious pineappley sweet goodness. But they are actually not at all like that. ;)Others have described this candy very well, but it's nothing like actually eating them. The small ones start out salty, like a real salted plum; the next layer is a not overly sweet candy laced with the flavor of umeboshi. I forgot about the jelly/paste in the center and when I reached it I was surprised and delighted! Having said that, hubby doesn't care for them much, although I gave him one of the big ones (that isn't salty on the outside; instead it starts with the second layer and ends with a larger ball of umeboshi jelly - hopefully that won't be wasted on him :p) to try later.I highly recommend these, especially to people who don't like sweet sweet sweet, but enjoy complex flavors and interesting textures. And yes, buy more than one bag because I just got these today and they are already half gone (hubby is taking some to share with co-workers).

The candy had some sort of powder around it that tasted bitter. It was not pleasant.The taste of the candy itself was not my favorite.

This is one of my most favorite Japanese Ume candies!