Flower’s Kiss Candy
October 10th, 2008 by Rosa
Another Asian treat sent as a free review sample by Asian Food Grocer. I was given free reign to pick what I wanted. In addition to pineapple Hi-Chew, I asked for Flower’s Kiss Candy because I was intrigued by the name. Would the Flower’s Kiss Candy taste like flowers? Thankfully, nope.
The Flower’s Kiss Candy turned out to be a sweet, fruity hard candy. Though it comes in a large assortment of prettily decorated wrappers, they’re all the same - a bumpy pink/red hard candy. It dissolved smoothly but also crunched up nicely and cleaved cleanly, a plus for me since I’m impatient and chomp on my hard candies.
Flavorwise, the Flower’s Kiss Candies reminded me of the Asian Juice candy I’ve previously reviewed. It’s lightly sweet and fruit-punchy, with an almost floral peach high note to its flavor. If it makes any sense, this particular candy’s peach flavor makes me think of fat pink Asian calligraphy peaches rather than the usual yellow/red peaches. An OM from me. I’m glad I asked for these from Asian Food Grocer; I’d seen it on the shelves of Asian grocery stores before but had never dared buy it in case it tasted like flowers. Yay for free samples!
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October 10th, 2008 at 8:12 am
The Japanese across the top says “milk” and “sumomo” (plum) candy. I think they’re supposed to be a mixture of both flavors as all the individual packets also say the same thing (despite having different designs).
I could be wrong about sumomo. “Momo” is peach and “sumomo” is plum so the “su” may be something else. DId they taste a bit like plums and milk mixed together or were they definitely peach-flavored?
October 21st, 2008 at 6:18 pm
I suspect something was lost in translation on the name, but I know that this particular candy is nice and light without that sugary sick feeling.