List of 100 Japanese Sweets

In this article, we will look at some Japanese sweets and different ways to pronounce “sweet” and “treat” in the Japanese language. We will also get to know some popular Japanese snacks and sweets called Dagashi, along with a complete list of sweets in Japanese.

Famous Japanese Sweets and Their Flavors

Everyone knows that Japan is filled with sweets and snacks of countless flavors and different varieties. Various flavors and limited editions are created almost daily. Some sweets have gained immense popularity and have survived among these thousands of tasty inventions. In this article, we will see the main sweets known in Japan.

The majority of the Japanese snacks and sweets listed below fall into the category of dagashi [駄菓子], which literally means cheap sweets that can be found in small candy shops or convenience stores.

• Wasabeef – わさビーフ – Potato flavored with wasabi and meat;
• Creme Collon – A cookie filled with cream, with this strange name..;
• Every Burger – Chocolate cookies that look like small hamburgers;
• Poifull – Fruit-flavored jelly beans;

• Pucca – Cookies with a chocolate filling shaped like a fish;
• Green Gum – The name says it all, green gum;
• Crunky Popjoy – Chocolate filled with crispy rice;
• Sweetie Gum – A beloved candy..;

• Chelsea – Classic hard caramel candies;
• Kani Pan – Crab-shaped bread;
• Dars – Square chocolates;
• Kinoko no Yama – Literally “mushroom mountain,” a delicious cookie covered in chocolate;

• Jagariko Are potato sticks flavored with cheese and vegetables;
• Chokobi – Star-shaped chocolate from the anime Shin-chan;
• Hi Chew – Chewy candy with fruit flavor;
• Koalas March – Koala cookies with various fillings;

• Pinky – Small spicy candies;
• Baby Star Ramen Snack shaped like noodles;
• Bisuko – Classic Japanese cookie;
• Tohato Caramel Corn – Caramel corn snack;

• Meiji Chocolate – A famous chocolate;
• Papico – A popsicle in the shape of a bottle with a milkshake flavor;
• Kitkat – Kit Kat is popular in Japan. (See about Kit Kat flavors by clicking here.)
• Caplico – Fake cone ice cream;

• Tiroru – Classic chocolate squares, they have dozens of flavors and seasonal varieties;
• Láctea – Milk and flavored caramel candies;
• Gari Gari Kun – A famous ice cream brand with various different flavors;
• Umaibo – A different type of snack with various flavors;

• Ghana Chocolate – Popular brand of slightly dark chocolate;
• Choco Baby – Small candies made of chocolate;
• Apollo – Chocolate that mixes strawberry and milk in the shape of a space capsule;
• Choco Bola – Chocolate with a crunchy filling, either strawberry or peanut;
• Pocky – Sticks covered in chocolate. Very popular in Japan;

Did you like our small list of Japanese dagashi sweets?

Different Ways to Say Sweets in Japan

In the Japanese language, there are many words that have or refer to the same meaning in Portuguese and vice versa. Let’s examine the different ways to say “sweets” in Japanese and also the names of some categories and sweets in general.

• 甘い (amai) – Means sweet, and can refer to the sweet taste.
• 甜 (ama) – Also means sweet, but is no longer used, only in Chinese.
• キャンディ (kyandi) – An Americanized version of candy written in katakana.
• 飴 (ame) – Specifically means candy, or sweets of that kind.
• 飴玉 (amedama) – Sweets in general, specifically small candies or round sweets.
• お菓子 (okashi) – Sweets made in confectionery / Or the confectionery.
• 乾菓子 (higashi) – Dry sweets made in confectioneries.
• 有平糖 (aruheitō) – Bonbons or sweets made of sugar or caramel.
• 砂糖菓子 (satō kashi) – Products and sweets from confectioneries or sugar (or confectionery).
• 金平糖 (kompeitō) – It is a type of candy, sweet or Japanese confection of Portuguese origin.
• 糖菓 (touka) – Sweets, treats / Confectionery.
• 綿飴 (wata ame) – Cotton candy.
• 駄菓子 (dagashi) – Cheap sweets.
• チョコレート (chokorēto) – Chocolate.
• 飴細工 (amezaiku) – Artisanal candy.
• グミ (gumi) – Gummy.
• 餅 (mochi) – Sweets made from rice.
• 糖蜜 (tōmitsu) – Molasses, syrup.
• 和菓子 (wagashi) – Traditional Japanese confectionery / traditional sweets.
• ガム (gamu) – Gum.
• ロリポップ (roripoppu) – Lollipop (origin from the English lollipop).

List of Sweets in Japanese

Now we will share a list of sweets in Japanese. These are quite popular sweets abroad, in the West, the United States, and in Japan. We will also provide the name of the sweet in English to help identify them.

We will learn the meaning, how to write, and the translation of various candies, cakes, chocolates, ice creams, and others. The list does not contain many traditional Japanese sweets; it consists mostly of Western sweets, often written in katakana.

• タルト (taruto) – tart (candies)
• スイートポテト (suītopoteto) – sweet potato
• バームクーヘン (bāmukūhen) – baumkuchen
• ババロア (babaroa) – bavaroa
• ショートケーキ (shōtokēki) – shortcake
• マフィン (mafin) – muffin
• カップケーキ (kappukēki) – cupcake
• フルーツケーキ (furūtsukēki) – fruit cake
• パウンドケーキ (paundokēki) – pound cake
• チーズケーキ (chīzukēki) – cheesecake
• マーブルケーキ (māburukēki) – marble cake
• シュークリーム (shūkurīmu) – cream puff
• ボンボンショコラ (bonbonshokora) – chocolate bonbon
• トリュフ (toryufu) – truffle
• シェルチョコレート (sheruchokorēto) – chocolate shell
• 抹茶チョコレート (matcha chokorēto) – matcha chocolate
• ホイップ (hoippu) – whipped
• ビターチョコレート (bitāchokorēto) – dark chocolate
• ミルクチョコレート (mirukuchokorēto) – milk chocolate
• ホワイトチョコレート (howaitochokorēto) – white chocolate
• アーモンドチョコレート (āmondochokorēto) – almond chocolate
• ブルーベリーチョコレート (burūberīchokorēto) – blueberry chocolate
• スイートチョコレート (suītochokorēto) – sweet chocolate
• ダークチョコレート (dākuchokorēto) – dark chocolate
• ストロベリーチョコレート (sutoroberīchokorēto) – strawberry chocolate
• ピスタチオチョコレート (pisutachiochokorēto) – pistachio chocolate
• ブラックチョコレート (burakkuchokorēto) – black chocolate
• チュロス (churosu) – churro
• コンフェッティ (konfetti) – confetti
• クリームチョコレート (kurīmuchokorēto) – chocolate cream
• クリーミー (kurīmī) – creamy
• ミルクレープ (mirukurēpu) – millefeuille
• ドラジェ (doraje) – dragee
• エクレア (ekurea) – eclair
• ガナッシュ (ganasshu) – ganache
• ガトーショコラ (gatōshokora) – chocolate cake
• ゼリー (zerī) – jelly
• マロングラッセ (marongurasse) – marron glace
• オランジェット (oranjetto) – orange
• チョコレートマカロン (chokorētomakaron) – chocolate macaron
• マドレーヌ (madorēnu) – madeleine
• メルティー (merutī) – melty
• ミルフィーユ (mirufīyu) – millefeuille
• ムース (mūsu) – mousse
• チョコレートムース (chokorētomūsu) – chocolate mousse
• ガトーオペラ (gatōopera) – opera cake
• パンナコッタ (pan’nakotta) – panna cotta
• チョコレートパンナコッタ (chokorētopan’nakotta) – chocolate panna cotta
• パンケーキ (pankēki) – pancake
• チョコレートパフェ (chokorētopafe) – chocolate parfait
• プラリネ (purarine) – praline
• プリン (purin) – pudding
• チョコレートプリン (chokorētopurin) – chocolate pudding
• カスタードプリン (kasutādopurin) – custard pudding
• ブリュレ (buryure) – burnt
• ロイヤル (roiyaru) – royal
• リッチ (ritchi) – rich
• リコッタ (rikotta) – ricotta
• ロールケーキ (rōrukēki) – roll cake
• ドーナッツ (dōnattsu) – doughnuts
• ザッハトルテ (zahhatorute) – sachertorte
• アイスクリーム (aisukurīmu) – ice cream
• チョコレートアイスクリーム (chokorētoaisukurīmu) – chocolate ice cream
• スフレ (sufure) – soufflé
• クレープ (kurēpu) – crepe
• タルトタタン (tarutotatan) – tarte tatin
• パンプキンパイ (panpukinpai) – pumpkin pie
• キャラメルタルト (kyaramerutaruto) – caramel tart
• チョコレートタルト (chokorētotaruto) – chocolate tart
• ラズベリーパイ (razuberīpai) – raspberry pie
• フルーツタルト (furūtsutaruto) – fruit tart
• アップルパイ (appurupai) – apple pie
• レモンメレンゲパイ (remonmerengepai) – lemon meringue pie
• ワッフル (waffuru) – waffle

Kanji Used in Japanese Sweets

There are thousands of sweets in Japanese, so it is not possible to mention them all. Most of them use certain kanji to form the word, ideograms that sometimes, when separated, have no use or mean something different. Let’s see a list of them:

Kanji	Chinese Reading “ON”	Japanese Reading “KUN”	Meanings
菓	カ		Sweets, cakes, and fruits, caramels
餦	チョウ	あめ、 もち	Sweets, confectionery
餹	トウ	あめ	sugar, sweetened, sweets, crystallized sweets
飴	イ、 シ	あめ、 やしな.う	Sweets, rice candy, jellies, candies
甜	テン	うま.い、 あま.い	Sweet
甘	カン	あま.い、 あま.える、 あま.やかす、 うま.い	Sweet, sugary, to persuade, to pamper, to be content

It is worth noting that sometimes the kanji and sweet words like [甘] are used to represent feelings, actions, and personalities just like the term “sweet” in Portuguese or English.

I hope you enjoyed this list of Japanese sweets! If you want to see other foods in Japanese, or traditional sweets from Japan like wagashi, just browse through the culinary categories of the Suki Desu website.