List of 100 Japanese Sweets

In this article, we are going to look at some Japanese sweets and different ways to pronounce sweet and sweet in the Japanese language. Let's also get to know some popular Japanese snacks and sweets dagashi, and a complete list of sweets in Japanese.

Famous Japanese sweets and their flavors

Everyone knows that Japan is full of sweets and snacks of countless different flavors and varieties. Several flavors and limited editions are created almost daily. Some sweets have been hugely successful, and have survived among these thousands of tasty inventions. In this article we will see the main sweets known in Japan.

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

• Wasabeef - わさビーフ - Wasabi and meat flavored potato;
• Collon cream – A cookie stuffed with cream, and with that strange name...;
• Every Burger – Chocolate chip cookies that look like small hamburgers;
• rich - Jujubes with fruit flavor;

• Pucca – Cookies with a chocolate filling in the shape of a fish;
• Green Gum - The name says it all, green gum;
• Crunky Popjoy - Chocolate stuffed with crispy rice;
• Sweetie Gum - A sweet bullet...;

• Chelsea - Classic hard candy candies;
• Kani Pan - Crab-shaped bread;
• Dars - square chocolate;
• Kinoko no Yama - Mushroom Mountain Literally "mushroom mountain", a delicious biscuit covered in chocolate;

• Jagariko They are potatoes flavored with cheese and vegetables;
• Chokobi - Star-shaped chocolate from the anime Shin-chan;
• Hi Chew - Chewable candy with fruit flavor;
• Koalas March - Koala Biscuits with various fillings;

• Pinky - Small spicy candies;
• Baby Star Ramen Snacks in the form of noodles;
• Bisuko - Classic Japanese biscuit;
• Tohato Caramel Corn - Caramelized corn chips;

• Meiji Chocolate - A famous chocolate;
• papic – A bottle-shaped ice cream that tastes like a milkshake;
• Kitkat - Kit kat is successful in Japan. (See about kit kat flavors by clicking here.)
• Caplico - Fake cone ice cream;

• Tiroru – They are classic chocolate squares, they have dozens of flavors and seasonal varieties;
• milky - Milk candies and flavored caramel;
• Gari Gari Kun - A famous brand of ice cream with many different flavors;
• Umaibo – A different type of snack with different flavors;

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

Did you like our short list of dagashi japanese sweets?

Different ways to say Candy in Japan

In the Japanese language there are many words that have or refer to the same meaning in English and vice versa. Let's examine the different ways of saying "sweet" in Japanese and also the name of some categories and sweets in general.

Kanji	Kana	Romaji	Meaning / Notes
甘い	あまい	love	It means Sweet, and can refer to the sweet taste.
甜	あま	Love	It also means sweet, but it is no longer used, only in Chinese.
	キャンディ	Kyandi	An Americanized version of candy written in katakana.
飴	あめ	Ame	Specifically it means candy, or candy of the kind.
飴玉	あめだま	Amedama	Candy in general, specifically jellybeans or round candies
お菓子	おかし	Sweets	Sweets made in confectionery or confectionery / Or confectionery and confectionery
乾菓子	ひがし	Higashi	Dried sweets made in confectioneries
有平糖	アルヘイとう、ありへいとう	Aruheitō	Bonbons or candies made from sugar or caramel
砂糖菓子	さとうがし	Satō kashi	Confectionery products and sweets or sugar (or confectionery)
金平糖	こんぺいとう	Kompeitō	It is a type of candy or Japanese confection of Portuguese origin.
糖菓	とうか	Touka	Sweets, treats / Confectionery
綿飴	わたあめ	Wata love	Cotton Candy
駄菓子	だはし	Dagashi	cheap candy
	チョコレート	Chokoreeto	Chocolate
飴細工	あめざいく	Amezaiku	handmade candy
	グミ	gummi	Gum
餅	もち	Mochi	sweet made from rice
糖蜜	とうみつ	Tōmitsu	molasses
和菓子	わがし	Wagashi	Japanese traditional confectionery/traditional sweets
	ガム	Gamu	Gum
	ロリポップ	Roripoppu	Lollipop (origin of English lollipop)

List of sweets in Japanese

Now let's share a list of sweets in Japanese. They are very popular sweets abroad, in the West, in the United States and in Japan. We will also leave the name of the candy in English to help identify them.

Let's learn the meaning, way of writing and translation of various sweets, cakes, chocolates, ice cream and others. The list doesn't have that many japanese traditional sweets, these are western sweets, most often written in katakana.

Portuguese	English	Japanese	Romaji
sour (tablets)	tart	タルト	taruto
sweet potato	batata doce	スイートポテト	suītopoteto
baumkuchen	baumkuchen	バームクーヘン	bāmukūhen
bavaroa	bavaroa	ババロア	babaroa
cookie	shortcake	ショートケーキ	shōtokēki
Scone	muffin	マフィン	mafin
Scone	cupcake	カップケーキ	kappukēki
fruit cake	fruit cake	フルーツケーキ	furūtsukēki
pound cake	bolo de libra	パウンドケーキ	paundokēki
cheese cake	cheesecake	チーズケーキ	cheesecake
Marble cake	bolo marmorizado	マーブルケーキ	māburukēki
cream bomb	cream puff	シュークリーム	shūkurīmu
chocolate candy	chocolate bonbon	ボンボンショコラ	bonbonshokora
brigadeiro	trufa	トリュフ	toryufu
chocolate shell	chocolate shell	シェルチョコレート	sheruchokorēto
chocolate green tea	chocolate de chá verde	抹茶チョコレート	matcha chocolate
whip	whip	ホイップ	hoippu
bitter chocolate	bitter chocolate	ビターチョコレート	bitachokoreto
milk chocolate	chocolate ao leite	ミルクチョコレート	miruku chokoretto
White Chocolate	chocolate branco	ホワイトチョコレート	howaitochokorēto
almond chocolate	chocolate de amêndoas	アーモンドチョコレート	āmondochokorēto
blueberry chocolate	blueberry chocolate	ブルーベリーチョコレート	burūberīchokorēto
sweet chocolate	chocolate doce	スイートチョコレート	suītochokorēto
dark chocolate	chocolate amargo	ダークチョコレート	dākuchokorēto
strawberry chocolate	Morango chocolate	ストロベリーチョコレート	sutoroberīchokorēto
pistachio chocolate	chocolate pistachio	ピスタチオチョコレート	pisutachio chocolate
dark chocolate	chocolate preto	ブラックチョコレート	burakkuchokorēto
churro	churro	チュロス	churosu
confetti	confetti	コンフェッティ	konfetti
chocolate cream	chocolate cream	クリームチョコレート	kurīmuchokorēto
creamy	cremoso	クリーミー	kurīmī
crepe mill	thousand crape	ミルクレープ	mirukurēpu
dragee	dragee	ドラジェ	doraje
eclair	eclair	エクレア	ekurea
ganache	ganache	ガナッシュ	ganasshu
gateau au chocolate	gateau au chocolate	ガトーショコラ	gatōshokora
jam	jelly	ゼリー	zerī
brown grace	brown grace	マロングラッセ	marongurasse
orange	orangette	オランジェット	oranjet
chocolate macaron	macaron chocolate	チョコレートマカロン	chokorētomakaron
madeleine	madeleine	マドレーヌ	madorēnu
melty	melty	メルティー	meruī
millefeuille	millefeuille	ミルフィーユ	mirufīyu
mousse	mousse	ムース	mūsu
chocolate mousse	chocolate mousse	チョコレートムース	chokorētomūsu
ópera gateau	gateau opera	ガトーオペラ	gatōopera
panna cotta	panna cotta	パンナコッタ	pan'nakotta
Panna Cotta Chocolate	panna cotta chocolate	チョコレートパンナコッタ	chokorētopan'nakotta
pancake	panqueca	パンケーキ	pancake
chocolate parfait	chocolate parfait	チョコレートパフェ	chokolate puff
praline	praline	プラリネ	purarine
pudding	pudding	プリン	purin
chocolate pudding	chocolate pudding	チョコレートプリン	chokorētopurin
cream pudding	custard pudding	カスタードプリン	kasutādopurin
burned	brulee	ブリュレ	buryure
real	royal	ロイヤル	roiyaru
rich	rico	リッチ	ritchi
ricotta	ricotta	リコッタ	ricotta
cake roll	rocambole	ロールケーキ	rōrukēki
donuts	donuts	ドーナッツ	dōnattsu
sachertorte	sachertorte	ザッハトルテ	zahhatorute
Ice cream	ice cream	アイスクリーム	ice cream
chocolate ice cream	chocolate ice cream	チョコレートアイスクリーム	chocolate ice cream
souffle	souffle	スフレ	sufure
tapioca	crepe	クレープ	kurēpu
tartathan	tartathan	タルトタタン	tarutotatan
30TP1 Pumpkin Soup	pumpkin pie	パンプキンパイ	panpukinpai
caramel pie	caramel tart	キャラメルタルト	kyaramerutaruto
chocolate pie	chocolate tart	チョコレートタルト	chokorētotaruto
raspberry pie	raspberry pie	ラズベリーパイ	razuberīpai
fruits pie	fruit tart	フルーツタルト	furūtsutaruto
Apple pie	apple pie	アップルパイ	appurupai
lemon meringue pie	torta de limão com merengue	レモンメレンゲパイ	remonmerengepai
waffle	waffle	ワッフル	waffle

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Kanji used in Japanese sweets

There are thousands of sweets in Japanese, so it's not possible to mention them all. Most of them use certain kanji to form the word, ideograms that sometimes separately 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, candies, candied sweets
飴	イ、 シ	あめ、 やしな.う	Sweets, rice pudding, 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, coax, pamper, be content

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

Where to buy Japanese Sweets?

There are many Asian grocery stores where you can buy common Japanese sweets like pocky and pepper. I personally recommend those boxes of random candy that are sent monthly to subscribers, shipping is free to Brazil and the cost benefit is higher.

I recommend to Japan Candy Box that can be accessed by clicking here!

Finally, see a showcase of Japanese sweets that you can buy in Brazil (on the websites you will find more Japanese sweets):

Well, this was a short article, with main objective to tell you the different shapes and categories of Japanese sweets to increase your vocabulary.

Hope you enjoyed this list of Japanese sweets! If you want to see others food in japanese, or traditional Japanese sweets like wagashi, just browse the cooking categories on the Suki Desu website.

Learn to make Traditional Japanese Wagashi Sweets

Before we close the article I want to recommend the Wagashi Traditional Japanese Confectionery Course. Below we will leave an interview from Jornal da Tarde about the author of the course Cesar Yukio and his beautiful and delicious recipes:

If you want to make delicious western sweets, Cesar also has the Yogashi Confectionery Course.

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