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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 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 cream-filled cookie, with that strange name..;
  • Every Burger - Chocolate cookies that look like small hamburgers;
  • Poifull - Fruit-flavored jelly beans;
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  • Pucca - Cookies with a chocolate filling in the shape of a fish;
  • Green Gum - The name says it all, green gum;
  • Crunky Popjoy - Chocolate filled with crunchy rice;
  • Sweetie Gum - A beloved candy..;
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  • Chelsea - Classic hard toffees;
  • Kani Pan - Crab-shaped bread;
  • Dars - chocolate squares;
  • Kinoko no Yama - Literally "mushroom mountain," a delicious chocolate-covered biscuit;
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  • 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;
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  • Pinky - Small spicy bullets;
  • Baby Star Ramen Snacks shaped like noodles;
  • Bisuko - Classic Japanese cookie;
  • Tohato Caramel Corn - Caramelized corn snack;
List of 100 Japanese candies
List of 100 Japanese candies
  • Tiroru - They are classic chocolate squares, with dozens of flavors and seasonal varieties;
  • Dairy - Milk and caramel flavored candies;
  • Gari Gari Kun - A famous ice cream brand with various different flavors;
  • Umaibo - A different type of snack in various flavors;
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  • Ghana Chocolate - Popular brand of slightly dark chocolate;
  • Choco Baby - Small candy made of chocolate;
  • Apollo - Chocolate that mixes strawberry and milk with chocolate in the shape of a space capsule;
  • Choco Ball - Chocolate with a crispy filling, either strawberry or peanut;
  • Pocky - They are chocolate-covered sticks. Very popular in Japan;

Did you like our short list of dagashi japanese sweets?

List of 100 Japanese candies

Different ways to say Candy 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 "sweet" in Japanese and also the names of some categories and sweets in general.

Kanji Kana Romaji Meaning / Notes
甘い あまい Sweet It means Sweet, and it can refer to the sweet taste.
あま Ama 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.
あめ Rain 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 East 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 Chocolat Chocolate
飴細工 あめざいく Amezaiku handmade candy
グミ Gumi Sesame
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 Chewing gum
ロリポップ Roripoppu Lollipop (origin of English lollipop)
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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, writing form, and translation of various sweets, cakes, chocolates, ice creams, and others. The list does not include many traditional Japanese sweets; it mainly consists of Western sweets, most of the time written in katakana.

Portuguese English Japanese Romaji
sour (tablets) tart タルト taruto
sweet potato sweet potato スイートポテト sweet potato
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
cake pop muffin マフィン muffin
cake pop cupcake カップケーキ cupcake
fruit cake fruit cake フルーツケーキ fruitcake
pound cake bolo de libra パウンドケーキ pound cake
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 truffle 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 bitāchokorēto
milk chocolate chocolate ao leite ミルクチョコレート mirukuchokorēto
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 chocolate almond
blueberry chocolate blueberry chocolate ブルーベリーチョコレート blueberry chocolate
sweet chocolate chocolate doce スイートチョコレート sweet chocolate
dark chocolate chocolate amargo ダークチョコレート dark chocolate
strawberry chocolate Morango chocolate ストロベリーチョコレート strawberry chocolate
pistachio chocolate chocolate pistachio ピスタチオチョコレート pistachio chocolate
dark chocolate chocolate preto ブラックチョコレート black chocolate
churro churro チュロス churros
confetti confetti コンフェッティ confetti
chocolate cream chocolate cream クリームチョコレート chocolate cream
creamy cremoso クリーミー kurīmī
crepe mill thousand crape ミルクレープ mirukurēpu
drageia 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
jelly jelly ゼリー zero
brown grace brown grace マロングラッセ marongurasse
orange orangette オランジェット oranjetto
chocolate macaron macaron chocolate チョコレートマカロン chocolate macaroon
madeleine madeleine マドレーヌ madorēnu
melty melty メルティー merutī
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 chocolate mousse
ópera gateau gateau opera ガトーオペラ gatōopera
panna cotta panna cotta パンナコッタ panna cotta
Panna Cotta Chocolate panna cotta chocolate チョコレートパンナコッタ chocolate bread
pancake pancake パンケーキ pancake
chocolate parfait chocolate parfait チョコレートパフェ chocolate parfait
praline praline プラリネ purarine
pudding pudding プリン pudding
chocolate pudding chocolate pudding チョコレートプリン chocolate pudding
cream pudding custard pudding カスタードプリン kasutādopurin
burnt brulee ブリュレ The term "buryure" does not appear to be a recognizable Portuguese word or phrase. Could you provide more context or check if there might be a typo?
real royal ロイヤル royal
rich rich リッチ ritchi
ricotta ricotta リコッタ ricotta
cake roll rocambole ロールケーキ rōrukēki
doughnuts donuts ドーナッツ doughnuts
sachertorte sachertorte ザッハトルテ zahhatorute
ice cream sorvete 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
suflé souffle スフレ The string "sufure" does not correspond to a known Portuguese word or phrase and appears to be a transliteration or a name. Therefore, it remains unchanged in the translation: "sufure".
tapioca crepe クレープ crew
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 chocolate tart
raspberry pie raspberry pie ラズベリーパイ razuberīpai
fruits pie fruit tart フルーツタルト fruit salad
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

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
Sweets, cakes and fruits, caramels
The string you provided is a Japanese character and does not require translation. It remains the same: 餦.
チョウ あめ、 もち sweets, confectionery
トウ あめ sugar, sweetened, candies, candied sweets
イ、 シ あめ、 やしな.う Sweets, rice pudding, jellies, candies
テン うま.い、 あま.い Sweet
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 ing 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 product stores where you can buy common Japanese sweets like pocky and pepero. I personally recommend those random candy boxes that are sent monthly to subscribers, shipping is free to Brazil and the cost-benefit is greater.

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.

I hope you enjoyed this list of Japanese sweets! If you want to see more wagashi, just browse through the culinary categories on the Suki Desu site.