Japanese candies filled with “pica-pica”. They are similar to rattles and in the outer layer is formed by two wafers.
This is an American candy, it is similar to the appearance of a packet of tobacco. Inside there are some mint sugar bars. In Europe this candy was filled with chocolate cigarettes, but were forbidden because of the bad influence they can exercise over children. They have now been replaced by boxes of colour
In Colombia there exists many «guavas» (tropical fruit) and candies made with this ingredient are very popular. The one in this picture is called «bocadillo» (sandwich). It consists of a guava sweet fudge covered with caramel and wrapped in a palm leaf.
This candy is very traditional in Japan. They are dried little fish with a bath of syrup or molasses and sesame seeds. It is a savoury and sweet It is also taken as a snack with beer.
In Mexico, the Day Of The Dead is celebrated with sugar skulls of different sizes and colours. Market stalls are lined with rows and rows of colourful skulls, created from sugar and decorated with multi-colour icing, shiny foil, sequins and glitter.
India is the country where the candy world started, as it is the cradle of sugar and candy. The picture’s candy is an Indian candy called «Jalebi». It is a paste of white lentils (Urad dal), fermented, fried and bathed in a sugar syrup. Usually it is red but it can be white as well. […]
This candy, that looks like French fries, it’s a Russian candy called Chak-Chak. It is a dough of bread with sugar, with stick shape, baked and covered with honey. It is usually taken as a candy or with coffee.