Kawarinbo

Kawarinbo

(Japan Crate: September 2015)

[Japan crate description: This lollipop packs a 3-in-1 surprise.]

Kimberly Says:

This is a super interesting concept. The outside is a sucker with two sides, two flavors. Once you get past that, there's ANOTHER flavored candy. And when you finish that and the stick is clean, you can pull off the plastic wrapping and finish off with a piece of gum.
I didn't get to the gum. I didn't even get to the interior candy. Not because the candy was bad, not at all. I actually enjoyed it. However, it wasn't thrilling, either, and long before I got to the center bit I got tired of the only mildly flavored sucker that was mostly just...sugar.
A fun idea, though!

Melissa Says:

We were reading the description, and this is a hard-core lollipop. So the outer layers (the only ones we tried at the time) were apple and grape. Then, when you’ve licked it down from there, there’s a ramune section in the middle. After THAT section, there’s some gum in the center. But wait, there’s more – the stick itself is gum! The concept was fun.
The lollipop wasn’t bad itself, either. The flavors were pretty good.