These Are the Best Japanese Candies From Cost Plus World Market

Kasugai Gummy Lychees ($48 for 12) are made with real fruit juice and taste just like an actual chewy lychee.

These Nestle Matcha Green Tea Kit Kat Bars ($8) swap the chocolate coating for a matcha-white-chocolate coating, and it's so subtly sweet and might just be your new favorite.

Kasugai Ramune Flavor Gummy Candies ($48 for 12) are flavored like ramune, which is a popular soft drink in Japan that's bursting with fresh flavor. If you've never tried the drink, these chewy candies are a good introduction.

The name on these — Nobel Super Lemon Candy ($4) — is super accurate, because they pack a supersour flavor. But don't worry, it levels out into a pleasantly sweet lemon taste.

The Kasugai Watermelon Gummy Candy ($4) is made with real fruit juice, and you can tell — each piece is perfectly sweet and chewy.

Try a pack of the Nobel Super Cola Candy ($4) and you'll find a fizzy center inside these candies. Yes, they really fizz and taste just like cola.

Another creamy matcha option, Kanro Matcha Milk Candy ($4) is made with fresh cream produced in Hokkaido and practically melts in your mouth.

You've probably been chomping on Hi-Chew Candy ($18 for six) for ages and never realized they were Japanese. But these chewy, fruity candies are one of Japan's most popular candies here in the US.

The Kasugai Peach Gummy Candy ($48 for 12) is flavored with white peach juice, which gives it a slightly more subtle, authentic peachy flavor with every bite.

The coolest thing about Botan Rice Candy ($15 for 10) is that the sweet, fruity center of these candies is wrapped in rice paper . . . that's totally edible! No mess, no fuss.