Ribon Nama Ume Plum Hard Candy, 3.87 Ounce

Love this candy, but seems a little expensive.

I love these tasty little treats. Hard outside with soft center.

This candy is delicious with lots of plum flavor. It had just the right amount of sweet and sourness. it was so good that I ordered more.

Great treats for visitors

I was really curious after hearing about ume candy so after a lot of internal debate I decided to try this one. The candy has 2 parts to it. There's a hard outer shell that has a texture like ribbon candy, and it surrounds a plum paste center. I was a bit divided on my opinion of it, mostly b/c it was very unlike American candy. The outer shell was sweet, just like regular hard candy. The center is a combination of tangy and salty. It's definitely a unique experience. I only give 4 stars b/c I'm kind of touchy about salty things and I would have preferred it to be more sour and less salty but definitely worth a try.

This is a very difficult candy for me to find from where I live. I have trouble even finding it in a Japanese grocery store when I happen to be visiting a large metropolitan city, so I was quite pleased to find it on the Internet. I don’t read Japanese, so sometimes I have bought similar candies without the soft, dried, pickled plum center, or the candy is smaller. But, this is the larger candy with the plum center. I’ll be the first to say that this candy is an acquired taste, if you are not used to the sour/salty plum called umeboshi. The clear hard candy around the umeboshi is sweet, so there are contrasting flavors and textures in a little candy. The shipment was about two weeks late from the estimated delivery date but I had read that it had taken one person 2 months to receive their order, so I was prepared to wait a little longer but I did contact the company and they were very nice. Overall, I am very pleased to find this candy and have already placed another order **I would add that the first time I tried the candy, I didn’t like it and stuck it away. Then, months later I felt I was coming down with something and was searching around and found the bag of candy and started eating it because mom’s friend said it was sometimes good for a stomach ache. It worked for me and now I like it

I love this candy.

Have had this before and I love this! Not too sweet and taste as good as eating the real thing.