DIY Candy Magazine
A Japanese DIY candy kit is a brilliant thing to hand one child. Hand the same kit to eight children at a birthday party and you have a logistics problem: one sink, one micro...
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If you keep halal and you're eyeing a Popin' Cookin' kit, you deserve a straight answer rather than a hopeful one....
Tip a little powder into a tray, add water, and stir — and the mixture fizzes and changes colour in front of you, ...
You bought it "for the kids." You were just going to help open the packets. And then — somewhere between measuring...
You've got a Popin' Cookin' kit in your hands, the box is covered in cheerful Japanese, and there isn't a word ...
You can buy Popin' Cookin' in the US from an Asian grocery, a large online marketplace, or a shop that ships from Japan. PopnCandy Tokyo stocks 11 Popin' Cookin' kits, sold one at a time and posted from Tokyo — here's how every option compares.
If you've never made a Japanese DIY candy kit before, the worst thing you can do is start with the wrong one. Pick...
The Japanese name for these kits is chiiku gashi (知育菓子) — literally "educational candy." It's a big claim to print...
Hand a child a normal sweet and they eat it. Hand them a Japanese DIY candy kit and something different happens: t...