It’s not everyday that you see food based on your favorite anime…unless you live in Japan. There’s Pokemon candy and Naruto energy drinks. Before that, there was Crayon Shin-chan gummy candy. Crayon Shin-chan (Known as just “Shin-chan” in the US) gummy candy is just like any other gummy candy–but with your favorite Shin-chan characters.

I purchased these from an Asian grocery store in Little Rock, Arkansas in February 2007 during a small family trip. I ate some of the candy, but the results wasn’t all that great. Either it was my sense of taste after eating a whole box of Butter Flavored Pretz in one day, or I forgot to take the wax paper off the gummy. It had the smell of a bag of gummy candy (if you were hoping it smelled like dog droppings, you’re out of luck, Shinniacs! ), but tasted awful! Perhaps I had a bad pack of gummies.

A year and a half later, I still have the packages–with the candy still in it! It still has that fruit smell to it, but I wouldn’t eat it now, of course. I took some pictures of them for everyone to see. If you’ve eaten these before, how did they taste? Maybe I’ll give them a second chance if I see them at my local Asian grocer.