“Looks can be deceiving†is an old axiom that should never, ever be ignored, especially when dealing with food. If we all judged food by appearance, we’d never eat okonomiyaki, sushi, sashimi, lychees, ect., and we’d be poorer for the loss. It does help, however, that the food actually look like food in order to be considered edible. Who would eat something that looks like poop for example?
Well, that’d be me and I’d do it again! Karinto is a crispy Japanese confection made with brown sugar and molasses that looks a lot like dog turds. This sweet and crunchy treat has been around in Japan since the Edo-Tempo period.
Karinto looks enormously unappealing but is in fact quite good, especially if you like molasses and brown sugar. The inside is light and flaky with a honeycomb texture that’s nice and crisp. The outside looks, of course, like poop due to the molasses and brown sugar coating. The coating is thick in places and has a slightly chewy texture that goes well with the crispy inside.
If you like gingerbread, brown sugar, and black strap molasses then karinto is for you. Be warned that it is very molasses rich so if you’re adverse to strong molasses flavors avoid this snack at all costs.
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Think of the possibilities on Halloween!
Oooh, I feel like eating.. something! Because the appearance is seriously.. ): Haha, shall get one if I see it next time.
Yesss, if you had a CLEAN litter box and a CLEAN cat crap scoop and some grape nuts cereal you could have some cat crap cookies -Hinano. But why wait till Halloween?
A Japanese friend recommended them to me when I asked him what an American gal like me, who has eaten enough Pocky and sembei to last a lifetime, should try. He said karinto. Yep, he warned me it looked like poo, but it still tastes divine. I really like molasses so this stuff makes my tummy happy. So, yeah -Naga, definitely give this a whirl if you dig brown sugary goodness.
Just looking at it makes me nauseous, not sure how I’ll be able to eat it XDD
Awww, c’mon -Lenners, it’s really tasty. It smells, good and tastes good so what if it looks like poop? Two outta three ain’t too shabby.
I notice that there’s a “slight” difference of appearance between the packaging and actual product
What? Could you possibly be suggesting there’s no truth in this advertising -Crayotic Rockwell? I’d lie too if my product looked like turds >_< ! They have to get people to buy their tasty product some how…
If they are trying to make the product more appealing with the packaging, then they have failed miserably. I would rather eat the well formed brown turd looking ones than the diarrhea looking ones on the package. I am sorry Rachel, you’re on your own with this one.
Thaz a pity zingor, I think they’re vegan. Give some to Ed…
Rachel, think of the reactions of trick or treaters when you throw pieces of shit into their halloween bags
But yes, very good idea with handing out karinto turds to the kiddies on Halloween. Perhaps karinto covered in the crab treats will make kids swear off trick or treating forever.
It’s actually quite delicious. ???????
???? made it for us from scratch, then we had some plum tea with it. Jamaica meets Japan again!!