Video: How to Make a Japanese Gummy Hamburger

Leave it to the Japanese to turn hamburger-shaped gummy candies into something slightly more exciting. Meiji's Yatai Man's Hamburger Shop candy consists of separate bun, meat, lettuce, cheese, and sauce components. Break apart the bun wafers (mochi-based monaka), stack on the gummy meat (cola-flavored), cheese (pineapple-flavored), and lettuce (apple-flavored), and squeeze on the strawberry sauce for burger success!

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4 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, January 30, 2012 at 1:15 PM
Tagged: candy, Japanese, videos

How to Make M&M Burgers

It's not nearly as effective as Skittle burgers, but someone had to try it. In this case, someone was Houston Press, who sort of accomplished this task by using "a combination of soft hammer smashing and short bursts of microwaving."

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1 Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, December 18, 2011 at 3:15 PM
Tagged: burger thing, candy, smashed burgers

How to Make Skittle Burgers

File this under, "Why didn't I think of that?" Illustrator/designer Jublin shows how to make Skittle burgers on Flickr.

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3 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, December 11, 2011 at 5:30 PM
Tagged: burger thing, candy, smashed burgers

Snappi's Hamburger Candy is Full of Fail

Two weeks ago I was on vacation in Taipei visiting family and eating awesome food. Well, awesome Chinese food, i.e., no burgers. But I did find this one burger-related thing in a random candy shop in Danshui Night Market: Hamburger Candy from Malaysian company Snappi. I figured it was worth the 10 NT (about 33¢) investment for AHT-reporting purposes. It turned out to be be one of the most unpalatable substances masquerading as candy in deceptively fun packaging I'd ever eaten.

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3 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, October 17, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: Asian, burger weirdness, candy

14 Burger-Shaped Gummies

Have you ever thought, "I wonder how many kinds of burger-shaped gummies there are out there?" Probably not. But I did. Many meaningless Google searches later, I bring you this round up of 14 burger-shaped gummies.

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6 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, May 17, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: burger things, candy

Photo of the Day: Space Sandwich

[Photograph: Robyn Lee] It's a bird. It's a plane. It's...crudely drawn, clog-wearing SPACE SANDWICH. What. Actually, it's a burger-shaped gummy candy. But not a full burger; a bisected burger. Why? I don't know. And what's with the space theme?...

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2 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, May 9, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Tagged: burger weirdness, candy, Photo of the Day

Taste Test: Sasebo Burger Drops, Japanese Burger-Flavored Candy

[Photographs: Robyn Lee] The only reason I can imagine buying burger-flavored candy is if you manage burger website and want something to write about. Because it's almost guaranteed that a burger-flavored candy is going to disappoint both a burger...

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3 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, October 19, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Tagged: burger weirdness, candy, Japanese, recommended