I got these from a Study Abroad advertisement booth. What are these?

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1. Konpeito!

2. It’s basically crunchy sugar. Absolutely delicious.

3. Bathsalts

4. Konpeito. It’s basically just crunchy little sugar balls.

5. The dust spirits in Spirited Away where fed with those!

6. Rock sugar

7. “Konpeito” comes from Portuguese word “confeito.” It was first introduced to Japan back in 16th century by traders. Some where even given to Oda Nobunaga

8. Konpeito as everyone else said. Try rolling them behind your closed teeth with your tongue. It makes an interesting noise, but I don’t recommend doing it near others. It gets irritating quickly.

9. Taste it and find out

10. I think you feed those to the dust sprites in Spirited Away

11. A dentist’s job security…rock candy.

12. It’s like the Japanese version of American Nerds candy

13. I think I’ve been playing to much animal crossing. These look like star fragments to me…

14. Most boring candy ever.

15. 金平糖 konpeitou🍬🍭

16. Konpeito!

    Fun fact if you’re a Studio Ghibli fan. This is what they feed the Soot Sprites in Spirited away. 😁

17. Konpetio, it’s a delicious candy

18. Delicious 😋

19. Japanese sweets
    Konpeitou(金平糖＝こんぺいとう)

20. Its just crystallized sugar, quite flavorless

21. Basically sugar candy!

22. MDMA