花林糖 (Karintō)

Karinto

  • かりんとう
  • Karintō
  • Pitch 0
  • sweet dishes

Meaning

花林糖 (かりんとう, Karintō) is Karinto — a Japanese food (sweet dishes).

What is Karinto?

Karint ō is a traditional snack food. Sweet and deep-fried, it is made primarily of flour, yeast, and brown sugar. It has a deep brown and pitted appearance, and takes the form of a bite-sized pillow or short cylinder. Although traditional karintō is coated with brown sugar, recently other variations have appeared on the market, such as white sugar, sesame seed, miso, and peanut.