In a Tokyo-San Francisco collaboration, Chef Mai and Dillon spent months co-creating recipes and sourcing local ingredients for our spring bonbon collection — inspired by the Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival) and the Japanese custom of hanami (blossom viewing).

This 20-piece seasonal assortment contains five confections highlighting traditions and flavors enjoyed during hanami, as shared with us by our Japanese team:

• Mitarashi Dango nods to traditional wagashi of skewered rice dumplings drizzled in sweet soy glaze.
• Black Sesame Warabi brings to mind warabi mochi (toasted-soy-coated dumplings) served at festival stalls throughout hanami.
• Ichigo Mochi embodies warm-fresh spring breezes, in a Dandelion take on modern strawberry mochi.
• Shiranui Sake (featuring Blanc sake from Oakland’s Den Sake Brewery) honors both fresh California citrus, and the prevalence of sake during Sakura Matsuri.
• Sakura Shiroan’s sakura-petal white-bean paste and macadamia-quinoa praline hint of festive sakura wagashi (shiroan-stuffed mochi, tinted and shaped like cherry blossoms).

Ingredients & Allergens

Mitarashi Dango
Dandelion 70% House Blend chocolate (cocoa beans, organic cane sugar), organic cane sugar, Straus organic heavy cream, glucose, gyūhi (mochi rice flour, sugar, sorbitol, cornstarch), Full Belly Farm organic walnuts, cocoa butter (from Peru), Straus organic butter, Kishibori Shoyu soy sauce (whole soybeans, wheat, salt), kosher salt, FD&C dye and lake colors (ultra-refined cocoa butter [certified organic, white deodorized {kosher}], and one or more of the following: lakes [kosher] and dyes [kosher] of FD&C Blue 1, Blue 2, Red 3, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40, and / or titanium dioxide)

Contains: milk, soy, walnuts

Black Sesame Warabi
Dandelion 70% House Blend chocolate (cocoa beans, organic cane sugar), organic cane sugar, toasted black sesame seeds, Straus organic heavy cream, glucose, cocoa butter (from Peru), organic miso paste (organic soybeans, organic rice, salt), cocoa nibs from Camino Verde, Ecuador, Straus organic butter, kinako powder (roasted soybeans), kosher salt, FD&C dye and lake colors (ultra-refined cocoa butter [certified organic, white deodorized {kosher}], and one or more of the following: lakes [kosher] and dyes [kosher] of FD&C Blue 1, Blue 2, Red 3, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40, and / or titanium dioxide)

Contains: milk, sesame, soy

Ichigo Mochi
(Made by Dandelion Japan)
Dandelion 70% chocolate (cocoa beans from Maya Mountain, Belize, organic cane sugar), white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole-milk powder, sunflower lecithin, vanilla), strawberry, heavy cream, sugar, gyūhi (maltooligosaccharide, rice, sugar, potato starch, sorbitol, modified starch, corn lecithin), cocoa butter, butter, invert sugar, mizuame (starch syrup [from corn, cassava, potato]), pectin, citric acid, FD&C dye and lake colors (ultra-refined cocoa butter [certified organic, white deodorized {kosher}], and one or more of the following: lakes [kosher] and dyes [kosher] of FD&C Blue 1, Blue 2, Red 3, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40, and / or titanium dioxide)

Contains: milk

This bonbon is made in a facility that also processes milk, wheat, eggs, peanuts, soy, and tree nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, macadamia nuts, cashews).

Shiranui Sake
Dandelion 70% House Blend chocolate (cocoa beans, organic cane sugar), organic cane sugar, shiranui citrus juice, Den junmai sake, glucose, Straus organic heavy cream, cocoa butter (from Peru), ginger purée, shiranui citrus zest, pectin, citric acid, FD&C dye and lake colors (ultra-refined cocoa butter [certified organic, white deodorized {kosher}], and one or more of the following: lakes [kosher] and dyes [kosher] of FD&C Blue 1, Blue 2, Red 3, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40, and / or titanium dioxide)

Contains: milk; less than 3% alcohol

Sakura Shiroan
Dandelion 70% House Blend chocolate (cocoa beans, organic cane sugar), organic cane sugar, organic macadamia nuts, organic cannellini beans, cocoa butter (from Peru), glucose, sorbitol, organic puffed quinoa, sakura powder (dextrin, salted sakura petals and leaves, vegetable gelatin, sugar, sakura extract, stabilizer [converted starch], beet red), pickled sakura flowers (salt, umeboshi vinegar), organic miso paste (organic soybeans, organic rice, salt), kosher salt, baking soda, FD&C dye and lake colors (ultra-refined cocoa butter [certified organic, white deodorized {kosher}], and one or more of the following: lakes [kosher] and dyes [kosher] of FD&C Blue 1, Blue 2, Red 3, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40, and / or titanium dioxide)

Contain: milk, soy, macadamia nuts

All four San Francisco bonbons are made in a facility that also processes peanuts, tree nuts (hazelnuts, almonds, macadamia nuts, coconuts), dairy (including milk), wheat, and soy, and sesame.

Weight

8.5 oz (241 g)

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