Kado Honey Butter Taro Corn Puff Snacks

Where Cabbage Taro built its reputation on a savory, seaweed-seasoned sauce flavor, its sister snack takes an entirely different direction — and makes it look equally effortless.

Honey Butter Taro is a ring-shaped corn puff dusted in a warm, sweet-savory honey butter seasoning that has become one of the most quietly irresistible flavors in the dagashi world.

The shape here is the first difference: rather than a sphere, each piece is a small, open ring — the morokoshi wa-taro form that gives the snack its characteristic lightness and a slightly larger surface area for seasoning to cling to.

The corn base is the same non-GMO American corn used throughout the Taro series, puffed to a crisp, airy structure that yields immediately on contact with the tongue and disappears cleanly without any heaviness.

What coats each ring is a honey butter flavoring that strikes the balance Japanese snack makers do particularly well: sweet enough to feel indulgent, savory enough to keep you reaching for the next piece, with a gentle richness from whole milk powder and a faint caramelized warmth that lingers pleasantly after each bite.

It is a flavor profile that has found devoted fans not just in Japan but across Asia — the combination of honey and butter applied to a corn-based snack sits in a category of its own, recognizable and distinctive without being difficult or challenging.

The seasoning is applied lightly, which is the right call: the honey butter character is present in every piece without ever feeling heavy or sweet to the point of fatigue.

The overall impression is warm, approachable, and genuinely moreish — a snack that suits any age and disappears from the bag faster than expected.

At 103 calories per 17g bag and with a pleasantly compact size, Honey Butter Taro is an easy everyday dagashi that rewards both the occasional treat and the dedicated repeat purchase.

About this item
Item Name : Honey Butter Taro
Brand : Kado
Item Form : Snacks
Number of Items : 17g