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Kanom Thai - Sweets from Thailand
Candies, dried fruits, and bars, all without additives or flavor enhancers. Handmade by Chonticha's family.
Kanom in comparison
| Product | Species | Taste | For whom | Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coconut candy – Maphraw sewy | Chewy candy | creamy, mildly sweet, coconut | Beginners, Children | Made from real coconut |
| Banana Candy – Kluaykwon | Chewy candy | sweet, fruity, banana and coconut milk | Children, adults | Handmade, no additives |
| Tamarind Chili Candy – Makamkeaw | Chewy candy | sweet, sour, lightly spicy | Curious Adults | Single Chili Candy |
| Sun-Dried Thai Bananas - Kluaytak | Dried fruit | soft, caramel, very intense | Snackbox, Sports Snack | Only banana, no added sugar |
| Organic Jackfruit Dried | Dried fruit | Fruity-mild, firm to the bite | Mindful snackers | Organic quality, from Sri Lanka |
| Dried Honeydew Melon – Cantaloupe | Dried fruit | succulent and sweet | Curious, snack box | Natural, no added sugar |
| Dried Mango Strips | Dried fruit | intensely sweet, mango | Kids, office, snack | Sugared |
| Fruit Bar Banana Coconut | Bars | sweet, banana and coconut, compact | on the go, sports, school | Pressed, conveniently packaged |
| Whole Milk Durian Chocolate | Chocolate | sweet, creamy, durian flavored | Brave, Thailand experts | Fine cocoa, the experiment in our product range |
Thai Sweets Without Additives
What are Kanom?
"Kanom" is the Thai umbrella term for everything sweet and for snacks: candies, pastries, puddings, steamed rice cakes, dried fruits. The term is much broader than the English word "sweets" and also includes things that we would classify more as a dessert or snack.
Typical for Thai Kanom are few, clearly recognizable ingredients: coconut milk, palm sugar, rice flour, tamarind, banana, mung beans. Fat plays a minor role, and chocolate and cream are traditionally not used at all. Instead, you encounter flavors that are unusual here, such as the combination of sweet and salty or sweet and spicy, as in our tamarind-chili candy.
Our Kanom are handmade by Chonticha's family, without additives, flavor enhancers, or artificial flavors. For dried fruits, this means: fruit, nothing else, except for the mango strips, which are sugared.
Kanom in Thailand: when and how they are eaten
Kanom are not a dessert in the European sense in Thailand. After a meal, fresh fruit is more likely to be served; sweets are eaten throughout the day.
In markets and at street stalls, Kanom are part of the basic offering, often in small portions in banana leaves or plastic bags, intended for in-between meals. On long bus rides, in the office, after school: there is no wrong time.
Kanom play a special role on occasions. For weddings, temple visits, and New Year, certain sweets are given as gifts, many bearing names that signify luck or prosperity. When visiting someone in Thailand, people rarely bring flowers, but rather something to eat, and often these are Kanom.
Dried fruits like banana, mango, or jackfruit also have a practical background: they are an old method of preserving the harvest. Sun-dried Namwa bananas, for example, are made without any ingredients, just through time and sun.
Who Kanom are suitable for
As a souvenir. Anyone who has been to Thailand will immediately recognize the taste, and those who haven't will get something they can't buy anywhere else here. The candies are individually wrapped and therefore easy to share, for example in the office or as a small thank you. Our candy set is already put together for this purpose.
For children. Banana, coconut, and fruit candies are free of artificial colors and flavor enhancers, and children usually like the soft, chewy texture right away. However, we would only recommend the tamarind-chili candy from an age where slight spiciness is not a problem.
For the snack box. The dried fruits and the fruit bar can be stored without refrigeration, do not require any packaging waste, and fit into any bag. For hiking tours, school lunch boxes, or the desk drawer.
For the curious. If you want to know why no one misses chocolate in Thailand, start with the coconut candy. And if you're looking for a real challenge, try the durian chocolate.
