Snack Splurge: Meltykiss

My uncle broke out these deceptively erotic-sounding Japanese candies on Thanksgiving (he lives and works in Vietnam for a good chunk of the year). Amidst the conventional dessert lineup of pumpkin trifle and pecan and apple pies, these babies were definite social misfits (we all pointed and laughed at them, like proper hecklers should). Of course I had to try one, though I was a little grossed out by the name. Probably because my rendition of a "meltykiss" involves unwelcome lip-to-cheek contact with an aunt whose mouth produces an inordinate amount of saliva.