Hongyuan at a glance

Hongyuan is a brand of individually wrapped fruit hard candy, sold on Amazon, known for Guava Hard Candy.

U.S. trademark
Reg. No. 7963986, registered September 30, 2025
The mark
Two Chinese characters in a stylized font, read "Hong Yuan"
In U.S. commerce since
August 1, 2006first-use date stated in the 2012 U.S. application
Registered for
Class 30: sweets, cookies, cereal-based snacks
Where it is sold
Amazon, through the Hongyuan brand store
Lines
Classic Series guava, Dakeyi lychee, peach, pineapple and green apple and tangerine peel. See all 7 on sale
Best-known product
Guava Hard Candy, 12.3 oz bag

hongyuan.store is an independent shop guide to Hongyuan fruit hard candy: flavors, pack sizes, label facts and buyer reviews.

The green candy with a name most people never catch

Most people meet Hongyuan before they learn what it is called. The check arrives, and with it a small green candy in a crimped wrapper. It tastes of guava, sweet at first and tart at the end. The wrapper reads 宏源 above 番石榴: Hongyuan, guava.

Buyers describe the same path in their reviews. One found the candy at a Japanese restaurant, one at a hibachi counter, one at a nail salon, one in a Vietnamese place that sets a piece on the bill. Then they went looking for the bag.

Unwrapped green guava candies beside a wrapped piece

One kind of candy, six fruits

A Hongyuan hard candy is boiled sugar and glucose syrup with fruit flavor, citric acid and color. Guava belongs to the Classic Series. Lychee, peach, pineapple and green apple carry the name Dakeyi on the front, and each bag is printed in the color of its fruit. Tangerine peel is the odd one out: it borrows its taste from chenpi, the dried citrus peel used as a seasoning in Chinese cooking.

Guava is the strong one in the Hongyuan lineup. Ripe guava smells sweet and musky, and the candy keeps that note. Most buyers love it and a few do not.

Buy by the bag, count by the dish

Every flavor comes in the same 350 g bag with each piece wrapped on its own, so a bag can sit open in a dish for weeks. The guava bag sells alone and in packs of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 30. The price of one bag changes with the pack, and the biggest box is not always the cheapest way to fill the dish.

What one bag of guava candy costs in each pack

  • 1 bag$5.99 a bag$5.99 for the pack
  • 2 bags$5.00 a bag$9.99 for the pack
  • 3 bags$4.59 a bag$13.77 for the pack
  • 4 bags$4.99 a bag$19.97 for the pack
  • Case of 30 bags$4.97 a bag$148.99 for the pack
Get the Candy on Amazon

The cheapest bag sits in the 3 bags pack, not in the biggest box. Prices from 5 October 2026. All about the guava bag

What buyers say about Hongyuan candy

All reviews, flavor by flavor

4.7 out of 5 from 13,602 ratings of the guava bag

  • 5 out of 5

    Great candies

    Our local Japanese restaurant has these as free after dinner treats. Looked all over for them and finally found them here. These are the exact ones they serve and are delicious.

    TJ, United States, August 27, 2026 · verified purchase · 12.3 Ounce (Pack of 3)
    About Hongyuan Guava Hard Candy
  • 5 out of 5

    Fave

    Best little sized, hard candy. The same kind you get at an Asian buffet. Love the flavor, not tart, not too sweet. Just right and it's, again, little, so perfect for quick little treat and breath cleanse. Not suitable for kids in my opinion, could cause choking. Great value for you back for sure. The bag is much bigger than I expected and so many candies inside

    Anna B., United States, June 22, 2026 · verified purchase · 12.3 Ounce (Pack of 1)
    About Hongyuan Guava Hard Candy
  • 5 out of 5

    My husbands fav

    My husband loves these things and has been raving that we finally found "the good Chinese restaurant goodbye candy" so we will def be buying again lol

    Grimrose, United States, September 9, 2026 · verified purchase · 12.3 Ounce (Pack of 2)
    About Hongyuan Guava Hard Candy
  • 4 out of 5

    Id buy again

    4/5 because your breath is going to smell and your mouths gonna taste, *interesting*. Taste is good to me though, but not a commonly enjoyed taste. "Armpit" taste is what most people say the taste of it is. They are not exactly wrong but its more of a tropical and kiwi musk taste instead of armpit lol lasts long and has a slight refreshing feel to it.

    Sage, United States, September 7, 2026 · verified purchase · 12.3 Ounce (Pack of 1)
    About Hongyuan Guava Hard Candy
  • 3 out of 5

    Dakeyi vs Kasugai Lychee candies

    Great candy for the office candy jar. I decided to try this Dakeyi candy as the price was more reasonable compared to the Kasugai lychee candies. The taste is adequate, it will satisfy that craving for a sweet candy, but has a bit of a medicinal/dirt root taste that I personally don't care for. But its OK.

    CrazyCatQueen, United States, January 14, 2024 · verified purchase
    About Hongyuan Lychee Hard Candy
  • 1 out of 5

    Taste horrible

    Large bag. Individually wrapped. Taste horrible. They taste weird. Off? I have had lychee candy before that were fanatic. These taste like Lychee but are not a nice sweet. They didn't taste like regular candy. Extremely artificial tasting. Even the sweetness was artificial tasting. Leaves a weird taste in my mouth and makes everything I eat after taste weird. I had to spit it out. If you don't mind off tasting candy go for this. It was a lot of candy for 12$ if they had tasted even slightly good it would have been worth it. Sorry for the bad review.

    Nicole, Canada, June 26, 2026 · verified purchase
    About Hongyuan Lychee Hard Candy

Three decades of Hongyuan, by the record

Dates from the trademark registers and the company's own profile.

The full record
  1. 1994

    A candy factory opens and puts the name Hongyuan on its bags.

    Source: Company profile, read 5 October 2026
  2. 2006

    Hongyuan candy is first sold in the United States, by the date its producer later gave the U.S. trademark office.

    Source: USPTO, serial 85754374, read 5 October 2026
  3. 2009

    The two characters printed on every bag, 宏源, become a registered mark in the brand's home country.

    Source: USPTO, registration 7963986, read 5 October 2026
  4. 2013

    The company behind the brand takes the name it trades under today.

    Source: Company profile, read 5 October 2026
  5. 2025

    The U.S. trademark office registers the same two characters for sweets, Reg. No. 7963986.

    Source: USPTO, registration 7963986, read 5 October 2026

Hongyuan candy, three quick answers

What is the green candy served at Asian restaurants?

It is Hongyuan guava hard candy when the wrapper reads 宏源. Restaurants hand it out with the check, and the same candy sells in 350 g (12.3 oz) bags of wrapped pieces.

What do the characters on a Hongyuan wrapper say?

宏源 is the brand, Hongyuan, and 番石榴 means guava. The 350 g bag adds 果味糖, fruit-flavored candy, or 夹心糖 on some print runs.

Where can I buy Hongyuan candy?

The brand's store at our retail partner carries the guava bag in packs of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 30 bags, from $5.99. It also lists lychee, peach, pineapple, tangerine peel, the pineapple, guava & lychee trio and the pineapple, guava & green apple trio.