I bought this lollipop for two reasons. First of all it looked really cool, probably one of the best representations of dragon fruit that I’ve ever seen in candy form. The second reason I bought it is because I’ve never really seen that many representations of dragon fruit in any candy form before. It makes sense that not many companies are making dragon fruit candies. First of all it’s not the most common of fruits in many parts of the world. I think I’ve seen most, if not all of the dragon fruits in my life in South East Asia. The other more important reason many candy companies don’t seem to attempt dragon fruit candies is that the fruit itself is fairly flavourless.

If I was to list the good features of a dragon fruit, flavour would probably rank 4th or 5th on the list. It’s not that it tastes bad, it’s just a super subtle flavour. When you turn a fruit into a candy, flavour is one of the most important things you can copy, and if the thing you’re trying to copy has almost no flavour it’s really complicated. Honestly, if this candy didn’t look the way it did, I probably wouldn’t have guessed that it was dragon fruit flavoured. I’d describe this flavour as fruity, but not really any particular fruit that you can pinpoint. The flavour of this lollipop is subtle, but not nearly as subtle as a real dragon fruit.

The thing about dragon fruit is the texture and sweetness are really the key features. This lollipop is much sweeter than a real dragon fruit, and as you would imagine much harder too (dragon fruit is super soft). Unfortunately I would probably say that this is more of a gimmick treat, in that the only way it’s like a real dragon fruit is the look.

As a side note, if you’re wondering how they got the black spots in the middle section of this lollipop, they used sesame seeds. It’s kind of a clever idea and there’s so few of the seeds that it didn’t affect the flavour at all.