Candy... as food?

My sister holding the bento... see her slippers?

Japanese candy is so inventive! Check out these kawaii bento I found at Don Quixote here in Hawai`i. They have colored konpeito (the little star candies) as rice, and specially shaped sugar candies as vegetables and meats to form a candy bento... there is even a candy ume (salty plum that traditionally goes on the rice). All in a lovely lacquered bento box (not really... its made of plastic!) Don't they make you want to eat some bento... or some candy... or both? Hee hee!