Gyuhi candy - Gyuhi candy

Japanese: 求肥あめ - ぎゅうひあめ

...White candy is dyed in various colors and arranged to form eyes, mouths, noses, eyebrows, etc., which are then firmly pressed together and stretched out into a long shape. Processed candy is made by adding sugar, starch, etc. to starch syrup, and there are many types such as gyuhi candy, okinawa candy, and yūhei candy. Gyuhi candy is made by adding starch such as shiratama flour and sugar to starch syrup and kneading it, and the types known from Kumamoto in Higo and Edo are...

From [Kyuhi]

… Egg whites, white bean paste, and potato starch are also added to make setpei. The same ingredients are mixed in a 1:2:2 ratio with more starch syrup added to make gyuhi candy, and this is what Okina candy and Chosen candy are made of. It is said to have been named after its resemblance to tanned cowhide, and was originally written as ushi or ushi, but later the characters gyuhi were used. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kyuhi Ame" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…白あめを色とりどりに染めて目，口，鼻，眉毛などにして組み合わせ，かたく密着させて長く引きのばしたものである。加工あめは水あめに砂糖，デンプンなどを加えるもので，求肥（ぎゆうひ）あめ，翁あめ，有平糖その他種類が多い。求肥あめは白玉粉などのデンプンや砂糖などを水あめに加えて練りあげるもので，肥後の熊本や江戸のものが知られた。…