Katjes
German, and one of the few makers whose shapes are the reason people buy them.
What Katjes is
A German maker with a long habit of putting its candy in shapes nobody else bothers with. Astro Queen of Stars is the one we carry — a star-shaped piece that is softer than a gummy and firmer than foam, and sits in a texture gap most makers skip entirely.
German, not Swedish
We are not going to file this under Swedish candy, because it is not. The Swedish-made shelf is at Swedish candy. It is here for the same reason the German and British sweets are: a Swedish pick & mix wall has never been only Swedish, and pretending otherwise would make every other claim on this site worth less.
One line, for now
This shelf is small on purpose rather than by accident — we stock what we have tried and what sells, and the range grows when there is a reason for it to. If there is a Katjes line you want and cannot find here, tell us; a request from a real customer is the most useful stock signal we get.
What to pair it with
It sits well beside the softer Swedish foam — Ahlgrens Bilar or a ready-made mix — where the shape gives you something visually different in the same bag.