PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a candy having no discomfort roughness, making a moist feel with thickness in the mouth and a manufacturing method thereof.SOLUTION: Thickening polysaccharides and granulated sugar are mixed with each other and pulverized into powder having an average particle diameter of 20 μm or less by a jet mill. Without being dissolved in water, the powder is directly blended with a hard candy. Consequently, the powder is present in a scattered powdery state or in a layered powdery state in the internal part or in the surface layer part of a final product.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT