A melonpan (メロンパン meronpan) (also known as melon pan, melon bun or melon bread) is a type of sweet bun from Japan, that is also popular in Taiwan, China and Latin America.
They are made from an enriched dough covered in a thin layer of crisp
cookie dough. Their appearance resembles a melon, such as a rock melon (cantaloupe).
They are not traditionally melon flavored,[1]
but in recent times it has become popular for manufacturers to add
melon to melon bread.
Variations exist, including some with a few chocolate
chips between the cookie layer and the enriched dough layer, and
non-melon versions flavored with caramel, maple syrup, chocolate, or
other flavors, sometimes with syrup, whipped or flavored cream, or
custard as a filling.
In parts of the Kinki, Chuugoku, and Shikoku regions a variation with
a radiating line pattern is called "sunrise", and many residents of
these regions call even the cross-hatched melon pan "sunrise".[3]
Melonpan and pineapple bun from Hong Kong are very similar.
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