Raw or roasted kushi-dango with sweet-and-salty sauce clinging to it, made from soybean sauce, sugar, and starch powder, is called mitarashi-dango (Mitarai's skewered dumplings) and raw or roasted kushi-dango is also eaten with sweet bean paste with bean skins or with filtered sweet bean paste, made from red beans or green soybeans, clinging to it.
生のまま又は焼いたものに醤油・砂糖・片栗粉で作った甘辛いタレを搦めたみたらし団子（御手洗串団子）や小豆・枝豆などのつぶ餡や漉し餡を付けて食べる。