Typical examples of Wasanbon sweet cakes include the following: one called 'Uchimono,' which is made with a similar recipe to that of Rakugan (a hard, dainty sweet made of soybeans and rice flour mixed with sugar); one made by wrapping a pair of hemispherical Wasanbon sweet cakes in Japanese paper and giving it a twist so that it looks like a shuttlecock used in a Japanese game called Hanetsuki (similar to battledore and shuttlecock); and one that can be carried around in your pocket once it has been wrapped in pocket paper.
代表的なものとしては落雁と似た製法による打ちもの、半球状に押し固めた二つ一組を和紙に包んでひねり羽根つきの羽根に似せたもの、懐紙に包んで懐に入れて持ち歩けるものがある。