Soot Sprites {Susuwatari} & Kompeitō

Susuwatari (Japanese ススワタリ; "wandering soot"), also called Makkuro kurosuke (真っ黒黒助; "pitch-black assistant"), is the name of a fictitious yōkai which was devised by Hayao Miyazaki, drawn by Ghibli studios and known from the famous anime-productions My Neighbor Totoro andSpirited Away where, in the former, they are identified as "black soots" in early subtitles and "soot sprites"  

Konpeitō (金平糖, コンペイトー?), also spelled kompeitō, is a Japanese candy. 

  

"If soot sprites aren't given a job to do...then they turn back into soot"