Hi-Chew (ハイチュウ, Haichū) is a Japanese fruit chew sold by Morinaga & Company.

This soft chewy candy was first released in 1975. It was re-released in its current shape (a stick of several individually wrapped candies) in February 1996.

The origins of Hi-Chew began when Taichiro Morinaga sought to create an edible kind of chewing gum that could be swallowed because of the Japanese cultural taboo against taking food out of one's mouth. Morinaga already produced caramel. By combining his chewy caramel with flavoring, Morinaga was able to create his new candy called Chewlets in 1931.

Hi-Chew candies are individually wrapped in logo-stamped foil or plain white wax paper (depending on the localization). Each individual candy piece consists of an outer white coating (this is the same for most flavors) and a colored, flavored interior. The exceptions to this rule are the Strawberry Cheesecake, Yogurt, and Cotton Candy, Sweet and Sour Mix, and Superfruit Mix flavors, which have an outer colored coating with a white, flavored inside, whereas the Cola flavored Hi-Chews are brown colored.

Hi-Chew's ingredients include: Glucose syrup, Sugar, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Gelatin, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Strawberry juice from concentrate, DL-Malic Acid, Citric Acid, Emulsifiers, Sodium lactate Solution, and Natural colors (Beta-Carotene, Carmine). Hi-Chew is not kosher, halal, or vegetarian. Hi-Chew may contain soybeans. Product could also be processed in facilities with dairy products.

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