Description
Tanghulu, a popular Chinese street food, features a delightful combination of fresh fruit coated in a crunchy, sweet candy shell. This recipe shows you how to create these irresistible sugar-coated fruit skewers at home.
Ingredients
Scale
Syrup:
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar or lemon juice
Fruit:
- 15–20 pieces of fresh fruit (such as strawberries, grapes, hawthorn, mandarin segments, blueberries)
- Bamboo skewers or toothpicks
- Ice water (for testing syrup)
Instructions
- Prepare Fruit: Wash and thoroughly dry all fruit. Skewer fruit onto bamboo sticks in sets of 2–3 pieces, and set aside on parchment-lined tray.
- Make Syrup: In a saucepan, combine sugar, water, and vinegar or lemon juice. Boil undisturbed until it reaches hard crack stage (300°F).
- Coat Fruit: Dip each fruit skewer into the syrup, let excess drip off, then place on tray to harden.
Notes
- Use dry, firm fruits for best results.
- Avoid overcooking syrup to prevent bitterness.
- Best eaten the same day for a crisp candy shell.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Snack
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 skewer
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 0mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
