The sugar syrup used for tanghulu is clear in color, not cloudy or brown. To achieve that clear stage, make sure your sugar reaches a temperature of about 300 to 310 degrees Fahrenheit.

Once upon a time, as early as the Song Dynasty, tanghulu was a sweet street food that hawkers of ancient China sold to ...

Tanghulu is a skewer of ripe fruit, covered with a thin, clear sugar shell. These sweet and pretty candied fruit skewers are on the list of viral foods on social media. Add one piece of strawberry, ...

The shop has yet to open, but its main offering will be the Chinese candy tanghulu. For fans of the sticky sweet sugar kabobs, literally melted sugar coating skewers of fruit, this is great news.