Tanghulu Tree

Traditional Chinese fruity candy - tanghulu. You can easily make it at home!

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Step 1

Wash and dry fruits completely*. Once dried, skewer every fruit with a toothpick.

Step 2

Add 2 cups of sugar and 1 cup of water into a saucepan. Boil the syrup over medium heat for about 50 minutes.

Step 3

Do an iced water test* (see notes below) to see if the syrup has reached the proper status.

Step 4

Once the desired status has reached, turn heat to "low", so that the syrup won't turn hard as we coat the fruits.

Step 5

Dip a fruit into the syrup and spin the toothpick gently to cover the fruit completely. Lift the fruit, spin the toothpick gently above the saucepan to allow excess syrup to drip off.

Step 6

Put a parchment paper over a baking pan. Place the sugar coated fruit on the parchment paper. Set aside to cool.

Step 7

Connect a carrot on the top of an apple with some toothpicks to make a "tree" base.

Step 8

Place toothpicks with sugared fruits into the “tree”. Fill in the gaps with broccoli or other decorations.

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