A popular Chinese dessert has been trending lately called tanghulu, which is a fruit covered in a hardened sugar shell. Chinese Hawthorn berry was the original fruit used for this skewered fruit snack, and now people are trying it with all kinds of different fruit!
Tanghulu is basically candied fruit, dipped into a heated simple syrup, but is also then dipped quickly in an ice bath to harden the outer sugar shell.
Grapes make a great fruit to make into tanghulu because you can mix up the green tart grapes with the red sweeter grapes.
Eat as a dessert or a sugary snack!
Other fruit recipes you might like: fruit salsa, southern fried apples
Grape Tanghulu
A popular Chinese dessert called tanghulu, which is fruit covered in a hardened sugar shell, made with different colored grapes!
Ingredients
- 15 green grapes
- 15 red grapes
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- Ice bath
- Skewers
Instructions
- Thread the green and red grapes alternately onto the skewers.
- In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and water. Heat over medium heat until the sugar dissolves completely, approximately 5 minutes.
- Remove the saucepan from heat and allow the syrup to cool slightly.
- Dip the skewered grapes into the sugar syrup, ensuring they are evenly coated.
- Let the excess syrup drip off the skewers before proceeding.
- Prepare a large bowl filled with cold water and ice to create an ice bath.
- Carefully submerge the skewers in the ice bath to quickly chill the grapes with the sugar coating, leave in until sugar is hardened (about 1 minute).
- Present the chilled grape skewers for a delightful and sweet treat. Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1 skewerAmount Per Serving: Calories: 81Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 2mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 0gSugar: 20gProtein: 0g
Nutrition information is calculated automatically by an online tool at Nutritionix. It is not always accurate. Please use your own tools to check if you rely on this information.
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