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Jinxi Lotus-Silk Candy 金溪藕丝糖
Jinxi Lotus-Silk Candy (金溪藕丝糖) is a hand-pulled sugar sweet from Jinxi county (金溪县) in Fuzhou (抚州), Jiangxi, made by drawing boiled malt sugar into fine white threads and wrapping them around a filling of sesame, soybean flour and osmanthus.
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Flaky Sesame Candy 芝麻酥糖
Flaky Sesame Candy (芝麻酥糖) is a hand-pulled sweet of white sesame and sugar from Binzhou (滨州), Shandong. Dazhong Net calls it a traditional Binzhou folk food and one of Shandong's well-known products.
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Xingyang Persimmon Sugar Mooncakes 荥阳霜糖月饼
Xingyang Persimmon Sugar Mooncakes (荥阳霜糖月饼) is listed among the local specialties of Zhengzhou, Henan. The term 糖 points to confectionery.
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Jiaochangying Glutinous Rice Balls 角场营元宵
Jiaochangying Glutinous Rice Balls (角场营元宵) are associated with Jiaochangying village (角场营村) in Xun County (浚县), Hebi (鹤壁).
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Shrimp-Shaped Rice Jelly Dessert 凉虾
Shrimp-Shaped Rice Jelly Dessert (凉虾) is a sweet, cool snack of Yichang (宜昌). Its little rice shapes have plump bodies and tapering ends that suggest shrimp. Served in liquid, they slip smoothly into the mouth.
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Xiaogan Sesame Crisp Candy 孝感麻糖
Xiaogan Sesame Crisp Candy (孝感麻糖) is a sesame sweet from Xiaogan (孝感) in Hubei. The Xiaogan Culture and Tourism Bureau describes it as sweet and fragrant with a crisp texture, and its making is on Hubei's provincial intangible cultural heritage list.
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Wuxue Flaky Sesame Candy 武穴酥糖
Wuxue Flaky Sesame Candy (武穴酥糖) is a crisp sweet of sesame, osmanthus and maltose from Wuxue (武穴) in Huanggang (黄冈), Hubei.
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Xianning Osmanthus Rice Cake 咸宁桂花糕
Xianning Osmanthus Rice Cake (咸宁桂花糕) is a cake made from glutinous rice flour, sugar and honeyed osmanthus blossom (蜜桂花) in Xian'an district (咸安区) of Xianning (咸宁), Hubei.
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Fenghuang Ginger Candy 凤凰姜糖
Fenghuang Ginger Candy (凤凰姜糖) is a crisp confection with sweetness and a ginger bite.
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Double-skin milk 双皮奶
The dessert is creamy, smooth and milk-forward, with delicate surface layers and restrained sweetness in a traditional version.
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Ginger milk pudding 姜撞奶
The pudding is soft and spoonable, with rich milk flavor and a pronounced fresh-ginger heat. It is fragile rather than gelatin-firm.
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Dinghu Spring-Water Tofu Pudding 鼎湖山水豆腐花
Dinghu Spring-Water Tofu Pudding (鼎湖山水豆腐花) is a soft tofu pudding (豆腐花) made with spring water from Dinghu Mountain (鼎湖山), in Dinghu District (鼎湖区) of Zhaoqing (肇庆), Guangdong.
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