Sweets & desserts 甜点糖果

Chongqing small sweet rice dumplings 山城小汤圆

The main pleasure is the tender, slightly elastic wrapper against a sweet interior. Smaller pieces give a different balance of wrapper and filling from large dessert tangyuan, and they cool more quickly on a spoon.

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Shrimp-Shaped Rice Jelly Dessert 凉虾

Shrimp-Shaped Rice Jelly Dessert (凉虾), also called rice cold shrimp (米凉虾), is a chilled summer sweet made from rice paste.

Bingfen jelly with brown-sugar syrup 冰粉

Bingfen jelly with brown-sugar syrup (冰粉) is a clear, cold jelly dessert from Southwest China that people in Chongqing (重庆) eat through the summer.

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Lard-Fried Sweet Fermented Rice 油醪糟

Lard-Fried Sweet Fermented Rice (油醪糟) is fermented glutinous rice fried in lard with nuts and candied fruit.

Jiangjin Puffed Rice Candy 江津米花糖

Jiangjin Puffed Rice Candy (江津米花糖) is a crisp confection of puffed glutinous rice, sugar and nuts made in Jiangjin District (江津区), Chongqing, where the Chongqing Local Chronicles Office (重庆市地方志办公室) dates it to 1910.

Yongchuan Osmanthus Cake 永川桂花糕

Yongchuan Osmanthus Cake (永川桂花糕) is listed among the local specialties of Yongchuan District, Chongqing. The term 糕 points to cakes.

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Mountain City Sweet Rice Dumplings 山城汤圆

Mountain City Sweet Rice Dumplings (山城汤圆) are small glutinous-rice balls with a sweet sesame filling, made in Chongqing's Yuzhong (渝中) district by the Yu family, whose "Yuji Shancheng Xiao Tangyuan" (余记山城小汤圆) craft is on Chongqing's municipal intangible heritage list.

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Kaizhou Ice-Thin Mooncakes 开州冰薄月饼

Kaizhou Ice-Thin Mooncakes (开州冰薄月饼) are crisp, sesame-covered mooncakes from Kaizhou District (开州区) in Chongqing, described by the Chongqing Daily as an intangible-heritage food (非遗美食) of the district and made in quantity as the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches.

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Sugar-oil rice balls 糖油果子

The outside is crisp and sticky-sweet, while the inside is elastic and chewy; toasted sesame adds fragrance against the sugar coating.

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Three Cannon rice cakes 三大炮

The cakes are chewy and soft, with nutty soybean fragrance and deep sugar sweetness. Three pieces make a compact but substantial sweet.

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Lai tangyuan 赖汤圆

The wrapper is soft and elastic, surrounding a hot, fragrant center that can flow when bitten. Plain cooking liquid lets the filling remain the focus.

Bingfen jelly with brown-sugar syrup 冰粉

Bingfen jelly with brown-sugar syrup (冰粉) is a cool, soft, springy jelly set from plant seeds and eaten mostly sweet.

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