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Chinese Dessert & Snack Recipes

In Chinese culture, dessert is an occasional exuberance, but snacks are an everyday part of culture. And if you are looking for traditional options, this is the category for you.

This is a collection of traditional and modern Chinese sweet treats and savory snacks. From Mooncakes, Mango Pancakes to Custard Buns, they are appealing both on the palate and to your eyes.

 

baked rice caked with dates held by hand.

Baked Rice Cake with Dates

Chinese almond cookies.

Chinese Almond Cookies (ๆไป้…ฅ)

6 sesame balls in a small basket.

Sesame Balls (Jian Dui/็…Žๅ †)

six red bean popsicles on a tray.

Red Bean Popsicles (็บข่ฑ†ๅ†ฐๆฃ)

Four glutinous rice balls in a bowl

Tang Yuan, Chinese glutinous rice balls (ๆฑคๅœ†)

A bowl of sweet red bean soup with a spoon.

Sweet Red Bean Soup (็บข่ฑ†ๆฑค)

Black sesame paste in a bowl.

Black Sesame Paste (้ป‘่Š้บป้ฆ…)

A baked cantonese mooncake.

Mooncakes, a Classic Recipe (ๅนฟๅผๆœˆ้ฅผ)

white and green Snow Skin Mooncakes on a dusted surface.

Snow Skin Mooncakes (ๅ†ฐ็šฎๆœˆ้ฅผ)

A whole Chinese New Year cake

Nian Gao (Chinese New Year Rice Cake, ๅนด็ณ•)

A Chinese steamed custard bun

Steamed Custard Buns (Nai Wong Bao, ๅฅถ้ป„ๅŒ…)

Three glasses of bubble tea: classic, brown sugar and matcha

Bubble Tea Three Ways (Boba Tea, ็็ ๅฅถ่Œถ)

Chinese eight treasure rice pudding

Eight Treasure Rice Pudding (Ba Bao Fan, ๅ…ซๅฎ้ฅญ)

Smooth, fine red bean paste

Red Bean Paste in Two Ways (็บข่ฑ†ๆฒ™)

An open red bean bun

Red Bean Buns (Dou Sha Bao, ่ฑ†ๆฒ™ๅŒ…)

pumpkin mochi cakes in a steamer

Pumpkin Mochi with Red Bean Paste (็บข่ฑ†ๅ—็“œ้ฅผ)

Sweet lotus root with sticky rice

Sweet lotus root with sticky rice (็ณฏ็ฑณ่—•)

Two sticky rice cakes

Sichuan leaf-wrapped sticky rice cakes (Yeโ€™er Ba, ๅถๅ„ฟ็ฒ‘)

Honey pouring over a sticky rice dumpling

Zongzi: Chinese sticky rice dumpling (็ฒฝๅญ)

fortune cookies with sesame rims

Homemade fortune cookies (็ญพ่ฏญ้ฅผ)

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