Sweet Recipes

A sweet, chewy, golden-orange pan-fried dessert. Made by blending steamed kabocha squash with glutinous rice flour, stuffed with red bean paste, and coated in sesame seeds.

A refreshing, translucent, golden-brown dim sum dessert cake. It boasts a perfectly bouncy, slightly chewy texture (thanks to water chestnut flour) loaded with crunchy bits of fresh water chestnut.

A visually spectacular, jewel-like dome of sweet, sticky glutinous rice, encasing a core of red bean paste, and heavily studded with eight 'treasures' of candied fruits, dates, and nuts.

One of the easiest and most universally beloved Chinese desserts. Chewy, translucent sago pearls swimming in a rich, sweetened bath of pure coconut and evaporated milk.

The ultimate Chinese New Year dessert. A dense, sticky, deeply caramelized cake made from glutinous rice flour and brown slab sugar. Served freshly steamed, or chilled and pan-fried with egg.

The essential dessert of the Lantern Festival. Soft, chewy, perfectly round dumplings made from glutinous rice flour, oozing with a hot, liquid black sesame filling, served in a sweet ginger broth.

A famous Shunde dessert that seems like magic. A solid block of sweetened milk is cut into rectangles, coated in a light batter, and deep-fried, resulting in a crispy shell with a hot, melting, creamy interior.

An elegant, translucent, wobbly dessert. Crystal clear agar or gelatin suspended with beautiful, fragrant yellow osmanthus flowers and sweet goji berries, offering a delicate floral flavor.

A traditional Manchu snack that became wildly popular across China. Fluffy strands of fried egg batter bound together by a sticky, sweet maltose syrup into a soft, chewy block.

The classic bakery treat often gifted during Chinese New Year. A crumbly, sandy, incredibly buttery cookie infused with almond extract and topped with a single whole almond.

A classic, comforting steamed bun. The dough is stark white, incredibly soft and fluffy, encasing a generous center of sweet, rich red bean paste.

The most iconic Hong Kong bakery bun. A pillowy soft, slightly sweet bread topped with a crumbly, cookie-like crust that resembles the exterior of a pineapple. Contains no actual pineapple.