Candied Watermelon Tanghulu Recipe

The making of watermelon tanghulu is amazing and fun. It’s so delicious and melts in your mouth like no other dessert.

• Servings: 3
• Calories: 120kcal
• Carbohydrates: 30g
• Proteins: 1g
• Fats: 1g

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Watermelon Tanghulu Recipe

Watermelon tanghulu recipe is amazing and full of fun. It melts in mouth like no other dessert.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time15 minutes mins

Total Time25 minutes mins

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Chinese

Materials

• 4 cups Watermelon cubes
• 2 cups Sugar
• 2 cups Water
• 1/4 cup Lemon Juice
• 1/2 tbsp. Black Salt

Instructions

• Cut watermelon into cubes and pat dry with the help of a kitchen towel
• Pierce each watermelon cube through the top with a toothpick or wooden skewer. Set aside
• Add sugar and water in a saucepan. Mix until well combined. Cook until sugar dissolves, bubble forms, and the mixture becomes golden
• Add lemon juice at this stage and insert a candy thermometer. Remember not to skip lemon juice as it prevents crystallization of sugar syrup, and you get a fine crunchy hard shell every time
• Heat until candy thermometer temperature reaches to 305F. It is hard to crack temperature-most suitable for perfect candy making.

Notes

• You can also cut watermelon in a triangular shape with peels.
• Refrigerate watermelon before coating it into caramel mixture. This step prevents syrup from sogging during the coating of fruit with sugar syrup.

What to Do If You Do Not Have A Candy Thermometer?

•  Take a bowl, pour chilled water.
• Add candy mixture with a spoon in chilled water. If it hardens immediately, then it’s is the right temperature for coating candy mixture with fruits.
• Quickly, dip watermelon cubes into the syrup carefully.
• Twist skewers to cover well the syrup to fruit.
• Drip off any excess sugar syrup.
• Place coated watermelon cubes into a parchment paper or silicone mat.
• Keep watermelon sticks at a distance to avoid sticking. Watermelon will harden in 3-5minutes.
• tanghulu is a quick-serve dessert; ensure to serve within 20 minutes for best results because it will liquefy with time.
• Its hard coating would remain crispy.

Best Variation of Candied Watermelon Tanghulu

1. Place the whole watermelon on parchment paper.
2. Pour prepared candy mixture onto a whole watermelon and leave until candy coating hardens. Serve immediately.

How to Use Leftover Candy Syrup

Making Yummy Lollipops

Pour the leftover syrup into a popsicle stick, freeze and eat like a lollipop.

Making Caramel Sauce

1. Reheat the candy mixture, add enough water to make its consistency thin.
2. Add 1 tablespoon butter,1/2 cup cream,1/4 teaspoon salt.

Your caramel sauce is ready. You can use this caramel topping for caramel crunch cake. Pour topping on the prepared cake, refrigerate for 15 minutes and then enjoy this simple yet delicious icing cake.

Easy Clean-Up Tips

Sometimes when you overcook the candy mixture, then it gets burned or hardened. You can easily wash your saucepan with these 2 tricks.

1. Pour some water into your saucepan and boil for 10-15 minutes on medium flame. The candy mixture would leave the pan’s bottom, and you can easily wash it with your dishwasher bar.
2. Pour hot water into your pan and leave for 1/2 hour. Hot water will dissolve the hardened or burnt. Your pan will clean perfectly. Wash as usual.

So, enjoy these innovative and mouthwatering recipes and appease your loved ones.

Happy eating!