List of Chinese desserts

Chinese desserts are sweet foods and dishes that are served with tea, along with meals, or at the end of meals in Chinese cuisine. The desserts encompass a wide variety of ingredients commonly used in East Asian cuisines such as powdered or whole glutinous rice, sweet bean pastes, and agar. Due to the many Chinese cultures and the long history of China, there are a great variety of desserts of many forms.

Chinese desserts

A

Xingren doufu 杏仁豆腐 -- a curdled dessert often translated as "almond tofu", despite actually being made from apricot kernel milk.

Aiwowo 艾窝窝 -- small, round glutinous rice dumplings filled with sugar and various nuts.

B

Banana roll 香蕉糕 -- nugget-sized glutinous rice cakes with the fragrance of banana oil 拔丝地瓜 -- sweet potato chunks stir-fried in pan with sugar until having a stretchy coating.
Black sesame roll 芝麻卷
Black sesame soup 黑芝麻糊 -- sweet, creamy soup made from powdered black sesame, usually served hotBingfen 冰粉 -- clear jellies made from the seeds of Nicandra physalodes, usually served cold with brown sugar syrup and other toppings
Bubble tea 珍珠奶茶 -- a tea-based beverage with tapioca pearls.

C

Chao hong guo 炒红果 -- whole hawthorn fruits braised in sugar.

Ching bo leung 清补凉 -- cold, coconut-based tongsui with various toppings, common in tropical provinces
Chongyang cake -- rice cakes consumed on Chongyang Day, an autumn holiday with traditions of paying respects to elders and ancestors
Ciba 糍粑 -- rice cakes made by mashing steamed glutinous rice common in southwestern China, with many variations
Coconut bar 椰汁糕 -- cold curds of coconut milk
Crystal cake 水晶饼 -- baked, flaky pastries with fillings primarily made from sugar and lard

D

Douhua 豆花 -- sweet bean curd

Dragon's beard candy 龙须糖
Double skin milk 双皮奶 -- steamed milk pudding.

E

Ear-hole fried cake 耳朵眼炸糕 -- fried millet rice cakes with red bean paste fillings; named after the shallow alley it originated in.
Egg custard tart 蛋挞
Egg tong sui 蛋花糖水 -- sweet egg drop soup.
Egg Waffles 鸡蛋仔 -- hand-held hot cakes with egg-shaped surface impressions

F

Fried ice cream 炸冰淇淋 -- quickly deep-fried breaded scoops of ice cream with warm, crispy shells around the still-cold ice cream
Fried milk 炸鲜奶

G

Ginger milk curd 姜撞奶 - a Cantonese steamed dessert; ginger juice is used to curdle the sweetened milk
Grass jelly 仙草
Guilinggao 龟苓膏 -- herbal jellies that traditionally contains turtle shell, served either hot or cold

H

海棠糕 -- pan-fried hot cakes with one side caramelized; commonly a street snack

Hasma 雪蛤Hup toh soh 核桃酥 -- chinese walnut cookies

J

Jiuniang 酒酿 -- fermented sweet rice that is slightly alcoholic; can be eaten on its own or used as a ingredient of other desserts JingBaJian 京八件 -- a series of eight Chinese desserts originated in the imperial kitchen of the Qing dynasty Jian dui / sesame balls 煎堆 -- fried glutinous rice balls with sweet fillings, covered with sesame seed

K

Kai kou xiao 开口笑 -- crunchy deep-fried dough nuggets

L

' 凉糕 -- glutinous rice cakes served cold, sometimes with various sweet toppings

' 凉虾 -- tiny rice jellies in sweet soup, visually resembling tiny shrimps, common as a street food in southwestern ChinaLigao Tang 梨膏糖
Lotus seed bun 莲蓉包 -- a steamed bao filled with sweet lotus seed pasteLüdagun 驴打滚 -- a traditional Manchu treat, essentially glutinous rice rolls with red bean paste fillings, covered in roasted soybean flour； name literally translates to "rolling donkey".

M

Mahua 麻花 -- braided fried dough

Mango pomelo sago 杨枝甘露 -- a mango-puree-based tongsui with sago, pomelo pulp, and coconut milk
Mango pudding 芒果布丁
Malay sponge cake 马拉糕Mi san dao 蜜三刀 -- syrup-infused fried dough, characterized by the three cuts on each nugget
Mooncake 月饼 -- a class of pastries with various fillings consumed on Mid-Autumn Festival.

N

Nai lao 酥酪 -- yogurt-like milk curd with soft tofu-like texture, traditionally fermented with glutinous rice wine.' 奶黄包 -- Cantonese steamed custard buns.

' 粘豆包 -- north-eastern style steamed dumplings with glutinous skin and very subtly sweet red bean paste fillings, commonly dipped in granulated sugar before eatenNian gao 年糕 -- a class of glutinous rice cakes.Nuomici 糯米糍 -- glutinous rice flour dumplings with sweet fillings, similar to daifuku in Japan but commonly covered with coconut flakes.

O

Osmanthus cake 桂花糕 -- glutinous rice cakes with osmanthus-infused syrup.

P

Put chai ko 钵仔糕 -- steamed rice cakes in small bowls

Pineapple bun 菠萝包 -- a no-filling bun characterized by a crispy, cookie-like top, visually resembling pineapple

Q

Qingtuan 青团 -- a class of steamed glutinous rice flour dumpling, traditionally consumed around Qingming Festival each spring in south-eastern China. The skin is rendered green by the juice of spring-season herbs.

R

Red bean cake 红豆糕
Red bean soup 紅豆湯
Red tortoise cake 紅龜粿 -- red-colored glutinous rice cakes, shaped in moulds with tortoise shell carvings 八宝饭 -- glutinous rice steamed with eight kinds of toppings, including various candied fruits and legumes
Red bean bun 豆沙包

S

Sachima 萨其马/沙琪玛 -- Manchurian dough fritter heavily infused with syrup.

Sago pudding 西米布甸Sai mai lou 西米捞 -- a cold tongsui with sago as the main ingredient, typically with a coconut-milk-based sweet soup and various sweet toppings.Shanzhagao 山楂糕 -- tangy cubes of curd made from hawthorns puree. 水晶包 -- steamed buns with sweet fillings and clear-colored wheat starch wrappings
Song gao 松糕 -- spongy rice flour cakes, typically with red beans
Sugar painting 糖画
Sweet potato soup 番薯糖水 -- a tongsui with sweet potatoes as the main ingredient
Sweetheart cake 老婆饼 -- a Cantonese pastry with flaky skin, commonly filled with winter melon paste mixed with glutinous rice flour and sugar; variations of filling also common

T

Tanghulu 糖葫芦 -- a skewer of fresh fruits coated with melted sugar and chilled, originated in northern China' 糖藕 -- steamed lotus roots filled with glutinous rice, chilled and served in osmanthus syrup

' 糖三角 -- steamed triangular buns with hot, melted brown sugar fillings Tangyuan 汤圆 -- soup-based boiled glutinous rice balls; common sweet fillings include black sesame and red bean paste
Taro ball 芋圆 -- chewy balls made from taro and flour, typically served with shaved ice other sweet toppings.
Taro purée 芋泥' 条头糕 -- Shanghainese glutinous rice cake rolls with red bean paste fillings.
' 糖不甩 -- Cantonese glutinous rice balls with crushed peanuts, seasame, and brown sugar
Tong sui 糖水 -- a class of soup/liquid-based desserts that are served either cold or hot

W

豌豆黄 -- cubes of starchy, subtly sweet curd made from dried yellow peas Water chestnut cake 马蹄糕 -- a sweet, flat-cube-shaped dim sum primarily made from flour and chunks of Chinese water chestnut.

White sugar sponge cake 白糖糕 -- a Cantonese spongy, subtly sweet rice cake

X

Xi gua lao 西瓜酪 -- thickened watermelon juice

' 鲜花饼 -- baked flaky pastries with candied rose petal fillings
' 杏仁茶 -- a thickened starchy sweet soup with almond-like fragrance and various sweet toppings or a sweet beverage made from apricot kernel milk 雪绵豆沙 -- red bean paste wrapped in whipped egg whites and deep-fried

Y

乳扇 -- a Bai treat with variants being a dessert; dairy sheets made by drying milk

Z

猪儿粑 -- Sichuanese steamed rice dumplings with fillings, wrapped in leaves of banana, shell ginger, or palm grass. Zigong yanwosi 自贡燕窝丝 - "Zigong bird's nest cake" - a steamed bun made of shredded dough, from Zigong. Similar to the huajuan. Created in Zigong in 1965.

Zongzi 粽子 -- a class of steamed glutinous rice treat wrapped in leaves, usually in a conical shape and traditionally consumed on Dragon Boat Festival