This fruit tart glaze is so easy to make and is the best way to get your fruit tart or other tasty dessert to shine!

Have you ever admired the super-shiny fruit tarts you see at the supermarket bake shop? Nestled like colorful jewels in the bakery case among the plainer sugar cookies and lemon squares, they stand out like royalty at a peasants' ball. How do they make those strawberries and blackberries and raspberries SO shiny? Well, supermarket bakeries often use a clear, gel-based spray or liquid coating to glaze berries. Easily applied, it sets up quickly and holds well, often for days.

Glazed strawberries are fresh berries coated with a shiny candy shell. They make a gorgeous addition to a fruit platter, fruit tart, or berry cake.

Tanghulu, sometimes called “bing tanghulu,” is a candied fruit snack originally made by skewering red hawthorn berries, dipping in sugar syrup, and letting the shell harden. Tanghulu is now made with all kinds of fruits like strawberries, mandarin oranges, grapes, and even cherry tomatoes. Though it’s having a moment around the world right now, tanghulu goes back hundreds of years to northern China.

Tanghulu is easy to make using almost any fruit you like! Skewered fruit dipped in an easy sugar syrup, giving you a crunchy, fruity snack!

This easy tanghulu recipe allows you to make the most delicious candied fruits at home in no time.

Prep Time: 30 minutesCook Time: 10 minutesCourse: DessertCuisine: ChineseServings: 4Equipment:Pot for boilingChopsticks, spoon, or thermometer to check syrup readinessBamboo skewers for the fruitsMeasuring cup or kitchen scale for ingredientsTray lined with parchment paper

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STRAWBERRY TANGHULU or Candied Strawberries are skewered strawberries dipped in a clear hardened crisp sugar coating.

3 Ingredient Tanghulu, Chinese street food, is hard candied fruit served on a bamboo skewer. Use any fruit, but strawberry tanghulu is a crowd favorite. Easy to make, this easy treat is with sugar and water, without corn syrup.