‘We Sweat Buckets’: Making Sugared Scallion Candy

Feb 08, 2022

For more than 100 years, the Xu family has been making sugared scallions. 

For more than 100 years, the Xu family has been making sugared scallions. They’re hand-pulled white sugar candies filled with holes that make them look like scallion stems. 
Here’s how the current family of five work together.

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This is the new episode of our series about established mom-and-pop eateries in China, candy edition. In the next episode, we visit a candy maker in Jiangxi who makes filled malt sugar candy that looks like a giant dumpling.

Family-owned business