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|description=Niupi Candy (Simplified Chinese: 牛皮糖; Traditional Chinese: 牛皮糖; Pinyin: Niúpí táng;) is one of the traditional snacks of Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province. It is known as “a unique specialty in Yangzhou”.
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| alternate_name = 牛皮糖; ox-hide candy; Yangzhou niupi tang
| alternate_name = 牛皮糖
| pinyin = Niúpí táng
| pinyin = Niupi Candy
| country = China
| country = China
| region = Jiangsu
| region = Jiangsu (Yangzhou specialty; also made elsewhere in Jiangnan)
| national_cuisine = No
| type = Chewy sesame soft candy
| year = Unknown
| course = Snack / candy
| type = Sweet and soft
| other = Sesame-coated translucent soft candy; related to Chinese Sesame Soft Candy
| course = Candy
| main_ingredient = Sesame seeds, Flour
| minor_ingredient = Maltose
| similar_dish = [[Chinese Sesame Soft Candy]]
| other = Cooking time: 20 Minutes
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== Introduction ==
'''Niupi Candy''' (Simplified Chinese: 牛皮糖; Traditional Chinese: 牛皮糖; Pinyin: ''Niúpí táng''), literally "ox-hide candy," is a chewy Chinese soft candy best known as a Yangzhou (Jiangsu) specialty. Pieces are typically coated in toasted sesame, show a brown translucent cut face, and are meant to be elastic and fragrant without sticking heavily to the teeth—hence the ox-hide nickname for the long, resilient chew.<ref name="foodsci">[https://www.spkx.net.cn/CN/Y1992/V13/I5/27 Soft food-science note on Yangzhou sesame niupi candy craft (checklist)]</ref><ref name="tesegu">[https://m.tesegu.com/techan/1763.html Soft Yangzhou specialty overview for niupi candy (checklist)]</ref>
 
Niupi Candy (Simplified Chinese: 牛皮糖; Traditional Chinese: 牛皮糖; Pinyin: Niúpí táng;) is one of the traditional snacks of Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province. It is known as “a unique specialty in Yangzhou”. The taste of Niupi Candy is sweet, the outer layer of sesame is even, the cut surface is brown and bright, and it is translucent, elastic, fragrant, chewy and non-tooth-sticking, and has a good reputation both at home and abroad. Niupi Candy is made from white sugar, white sesame, starch, peanuts, etc., and has various flavors such as peanut niupi candy, pine nuts niupi candy, original taste niupi candy, strawberry niupi candy, hawthorn niupi candy, orange niupi candy, etc.
 
[[File:Niupi Candy.jpg|frameless|center|Niupi Candy]]
 
== Taste ==
 
Sweet and soft.


[[File:Niupi Candy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Niupi Candy]]


== Characteristics ==
== Characteristics ==


Niupi Candy is golden translucent, elastic, sticky and not hardened
Soft sensory map: sweet maltose–sugar paste, sesame aroma, slight peanut or nut oil in some formulas, and a chew that springs rather than shatters. Soft appearance cue: even sesame exterior; amber-to-brown glossy interior when cut. Soft quality talk in local writing praises elasticity, toughness, and softness together—and the claim that a good piece "does not stick to teeth." Soft flavor map: plain sesame, peanut, pine nut, osmanthus, and many fruit-flavored retail versions. Soft contrast: packaged niupi can be softer in summer and firmer in winter; makers treat temperature stability as a craft problem.<ref name="foodbk">[https://www.foodbk.com/wiki/牛皮糖 Soft food encyclopedia notes on niupi candy (checklist)]</ref>
 
 
== In Chinese(Pronunciation) ==
 
Simplified Chinese: 牛皮糖;  
 
Traditional Chinese: 牛皮糖;
 
Pinyin: Niúpí táng;
 
 
== In English ==
 
Pure Handmade White Sesame Niupi Candy;
 
Niupi Candy;
 
 
== Nutrition ==
 
Calories (kcal) 251.10 (Per 100 grams)
 
Carbohydrate (g) 53.32(Per 100 grams)
 
Fat (g) 3.10 (Per 100 grams)
 
Protein (g) 2.24 (Per 100 grams)
 
Cellulose (g) 0.51 (Per 100 grams)
 
 
== Calories ==
 
Niupi Candy (牛皮糖) is estimated to be 250 kcal per 100 grams of calories.


This page does '''not''' provide a recipe, nutrition table, or medical claims.


== Types ==
== Relation to Chinese Sesame Soft Candy ==


[[Chinese Sesame Soft Candy]] (芝麻软糖) is a broader sesame soft-candy family often associated with Guangdong / Chaoshan styles (strips or slabs, cream or translucent look). Soft retail naming sometimes blurs "niupi" and "sesame soft candy" on packaging. Encyclopedic distinction used here: '''Niupi Candy''' highlights the Yangzhou / Jiangnan ox-hide chew specialty and brown translucent cut; '''Chinese Sesame Soft Candy''' covers the wider Guangdong-leaning sesame soft-candy category. Both are sesame-forward chewy sweets; they are cousins, not identical lemmas.<ref name="tesegu" />


Pine nuts niupi candy 松子牛皮糖
== History and culture ==


Soft Qing cue: local specialty writing places Yangzhou niupi candy in the Qianlong–Jiaqing leisure culture of a salt-and-canal boom city, when snack shops catered to merchants and literati; soft boast phrases call it "a Yangzhou unique." Soft interruption lore: nineteenth–twentieth-century warfare is said to have interrupted workshop transmission; soft factory narratives claim 1970s technicians and sugar masters reconstructed older methods—treat revival stories as soft industrial memory, not a single hard invention date.<ref name="tesegu" /><ref name="sina">[https://news.sina.com.cn/s/2005-04-18/23066423083.shtml Soft Sina specialty note on Yangzhou niupi candy (checklist)]</ref> Soft peer map: Huzhou and other Jiangnan confectioners also sell niupi-style candies (soft Zhenyuantong association in popular notes), so Yangzhou fame does not mean exclusive production.<ref name="foodbk" /> Soft everyday role: gift boxes, tea snacks, and travel souvenirs rather than a banquet centerpiece. Soft peer sweets on this wiki: [[Chinese Sesame Soft Candy]], [[White Rabbit Candy]], [[Mahua]], [[Sesame Ball]], [[Chinese Candy]].


Peanut niupi candy 花生牛皮糖
== Ingredients (overview) ==


Typical overview (formulas vary): sugar, maltose/syrup, starch or flour paste, sesame, sometimes peanuts or other nuts, and flavorings such as osmanthus. Soft traditional notes also mention fat for mouthfeel. Overview only—not a recipe and not a nutrition guide.<ref name="foodsci" /><ref name="foodbk" />


Lemon flavored niupi candy 柠檬味牛皮糖
== Serving and variations ==


Cut into strips or cubes; eaten as a tea snack or travel sweet. Soft retail map: peanut, pine-nut, strawberry, hawthorn, citrus, and mint-style flavors appear in modern boxes. Soft storage cue: keep sealed against humidity so sesame stays crisp and the paste does not weep. Soft encyclopedic limit: no shop advertising, no calorie tables, no step-by-step home candy instructions.


Mint flavored niupi candy 薄荷味牛皮糖
[[File:Niupi Candy Types.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Soft illustrative assortment of niupi candy flavor styles]]
 
 
Green apple niupi candy 青苹果牛皮糖
 
 
Strawberry niupi candy 草莓牛皮糖
 
 
Hawthorn niupi candy 山楂牛皮糖
 
[[File:Niupi Candy Types.jpg|frameless|center|Niupi Candy Types]]
 
 
== Ingredients ==
 
Maltose 150g
 
Sesame seeds 15 g
 
Flour 50g
 
Water 180g
 
Corn oil 20g
 
White sugar 80g
 
 
== Recipe ==
 
 
The processing method of Niupi Candy:
 
 
Stir the flour into a paste while adding water, and be careful not to have dough balls.
 
 
Melt and mix the white sugar and corn oil in a non-stick skillet with an equal amount of water.
 
 
Pour the paste and maltose into the skillet and simmer on low heat.
 
 
Put the simmered dough into a container with sesame seeds, use a rolling pin to make the dough into an ideal thickness. After the dough cooling down completely, it can be cut into pieces by scissors or a cutting knife.
 
 
== Similar Food ==
 
[[Chinese Sesame Soft Candy]]


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[Chinese Sesame Soft Candy]]
* [[Chinese Candy]]
* [[Chinese Candy]]
* [[Chinese Snack]]
* [[Chinese Snack]]
* [[Chinese Sugar]]
* [[Chinese Sugar]]
* [[White Rabbit Candy]]
* [[White Rabbit Candy]]
* [[Jiangsu Food]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}

Latest revision as of 00:24, 24 September 2026


Niupi Candy.jpg

Niupi Candy

Alternative names 牛皮糖; ox-hide candy; Yangzhou niupi tang
Pinyin Niúpí táng
Type Chewy sesame soft candy
Course Snack / candy
Place of origin China
Region or state Jiangsu (Yangzhou specialty; also made elsewhere in Jiangnan)
Other Sesame-coated translucent soft candy; related to Chinese Sesame Soft Candy

Niupi Candy (Simplified Chinese: 牛皮糖; Traditional Chinese: 牛皮糖; Pinyin: Niúpí táng), literally "ox-hide candy," is a chewy Chinese soft candy best known as a Yangzhou (Jiangsu) specialty. Pieces are typically coated in toasted sesame, show a brown translucent cut face, and are meant to be elastic and fragrant without sticking heavily to the teeth—hence the ox-hide nickname for the long, resilient chew.[1][2]

Niupi Candy

Characteristics

Soft sensory map: sweet maltose–sugar paste, sesame aroma, slight peanut or nut oil in some formulas, and a chew that springs rather than shatters. Soft appearance cue: even sesame exterior; amber-to-brown glossy interior when cut. Soft quality talk in local writing praises elasticity, toughness, and softness together—and the claim that a good piece "does not stick to teeth." Soft flavor map: plain sesame, peanut, pine nut, osmanthus, and many fruit-flavored retail versions. Soft contrast: packaged niupi can be softer in summer and firmer in winter; makers treat temperature stability as a craft problem.[3]

This page does not provide a recipe, nutrition table, or medical claims.

Relation to Chinese Sesame Soft Candy

Chinese Sesame Soft Candy (芝麻软糖) is a broader sesame soft-candy family often associated with Guangdong / Chaoshan styles (strips or slabs, cream or translucent look). Soft retail naming sometimes blurs "niupi" and "sesame soft candy" on packaging. Encyclopedic distinction used here: Niupi Candy highlights the Yangzhou / Jiangnan ox-hide chew specialty and brown translucent cut; Chinese Sesame Soft Candy covers the wider Guangdong-leaning sesame soft-candy category. Both are sesame-forward chewy sweets; they are cousins, not identical lemmas.[2]

History and culture

Soft Qing cue: local specialty writing places Yangzhou niupi candy in the Qianlong–Jiaqing leisure culture of a salt-and-canal boom city, when snack shops catered to merchants and literati; soft boast phrases call it "a Yangzhou unique." Soft interruption lore: nineteenth–twentieth-century warfare is said to have interrupted workshop transmission; soft factory narratives claim 1970s technicians and sugar masters reconstructed older methods—treat revival stories as soft industrial memory, not a single hard invention date.[2][4] Soft peer map: Huzhou and other Jiangnan confectioners also sell niupi-style candies (soft Zhenyuantong association in popular notes), so Yangzhou fame does not mean exclusive production.[3] Soft everyday role: gift boxes, tea snacks, and travel souvenirs rather than a banquet centerpiece. Soft peer sweets on this wiki: Chinese Sesame Soft Candy, White Rabbit Candy, Mahua, Sesame Ball, Chinese Candy.

Ingredients (overview)

Typical overview (formulas vary): sugar, maltose/syrup, starch or flour paste, sesame, sometimes peanuts or other nuts, and flavorings such as osmanthus. Soft traditional notes also mention fat for mouthfeel. Overview only—not a recipe and not a nutrition guide.[1][3]

Serving and variations

Cut into strips or cubes; eaten as a tea snack or travel sweet. Soft retail map: peanut, pine-nut, strawberry, hawthorn, citrus, and mint-style flavors appear in modern boxes. Soft storage cue: keep sealed against humidity so sesame stays crisp and the paste does not weep. Soft encyclopedic limit: no shop advertising, no calorie tables, no step-by-step home candy instructions.

Soft illustrative assortment of niupi candy flavor styles

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Soft food-science note on Yangzhou sesame niupi candy craft (checklist)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Soft Yangzhou specialty overview for niupi candy (checklist)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Soft food encyclopedia notes on niupi candy (checklist)
  4. ↑ Soft Sina specialty note on Yangzhou niupi candy (checklist)
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