Coconut candy Kẹo dừa
Kẹo dừa is a soft candy of coconut milk and sugar, warm at the kiln or wrapped to take home. Another account sweetens the plain piece with maltose and yellow cane sugar, and later pieces take durian, peanut, cacao, or pandan.
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More than 300 coconut-candy factories. On 25 November 2024 the count was more than 180 workshops and tens of thousands of tons a year. The work is at Cồn Phụng.
Elders place the craft in the 1930s, starting in Mỏ Cày, now Mỏ Cày Nam, under the old name kẹo Mỏ Cày. One plain piece is coconut milk and sugar. Another plain piece is coconut milk, maltose from sprouted glutinous rice, and yellow cane sugar.
Candy, milk, oil, and shell craft are the products of the palms. More than 500 coconut-shell objects.
Texture
The candy is soft and sticky. Eat it warm at the kiln, or carry the wrapped pieces.
Taste
One plain piece is coconut milk and sugar. On 25 November 2024 the plain piece is coconut milk, maltose, and yellow cane sugar, with durian, peanut, cacao, and pandan as later flavors.
How to enjoy it
Eat it warm at the kiln, or take the wrapped pieces home. It is not a restaurant course.
Where to try it
The boil at Cồn Phụng. The photograph of the wrapping table is on Cồn Quy. Town-boat kilns are the other area. No shop is named as a pick.