Shaanxi specialty snacks you can take with you include persimmon cakes, big chestnuts, old Guojia peanut brittle, Junjun mung bean cake, and Lintong pomegranates.
1, persimmon cake
Persimmon cake in Cao village town, Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, originated in the Ming Dynasty, which is famous for its large size, soft flesh, thick frost and sweet flavor, and rich in nutrients, and was used as a tribute to the court during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and was honored with the Haji Golden Statue Award at Yangling Agricultural Science and Technology Expo. Shaanxi persimmon cake is artificially dried persimmons into a cake-like food, also known as persimmon cookies, dried persimmons, can be used as dim sum filling.
2, big chestnuts
Zhen'an big chestnuts with its large, sweet and crisp, high starch rate of the unique point, won the honor. As early as the end of the Ming Dynasty, the early Qing Dynasty, China's ancient capital of Beijing, Chang'an and Taiyuan, Luoyang and other cities of the vendors have played the "Zhen'an sugar fried chestnuts" label. Zhen'an big chestnut trees are grafted from local wild chestnut trees.
3, Lao Guojia peanut cake
Lao Guojia peanut cake with selected peanut kernels as the main material, supplemented by sugar, caramel and so on, after boiling sugar, dial sugar, pad peanut surface, knife cutting and molding process made. It is flaky, multilayered, with a clear and fine network and a strong looseness; the taste is birch-crisp, sweet and sharp, with a mouthful of self-melting, leaving a long-lasting aftertaste.
4, Jun Jun mung bean cake
The use of high-quality mung beans as raw materials, with refined fillings, processed with traditional practices. Its main features are: prominent mung bean flavor, soft texture, oil and not greasy, yellow-green color, easy to melt in the mouth, aftertaste aftertaste, rich in nutrients, young and old, is to visit friends and relatives, travel the summer good.
5, Lintong pomegranate
Lintong pomegranate is a specialty of Shaanxi. It is the best pomegranate in the country. It is known for its bright color, big fruit, thin skin, juicy and sweet, soft and fresh kernel, fat seeds and less slag, and excellent quality. Ranked among the top five pomegranates in the country, listed as treasures in the fruit, has always been the tribute of the feudal emperor, renowned in the nine states, famous overseas.