These days, there are hundreds of colorful and delicious candies and gifts. However, as a child of the romantic land of Hue, no one can forget the sweet, rustic flavor and the feeling of the areca candy gradually melting in the mouth. A sweet areca candy has since become the flavor of childhood. In the past, children in the ancient capital of Hue wished their mothers would come home from the market and give them an areca candy to suck on and share with their friends.

Areca candy has the same shape as a small piece of areca nut with two characteristic colors of the areca fruit. The inside part is a light yellow and hard sugar slab representing areca nuts. The outside is covered with a thicker and softer layer of white sugar powder that symbolizes areca meat.

According to the people of the ancient capital, in the past, when making areca candy, people would add a little areca fruit meat to resemble the taste of the areca fruit as the name suggests. However, the areca fruit has a pungent smell and is difficult for children to eat. Therefore, after this drunkenness, people no longer put areca meat in the candy filling.

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Enjoy sweet areca candy – a favorite snack among children in the ancient capital

In the past, areca candy was carefully wrapped in green banana leaves for children to buy and eat. Currently, candy is carefully processed and packaged, ensuring quality for sale to Hue residents and tourists to Hue.

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As a snack lover, you cannot miss this Hue specialty candy

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The areca candy is sweet and very hard, so you can just suck it and feel the candy gradually dissolve in your mouth, awakening all your senses. The longer you hold the candy, the sweetness will increase, keeping the sweetness in your mouth all day, making those who are far from home feel nostalgic and homesick when eating.

In particular, the sweet and fatty taste of areca candy will be multiplied if you sip it with a warm, bitter cup of tea in the cold weather of Hue. This is also the elegant hobby of the elderly men and women in Hue from ancient times to the present.

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The culture of enjoying areca candy with a cup of fragrant tea is preserved to this day

It is no exaggeration to say that Dong Ba market is the “culinary paradise” of Hue. This place sells hundreds of attractive Hue specialties such as Hue beef noodle soup, fish sauce, Sia rice paper, Kim Long grilled meat vermicelli, Nam Pho noodle soup, banh hoi, shrimp ball cake, Hue bamboo… And Obviously, you can’t miss the sweet, fragrant, and hardy areca candy here.

With a relatively cheap price compared to other delicious dishes in Hue, you can buy carefully packaged and preserved areca candy at the market as gifts for relatives and friends.

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Buying a package of areca candy as a travel gift would be great

Address: 06 Cua Ngan, Phu Hoa, Hue City, Thua Thien Hue

During your journey to explore Hue, you can visit Gift Hue Online to buy small bags of areca candy to sip. The simplicity, loveliness and sweetness of areca candy will certainly give you unforgettable impressions.

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You can be completely assured with the price of areca candy here, it’s not as expensive as you think

Above is everything that Vietnamtravelio wants to share about childhood specialties of Hue. Hope you will have a complete one-day self-sufficient Hue itinerary and enjoy the most delicious specialties here.