Celebrate Lunar New Year with these classic sesame balls. You won’t be able to stop eating after just one. They’re super easy to make too!

This is a straightforward, non-intimidating, easy recipe for perfectly golden vegan sesame balls.

These Sesame Balls have a crunchy and tensile texture over a delicious Red Bean Paste filling. The taste is a “one-of-a-kind” sensation.

Chinese Sesame Balls

Fried sesame balls for Lunar New Year!

Chinese Sesame Balls (Jian Dui) made of glutinous rice flour and filled with anko (sweet red bean paste), coated with sesame seeds.

Chinese sesame balls filled with sweet red bean or chocolate for the Lunar New Year!

Black Sesame Dumpling (Tang Yuan)

Deep Fried Sesame Balls or “Jin Dui”. A must have at the Dim Sum Restaurant ~ a great snack for Yum Cha.

This crispy, chewy Chinese New Year dessert gets reinvented for the Year of the Horse. Perfect finger food dessert for any party.

There’s nice harmony in bánh cam or Vietnamese sesame balls. The outside is crispy with a slight chewiness.

Fried sesame balls with banana filling (gluten-free)

Marsu: An Ancient Confection. Come and check it out!