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Sweets
Shaved ice, sweet soups, and douhua — for summer and winter alike.
34 shops listed
大元蔴薯(鹹麻糬)
Selected for 500 Bowls 2023–2025. Signature: mochi.
久味大姐手工麻糬
Selected for 500 Bowls 2024. Signature: mochi.
太陽牌冰品
A Tainan old-time ice shop on Minquan Road — cube-shaped ice bricks with peanut milk-cream, the flaky snow-ice not too fine.
阿斗伯冷凍芋
A traditional pushcart dessert stall on Chenggong Road — the signature frozen taro is soft and creamy, worth queuing for even late at night.
莉莉水果店
A fruit shop on Fuqian Road in Tainan — mango pudding ice piled with seasonal fresh fruit, worth a special trip even with a line.
成功豆花
Selected for 500 Bowls 2024. Signature: douhua.
正典牛乳大王 餅乾三明治冰磚
Selected for 500 Bowls 2024. Signature: sandwich ice bar.
秋林牛乳大王
Selected for 500 Bowls 2024.
澎湃豆花 龍潭店
Selected for 500 Bowls 2024. Signature: douhua.
吳記花生捲冰淇淋
Selected for 500 Bowls 2023. Signature: peanut ice-cream roll.
冰鄉
An old snow-ice shop on Minsheng Road in Tainan — mango ice piled like a mountain, and eight-treasure douhua loaded with toppings.
陳秋剛綿綿冰 龜山總店
Selected for 500 Bowls 2023. Signature: shaved ice.
聯發冰工坊
An old ice shop on Qingyun Road in Toucheng — the peanut ice roll wraps peanut powder and cilantro in a spring-roll skin, the fruit flavors all-natural.
美好花生
A peanut specialist on Zhonghe Road in Fenglin — the owner grows the peanuts, making sea-salt peanut soft-serve and old-fashioned peanut soup to order.
呷二嘴
A queued old shop on Ganzhou Street in Dadaocheng — mi-tai-mu, fen-gui, big red beans, and grass jelly in one cooling bowl.
紫玉仙草
Selected for 500 Bowls 2024. Signature: grass jelly.
江水號
An old shaved-ice shop on Guohua Street in Tainan — creamy, not-too-sweet taro, and choose-your-own toppings piled into an iceberg.
豐仁冰(創始店)
The original Fengren ice by Taichung Park — shaved ice drizzled with plum syrup, piled with red beans and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
老牌全家福酒釀湯圓元宵
Selected for 500 Bowls 2024.
明新冰菓店
A hugely popular ice shop in Fenglin — the three-bean shaved ice, lemon juice, and old-time ice cream are the signature “Mingxin Three Treasures.”
鹿行艸地冰店
Selected for 500 Bowls 2023. Signature: shaved ice.
馬岡豆花東興店
A chain douhua shop on Dongxing Road in Taichung's Nantun — douhua with soy-milk ice, and taro balls with grass jelly, are regulars' must-order combos.
李家圓仔湯
A sweet-soup stall on Wufu 4th Road in Yancheng — red bean, peanut, glutinous balls, and mixed ice, all a flat NT$50 no matter the toppings.
愛弟豆花
An old douhua shop on Bei'an Road in Zhongshan open until 11pm — peanut, tapioca, and lemon douhua are the regulars' go-tos.
三時茶房
Selected for 500 Bowls 2023. Signature: almond tofu.
春虫冰工場
A hand-made sorbet shaved ice in a Shoufeng alley — roselle, mulberry, and pineapple jelly the house-declared perfect trio.
鴉片粉圓
A tapioca-dessert shop on Nanchang Road in Zhongzheng — the signature opium tapioca is chewy and springy, best with grass jelly and red bean to beat the heat.
埔里冰上冰（古早味吧噗）
An old-time bap-buh ice shop on Zhongzheng 2nd Road in Puli — rich taro ice cream with the signature calamondin black tea, a coin-price cooler.
仙草爸
A grass-jelly specialist with lines on Minzu Road in Yilan — the signature grass jelly has held a high standard for years, a gourmands' star item.
阿伯の羅家傳統豆花
A half-century-old stall in a South District alley — smooth hand-made douhua, the hot version served with ginger syrup.
江記東門豆花
Peanut douhua and nothing else — the sugar syrup hand-cooked into a thick paste.
東海豆子芋圓
A taro-ball dessert shop in the Tunghai alleys — creamy, springy hand-made taro balls with grass jelly, red bean, and fresh milk, refreshing and not too sweet.
恐龍嫩仙草站
A grass-jelly specialist on Bo'ai Street in Miaoli — grass jelly cooked and ladled to order, its aroma lingering at the door.
豆苜DÒU MÙ
A soy-product specialist on Beichen Street in Puli — the fermented douhua is soft and richly bean-fragrant, with rich soy milk and black-soybean milk to go.
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