To make them the vendor would pour boiled sugar cane syrup onto a metal plate in the shape of birds, flowers and other patterns and place a bamboo stick on the back to lift them up after they had cooled.
畫糖師傅用「煮熟」的糖漿，傾倒在銅板上，勾勒出各種動物花鳥圖案，待冷卻後，可供玩賞文可食用。