Crunch & Chill, a new shop with crunchy, fruity treats, is one of the newest additions to El Paso's growing array of Asian street snacks.

The shop opened two months ago and is introducing Tanghulu, traditional Chinese snacks, and ribbon ice cream to the West Side. The shop is tucked inside the Substation, El Paso's unique retail development in El Paso's Upper Valley, at 145 E. Sunset Road.

Tanghulu, or bingtang hulu, is fruit on a skewer that is typically coated with a heated sugar syrup and then left to harden in the cold. The fruit, in this case, grapes and mandarin oranges, has a glossy shine to it and is fun to bite in to as the sugar cracks and provides some extra and pleasant sweetness to the fruit.

On weekends, they have the Tanghulu strawberries.

We also tried the shaved snow,

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