Bal Mithai is a brown chocolate-like fudge, made with roasted khoya, coated with white sugar balls, and is a popular sweet from the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in India, especially regions around Almora. Today, Baal Mithai, has become a delicacy in many neighboring hill stations.

In order to accelerate crystallization, confectioners later learnt to immerse small twigs in the solution for the crystals to grow on. The sugar solution was colored with cochineal and indigo and scented with ambergris or flower essence. In India, misri is often uncolored or tinged mildly with orange food color. Other food coloring may be added to the mixture to produce colored candy.