What is the difference between dumplings and wantons?

Dumplings vs Wontons Dumplings and wontons are balls made out of dough. Wontons are considered a type of dumpling as the dumplings can be empty inside or filled. When dumplings are filled inside with some specific filling, they are sometimes called wontons. read more

The main variation between dumplings and wontons is that wontons are always filled with some filling of meat or vegetables whereas dumplings could be filled or the ingredients could be mixed with the dough and shaped like balls. read more

• The wrapper of dumplings is thicker than the wrapper of wontons. • The word wonton is Romanization of the Cantonese word hundun which literally means dumpling. • Chinese cuisines have many different types of dumplings and wonton is just one of them. read more