PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sugar coating liquid whose sugar coating does not change texture greatly, hardly cracks, and further makes color development more vividly when containing a pigment, and to provide a sugar coated gum coated with the sugar coating liquid.SOLUTION: The sugar coating liquid contains 0.1-5 mass% of a cellulose having an average particle diameter of 10-30 &mum, 60-75 mass% of a sugar alcohol, and 1-5 mass% of a thickener.