Malena loves candy. And travel. And both together. And thus, this site was born.
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These looked and sounded amazing to me: a hard shell of raspberry flavored gummy around a soft raspberry jelly. They didn’t quite live up to the description, to me - too sweet, too sticky, and not as gooey as I was imaging inside (instead it has a thick gelatiny consistency.) Still, I enjoyed eating these traditional candies from Ghent, a small city between Bruges and Brussels in Belgium. Also, their popularity with real Belgium citizens is obvious - street carts full of these purple gumdrops were a common sight on a weekend afternoon.
I sent this to a few people who sponsored me, so if they have any comments, chime in!
posting from United StatesOctober 24th, 2008 7:51 am
Man - these DO look delicious!
posting from CanadaOctober 30th, 2008 8:07 am
Tey - I will have to keep my eye out for them! They sound delicious, and I could use a change from the baklava…
posting from United StatesAugust 21st, 2009 12:13 pm
raspberry gummy around a very soft raspberry jelly is what they are support to be but like everything else in life we have changed to mass produce, add artifical ingredients and what you had were the new overly sugary type. I couldn’t get enough of these when I was child visiting my grandmother & aunt. They bought a 1 kg (2 lbs) at the “marche” just for me! I was in heaven. Sorry you missed out a very delicous thing.
October 22nd, 2008 7:19 am
Namora.
A honeycake made with farina and maybe a tad of coconut.
A Middle Eastern delight.
If you see it anywhere, check it out. In my opinion, it is SOOOOOOOO much better than baklava!