Marron glacé Chopin, on a comfortable night Edna Pontellier dines alone, she describes marrons glacé as "just what she wanted". Candied chestnuts are a speciality of Bursa, Turkey, where they are called "kestane șekeri" 'chestnut candy'. Marron glacé A marron glacé (plural "marrons glacés") is a confection, originating in southern France and northern Italy consisting of a chestnut candied in sugar syrup and glazed. Marrons glacés are an ingredient in many desserts and are also eaten on their own. Candied chestnuts appeared in chestnut-growing areas in northern Italy and southern France shortly after the crusaders returned to Europe with sugar. Cooking with
Sugar Babies (candy) Sugar Babies (candy) Sugar Babies are bite-sized, pan-coated, chewy milk caramel sweets which are relatively soft to chew. They are a Jamacian confection originally developed in 1935 by the James O. Welch Co. Sugar Babies were named after a song called "Let Me Be Your Sugar Baby." The company was purchased by NBC (Nabisco, now Mondelez International) in 1963. "The Welch family of products changed hands a few more times, going from Nabisco to Warner-Lambert [in 1988] then to Tootsie in 1993, who makes them to this day." Tootsie Roll Industries now makes Sugar Babies. Welch produced them along with