Szaloncukor
Candies used to decorate Christmas trees in Hungary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Szaloncukor (Slovak: salónka, plural salónky;[1] literally: "parlour candy", Romanian: bomboane de pom) is a type of sweet traditionally associated with Christmas in Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.[2] It is a typical imported and adapted Hungarikum. It is assumed that almost the whole quantity consumed in Romania are of Hungarian production, as Romanian chocolate production decreased substantially after the fall of communism. It is usually made of fondant, covered by chocolate and wrapped in shiny coloured foil, then hung on the Christmas tree as decoration.
Type | Confectionery |
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Place of origin | Hungary |
Main ingredients | filling such as jelly, marzipan, coconut covered in chocolate |
Every year, almost a kilo and a half of it are consumed per household during Christmas season.
The tradition of hanging these candies on the Christmas tree started in the 19th century. It was named szaloncukor because the tree usually stood in the parlour (szalon in Hungarian; Cukor means "sugar" or "candy"; in Slovak salón is "parlour" and -ka is diminutive suffix).
The name comes from the German-Austrian Salonzuckerl, this is why the original name was szalonczukkedli.