Carbon De Reyes
Written by valencia blog
Walking by this candy store yesterday, we saw something that made us stop and wonder. Chunks of coal were in a box, being advertised as “Carbon de Reyes”. Of course, we had to try it.
Maybe I’m missing out on something but this piece of coal looks more like a punishment than candy. Maybe it’s what bad kids get for Christmas? Wonder how it tastes? Well, “sugar” is the word which describes it best. And you really have to scrape with your teeth to nibble off little pieces of it. Kind of like a mouse.
Not really not my kind of candy, though it does come in different colors:
Can anyone fill us in on what this is about?
Valencia
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Andrea wrote,
In Italy when I was a child (25 years ago) it was common to say behave yourself or for crhistmass you will get coal.
When Cristmass came the first present would be one of this coal candy made of sugar for a joke
I think I never finished one
Link | December 18th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
James wrote,
Hey guys… yeah you basically hit the nail on the head.
Naughty children wake up to lumps of coal on Christmas morning! Or at least they are threatened with it…
Parents might buy their children some of this as a teasing threat to keep them in line!
Link | December 18th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
enric wrote,
I was trying to explain it better, but James did it perfect.
Link | December 18th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
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Rae wrote,
Most likely made like peanut brittle. Get the sugar super hot, add some baking soda, it gets all fluffy and then you cool it.
Link | January 19th, 2009 at 5:25 pm