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What is a Dragée de Verdun?

If you’re reading this and have no idea what a dragée is, then don’t worry , you’re not alone. Basically, a dragée is typically created by coating an almond with a hard candy shell. This is normally for taste and aesthetic reasons, but most importantly it’s to preserve the nut for longer periods of time!

Although almonds are traditionally used (and are the most recognisable version of the sweet), today dragées come in all shapes and sizes. Popular fillings for the candy other than almonds include hazelnuts, nougatine, chocolate, liquor or almond paste. More expensive dragées are coated with real silver or even gold and were once used as a symbol of wealth by monarchs and noblemen.

History of the Dragée de Verdun

First invented in an apothecary in Verdun at some point during the 13th-century, the Dragée has since become an enduring special gift in French culture. Typically gifted at baptisms, communions, and weddings, from the middle ages onward, the sweet treat soon became an important symbol of wealth in high society.

So iconic is this sweet, that one anecdote suggests that when the Duc de Guise was assassinated in Blois in 1588, it’s said that he was holding five dragées in his hand. The French Royal family enjoyed the dragée so much that Louis XIV ordered that every school child should be given the sweet.

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