Chocolate
Gianduiotto
Piedmont, Italy
Turin's chocolate-hazelnut candy, the first solid chocolate made with hazelnut (gianduja). A 19th-century invention, wrapped in gold foil.
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What it is
A closer look at Gianduiotto.
Turin's chocolate-hazelnut candy, the first solid chocolate made with hazelnut (gianduja). A 19th-century invention, wrapped in gold foil.
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Hand-foil wrapped, smooth hazelnut-chocolate, eaten cold, a Torino specialty.
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