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cri cri

chocolates that look a bit like golf balls

Several pastry shops in Turin make these traditional Belle Époque chocolates: in the centre, a toasted hazelnut, covered in dark chocolate, covered in turn by nonpareils. Chocolates (dark or milk) without the nonpareil coating are cioccrì.

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Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

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