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Originally sugar-coated almonds, they are now often sugar-coated chocolates of the same shape and size instead.
Originally sugar-coated almonds, they are now often sugar-coated chocolates of the same shape and size instead.


In the [[Netherlands]] [[beschuit met muisjes]]is mostly given after the birth of a child.
In the [[Netherlands]] [[beschuit met muisjes]] is mostly given after the birth of a child.


[[Category:Belgian cuisine]]
[[Category:Belgian cuisine]]

Revision as of 14:00, 17 December 2006

A suikerboon (Dutch), or sugar bean, is a type of sweet traditionally given on the occasion of the birth of a child in Flanders and parts of the Netherlands. In French, they are called dragées.

Originally sugar-coated almonds, they are now often sugar-coated chocolates of the same shape and size instead.

In the Netherlands beschuit met muisjes is mostly given after the birth of a child.