Try the exquisite combination of French nougat, chocolate and aniseed with the Marseillottes: they are delicious French confections made of nougat coated with chocolate and delicately flavored with orange, honey and a touch of aniseed. These fine confections are individually wrapped in blue foil and packaged in a box that shows the drawings of the city of Marseille with the old harbor and the city-hall and of the church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde. Contains approximately 43 pieces. (8.81 oz)

In 1995, the candy-maker Jean-Marie Fouque created the Marseillottes to pay tribute to the city of Marseille, the second largest city of France after Paris and France's largest commercial port. Situated in the south, Marseille is the capital of the “department” of Bouches-du-Rhône. The name of the confection “Marseillote” is a combination between Marseille and “papillotte” as each confection is wrapped in blue foil, “papillotte” in French. The box shows the major local landmarks, the city-hall, the old harbor, and the church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, a basilica that sits on top of a hill and that local inhabitants refer to as “la bonne mère” (the good mother). The church was built between 1853 and 1864 and is surmounted by a 197 feet belfry topped with a huge statue of the Virgin and Child, visible from miles out at sea.

Ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, almonds, chocolate, candied orange peels, honey, unleavened bread, natural flavour.