Give the P’tits Quinquins on any occasion and be sure your French gift will be appreciated. The P'tit Quinquins are delicious acid drops made of sugar and fruit aromas, a natural product as they contain no preservative or coloring agent. These flat and oval-shaped French candies are individually wrapped in white or red cellophane and kept in a very pretty collectible tin box. (5.99 oz)

The P'tit Quinquin is a specialty from the city of Lille in Northern France and was originally a song by Alexandre Desrousseaux, a poet born in Lille in 1820. He wrote this song in 1853 in the local language of Northern France called “Ch'timi”. The “P'tit Quinquin” was a lullaby that mothers would sing to their children and it became a marching tune for the soldiers of Northern France leaving for the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. In 1921, a candy-maker from Lille was inspired by the famous lullaby and had the idea of creating a hard candy by the same name as the song. As soon as the candy was created, it became the specialty of Lille. In 1933, the Brassart family took over the business and has continued the tradition of making the candy for four generations. The pretty pink tin box was made in the image of the city of Lille, with on the right, the seal of a lace-maker and a child, referring to the lullaby, and on the left, the seal of the fleur-de-lis, which is the coat of arms of Lille.

Ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, natural flavour, citric acid or tartaric acid.