cream filberts – handmade

why are cream filberts the perfect sweets? because they are tasty, nicely textured, and a traditional treat dating back centuries, at least to the 1700s. this delight contains a filbert surrounded by creamed sugar which is then surrounded by a crisp sugar shell. the flavor is sweet but not cloying, followed by the nutty taste of the filbert within. the texture is unlike any youve had before. it starts with a gentle crunch of the sugar coating surrounding the candy, followed by a smooth, creamy sugar layer, which ends with the crunch (not too hard but not soft) of the filbert. whats just as exciting about handmade cream filberts is its story: cream filberts are version of sugar plums, later called “mothball candy,” in the mid-1900s.