A hazelnut-chocolate confection from Piedmont. Used in countless chocolate desserts, cakes, and pastries.
Gianduja is created from a blend of finely ground hazelnuts and chocolate. An Italian & Belgian specialty.
An Italian specialty. A blend of toasted, finely ground hazelnuts and/or almonds, confectioner's sugar, and chocolate.
Gianduja is a delicious mixture of emulsified hazelnuts and cocoa mass, cocoa butter and sugar. Originally this was an Italian specialty.
Gianduja is one of the masks of the Italian Commedia dell'Arte, typically representing the town of Turin (and Piedmont in general).
Gianduja (or, more commonly, gianduia) is also the name of a sweet chocolate containing about 50% hazelnut and almond paste. The chocolate hazelnut gelato of the same name originates in Switzerland, as does Gianduia fondue. A related product from Ferrero is Nutella, which was originally called Pasta Gianduja, as a marketing ploy to appeal to children.
