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Dutch Delights: Haagsche Hopjes<\/h2>\n

EM<\/i> periodically tests typical Dutch foods with help of international students under the name of \u2018Dutch Delights\u2019. This week, second year IBCoM student Federica Romaniello from Italy has tasted Haagsche Hopjes<\/i>. <\/p>\n

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What is it?<\/p>\n

Haagsche Hopjes are named after 18th century Dutch baron Hendrik Hop, a known coffee addict. The tale goes that on a cold winter night, the baron left his coffee with lots of sugar and cream on the stove. The next morning the coffee had transformed into coffee caramel. He immediately fell in love with his accidentally discovered new candy. When he wasn\u2019t allowed to drink coffee anymore by his doctor \u2013 due to his weakened physical condition \u2013 he asked his neighbour to prepare Hopjes for him. These became known as Haagsche Hopjes.<\/p>\n

As Federica had the \u2018honor\u2019 to be the first tester of the new EM item Dutch Delights, I left the choice of delight going to be tested a bit to her. Of course I am curious about why her choice were Haagsche Hopjes.Federica with a box of Haagsche Hopjes <\/i><\/p>\n

\u2018Since I lived here for a year, I have tasted some typical Dutch Foods such as Stroopwafels already. Haagsche hopjes appeared to be a pretty safe choice, it\u2019s a candy I think. I heard they were made with coffee, so I expect something caramel like. Like a classical toffee. Maybe they are soft?\u2019<\/p>\n

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Federica unwraps a candy and tastes it<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2018They are not soft.\u2019 [laughs]. \u2018It does taste a bit like toffee. I can taste the coffee as well. Maybe they\u2019re a bit too sweet. It\u2019s not bad actually.\u2019<\/p>\n

However, the candies turn out to have a bit of a hard shell. \u2018I don\u2019t want to bite it\u2019 [laughs.] \u2018I think they are a bit too hard, it might take a while to go down.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Would you recommend Haagsche Hopjes to other students? <\/i>\u2018Yeah, why not? It\u2019s a candy. It\u2019s really good to have in winter perhaps, if you like coffee. Maybe it\u2019s nice to eat them at the end of a meal or something.\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

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Federica\u2019s score: 3 <\/b><\/p>\n

1= I flushed it down the toilet)<\/p>\n

2= If you bought it anyway, eat it, why not?)<\/p>\n

3=Quite nice actually)<\/p>\n

4=Really good food)<\/p>\n

5=Best food I\u2019ve ever tasted)<\/p>\n

You would like to participate in a future edition of Dutch Delights too? Taste a bit of Dutch culture, and mail to jansen@em.eur.nl<\/a>.<\/i> LJa<\/p>\n

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