In Hungary, it is a widespread habit to hang foil-wrapped chocolate (szaloncukor) on the Christmas tree. These tiny chocolates exist in all sorts of flavours and wrappings and around this time of year, they are already available in the supermarkets. The high-end quality is beautifully packaged in boxes, but if you are into big quantities then you just buy it by the kilo as here in one of the Auchan near Budapest.
Although this treat is considered to be a Hungaricum, its origin points to the city of Lyon, France. According to the legend, a young chocolate-maker, Monsieur Papillot (hence the French name for it: papillote) invented in 1790 a way to send secret love notes to his employer’s niece by wrapping them around chocolates.
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