Cream Nougat Bell – 5 pcs.

Edible Cream Nougat Bell by Sawade for the Christmas tree

The Cream Nougat Bell from Sawade is a Christmas tree ornament whose milk chocolate encloses light cream nougat and which hangs in purple foil from a golden cord. It belongs to the house's traditional tree decorations, and the same cord lets it decorate a gift as well.

Cream Nougat Bell is an edible Christmas tree ornament by Sawade from Berlin-Reinickendorf, a milk chocolate shell around light nougat with hazelnut and cream. We pack five bells of 16 g each into a cellophane bag, and since the cord is already tied on, they can go straight onto the branch.

Light nougat under crisp milk chocolate

When you bite into a Cream Nougat Bell, the milk chocolate shell snaps briefly, and underneath lies a light nougat, firm enough for a clean cut. On the tongue it softens quickly and tastes nutty, creamy and smooth at once, carried by the sweetness of the milk chocolate.

If you find dark chocolate too bitter, this is the one for you, because from the shell to the center the bell tastes of milk chocolate, nuts and cream. When two people share a bell, the knife reveals two clean halves, light right up to the chocolate wall. Next to a mug of hot cocoa, a piece like this is unwrapped in no time, and the foil crackles softly as you do.

Selected hazelnuts in the light nougat

How the light nougat in the bell tastes comes down to the nuts: their origin, their grind and their roast. For its pralines, Sawade only uses hazelnut kernels of specific origins, between 13 and 15 millimeters in size and of the highest quality grade.

The house considers the Black Sea coast between Rize and Akçakoca to have the best climate for hazelnuts anywhere. After roasting, the kernels are ground, and the finer the grind, the more velvety the filling later feels on the tongue. The hazelnut stays at the front of the flavor, and the cream simply makes it softer.

On the branch, on the gift, in the Advent bouquet

The purple stands out clearly against the green of the branches, which is why you will immediately spot the bells between the pinecones and nuts. The crinkled foil catches every bit of candlelight and reflects it in small folds. When the bells ring outside on Christmas Eve, their chocolate sister has long been hanging on the branch.

On the first Sunday of Advent, the bouquet of fir branches goes into the vase, and a few bells are already hanging between the holly sprigs. The rest of the bag waits in the cool hallway for the big tree.

On a gift, you tie the bell to the ribbon with its golden cord, and the tag gets eaten along with the rest. When you are invited over, the bag with its ivory ribbon goes over the threshold just as it is, as a small gift for the hosts.

Pralines on the Christmas tree, also for little hands

The bells are alcohol-free, so they can safely hang where little hands can reach them. Milk chocolate softens sooner than dark chocolate, however, which is why it does not belong above a burning candle. Until the tree is up, they rest at 15 to 18 degrees Celsius in a dark, dry place, such as an unheated guest room.

The Gold Nuts hang alongside with their dark filling, and the Roasted Almond Pinecones with candied almonds. The rest of the house's tree decorations are gathered in Sawade Berlin Christmas. The bell can't ring, but it is always the first to be found.