Bon Bons

Bon Bons

Bon bon is derived from the French word bon that means good. Bon bon is traditionally a chocolate or truffle confection, usually used as a dining table centrepiece. The term bon bon is also colloquially used to describe the traditional French idle housewife, who sat and ate bon bons all day while her husband was busy at work.

This popular sweet is available in many flavours including strawberry, sour raspberry, apple, mixed fruit, toffee, vimto, lemon and many others.

In America the term Bonbon has assumed a completely different meaning than the traditional French bon bons. Bonbons in the US are the trademarked name of a sweet product produced by Hershey’s. This sweet dish is a frozen confectionary, made up of vanilla ice cream dipped in chocolate. This type of Bonbon is also sold through a tube outside movie theatres and should always be eaten quickly before they melt. They are also sold in buckets in the States.

There is also a very popular called the Oreo Bon Bon. These bon bons require 1 packet of original Oreo cookies, 18oz of cream cheese, 2 packets of almond bark and ½ cup of salted pretzels. Start by lining 2 large cookie sheets with aluminium foil spread with non-stick cooking spray. Then place the Oreo cookies and the pretzels together in a zip lock plastic bag and crush them to make crumbs. Then place the crushed pretzels and Oreo cookies in a bowl of softened cream cheese and blend them thoroughly. Use a scoop spoon to make balls out of the mixture.

The next step is to melt the almond bark as per the microwave instructions and then dip each scoop into the liquid…delicious!. You can also use chocolate dip instead of almond.