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TIL an estimated 750,000 sprinkles and butter sandwiches are eaten each day in the Netherlands for breakfast (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hagelslag

It's high cocoa low sugar much much less wax, so probably not very sweet and more like bakers chocolate then a candy. I don't think it's very common knowledge but dessert sprinkles are basically just a frosted wax ball.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

yeah thinking of it as a simpler version of chocolate-filled croissants makes it a lot more sensible as breakfast