Both Annie and Marcia commented on the little jelly people on the cake in yesterday's post, so I figured I'd dedicate a whole post to them! They are called seigmenn and seigdamer in Norwegian.
The sugar covered jelly men were launched by a Norwegian candy company in 1965, and it 2001 they added jelly women as well. They taste different than American jelly beans but that is the closest explanation I can think of. Each year, Norwegians eat more than 225 million jelly men and jelly women! They are great for decorating cakes and gingerbread houses, and they taste really really good.
Norwegians also like chocolate a lot, especially Norwegian milk chocolate. Although I prefer dark chocolate, I really really like our milk chocolate! It is a common gift for friends abroad. (For instance, my sister's Mexican host das LOVES it! She can't bring enough when she goes there.) Another popular candy is called Bamsemums, a bear-shaped candy. We also have bear shaped licorice... We must really like our candy in human or animal form! (I guess I could do another post on salty licorice - a favorite of northern Europeans but hated by pretty much everybody else!)
Comments (12)
I love licorice. And I bet I'd love these jelly men and women. My husband always jokes that I must be the tester for many of the candies on the shelf as no one else likes many of them but me:)
Posted by candi | February 27, 2009 5:25 PM
Posted on February 27, 2009 17:25
They are so cute! So are they anything like gummy bears? I'd love to try salty licorice (I've never heard of it but I bet I'd like it).
Posted by Annie | February 27, 2009 11:29 PM
Posted on February 27, 2009 23:29
Yum - these looks really good. Jelly candy (of any sort, really) is a favourite of mine.
Posted by Jerry | February 28, 2009 6:00 AM
Posted on February 28, 2009 06:00
Hi Chiocciola, great post. I like how they have action poses. They do look like they make great cake decorations. Very cool! Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!
Posted by Kathy (Trekcapri) | February 28, 2009 11:38 AM
Posted on February 28, 2009 11:38
These little jelly people are adorable! Interesting that it took until 2001 to add jelly women. I bet they taste delicious!
Posted by girasoli | February 28, 2009 8:09 PM
Posted on February 28, 2009 20:09
Thank you for elaborating, it was fun to read about the jelly peeps.
Posted by Marcia | February 28, 2009 10:22 PM
Posted on February 28, 2009 22:22
How cute those are!!! I can envision a cake with a whole village of little people!
Posted by Palma | March 1, 2009 3:28 PM
Posted on March 1, 2009 15:28
During our visit to Norway, Chris's mom put out some Norwegian Chocolate after dinner each night. It was really delicious. We also enjoyed the jelly candies!
Posted by sheri | March 2, 2009 6:34 AM
Posted on March 2, 2009 06:34
Ooooh, those look so good. I also love any form of jelly candy (I don't dare buy ju-jubes) When I used to work night editing shifts, we'd buy big bags of dino-sours -- dinosaur-shaped jellies that had a sweet/sour taste to them. Fantastic!
Posted by sandrac | March 4, 2009 7:10 PM
Posted on March 4, 2009 19:10
I'm just catching up here and found these. They are too cute! love them, they're so jolly and happy. Beth they taste good. Thanks for showing us some Norwegian style candy.
Posted by Barb Cabot | March 7, 2009 11:13 AM
Posted on March 7, 2009 11:13
So, I just finished a double bag of Seigmenn and Seigdamer - which were awwwwesome. I fell in love with these little peeps after my Norwegian penpal brought me some. He also brought the notorious salty candy -accckkkk- and bamsemums. LOVE!
Posted by shawnie | October 19, 2009 8:53 PM
Posted on October 19, 2009 20:53
Shawnie, thanks for your comment!! Glad you liked the seigmenn!
Posted by Chiocciola | October 21, 2009 12:14 PM
Posted on October 21, 2009 12:14