Troika (confection)
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Troika is a chocolate
-based confection made by Nidar AS of Trondheim
, Norway
(which also produces Bamsemums
). It consists of three distinct layers, hence the name Troika. The top layer is soft raspberry jelly, the middle layer is truffle
, and the bottom one is marzipan
. It is also covered with dark chocolate. Troika was launched in 1939.
It contains almonds and may contain traces of nuts
.
Chocolate
Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
-based confection made by Nidar AS of Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
(which also produces Bamsemums
Bamsemums
Bamsemums is a bear shaped chocolate-covered marshmallow candy manufactured by Nidar in Trondheim, Norway.-Types of Bamsemums:*Bamsemums original *Bamsemums jelly *Bamsemums foam *Bamsemums banana...
). It consists of three distinct layers, hence the name Troika. The top layer is soft raspberry jelly, the middle layer is truffle
Chocolate truffle
A chocolate truffle is a type of chocolate confectionery, traditionally made with a chocolate ganache center coated in chocolate or cocoa powder, usually in a spherical, conical, or curved shape...
, and the bottom one is marzipan
Marzipan
Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal. Persipan is a similar, yet less expensive product, in which the almonds are replaced by apricot or peach kernels...
. It is also covered with dark chocolate. Troika was launched in 1939.
It contains almonds and may contain traces of nuts
Nut (fruit)
A nut is a hard-shelled fruit of some plants having an indehiscent seed. While a wide variety of dried seeds and fruits are called nuts in English, only a certain number of them are considered by biologists to be true nuts...
.