- Suikerboon
A "suikerboon" (Dutch), or sugar bean, is a type of sweet traditionally given on the occasion of the
birth orbaptism of a child inBelgium and parts of the Netherlands. In French, they are called "dragée s".Originally sugar-coated almonds, they are now often sugar-coated chocolates of the same shape and size instead.
In the
Netherlands , a more common tradition is to givebeschuit met muisjes after the birth of a child.See also
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Beschuit met muisjes
*Dragée
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