Hamburger Speck

Hamburger Speck cubes

Hamburger Speck is a sort of candy out of foamed sugar with various coatings. The color is often reminding of the colors of Hamburg, red-white red. The name refers to the similarity with bacon (or speck). The version „Helgoländer Speck“ or „Helgoländer Schnitten“ uses the colors of Heligoland and is red-white-green.[1]

References

  1. Franklin Kopitzsch, Daniel Tilgner (ed.): Hamburg Lexikon. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8319-0373-3, p. 295
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