I'm finding as I get older, my sweet tooth keeps diminishing in size, and I'm more prone to favor the savor. (Vegemite-enriched Cup-of-Soup with Saltines, anyone?)
Somewhere in my mid-twenties, I mutated from someone with an ice-cream eating disorder into a quesophile; I stopped seeking out cake at gatherings (and gatherings solely for the sake of cake); I won't drink cola unless there's a bunch of Jack in it.
So when I recently brought a friend from Hawaii to the sweets counter at Dean & Deluca, I wasn't really on the lookout for personal pleasure. But amid the heaps of prettily-wrapped premium confections, these little fellas caught my eye:
Cheery, no? The packaging wasn't particularly informative--they were labeled as "bulk miscellaneous candy", with no ingredients or names for the product / producers / distributors. (Um, is that legal?) But it was pretty clear that it was nougat studded with pistachios, wrapped with a fruit puree that was likely apricot or orange.
People, if you see these, snatch them up immediately! The nougat was feather-light yet gooey-sweet, ingeniously counterbalanced by acidity of the fat, toothsome apricot band of fruit roll-up in every bite. They're not cheap--$6.66 for 6 individually wrapped 2-inch pinwheels (the DEVIL'S CANDY!)--but you could do a lot worse in D&D's hallowed halls.
If you're allergic to stone fruit or just plain don't like apricots, they sell the nougat on its own, too.
Alas, they are not available online, and I can't vouch that they're at every D&D location, but they were definitely at Madison and 85th--so get yourself a bag, and wander through Central Park all hopped up on sugar and springtime.
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Dean & Deluca
1150 Madison Ave.
(at 85th Street)
212.717.0800
Mon - Sun: 8am - 8pm
Espresso Bar:
Mon - Sun: 7am - 8pm
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