Barmbrack

Barmbrack is a sweet bread from Ireland made from yeasted dough and either raisins or sultanas, which Irish also often call bairín breac (lit. speckled loaf). Although simple, barmbrack is a large part of the Halloween tradition in Ireland.

Various objects, namely a pea, a stick, a coin, a piece of cloth, and a ring, all of which have a special meaning, would be baked into the bread that is then used in fortune-telling; each person that receives a slice with any of these objects would know their fortune for the following year.

The bread is commonly sold in flattened rounds and consumed with a cup of tea as a sweet afternoon snack.