Mässmogge

Mässmogge is a traditional candy originating from Basel. These colorful candies have a hard shell that hides a hazelnut paste filling consisting of roasted and ground hazelnuts, sugar, and some fat. The shells come in various flavors and colors, such as strawberry, chocolate, lemon, and many others.

The candies are typically sold at the Basler Herbstmesse, an autumnal fair that lasts for two weeks. Mässmogge makes up for one-fifth of all the candy production in Switzerland. Other names and spellings for this candy include mässmögge, mässmocke, or messmocken.

There's also a variety of mässmogge called glasmogge, which has no hazelnut paste filling, and it's usually green in color with a peppermint flavor.