Niniches

Niniches are traditional and trademarked French confectionery items originating from Quiberon in Brittany. These hard candies in the shape of a long lollipop in a colored wrapping are made from a combination of sugar, glucose, flavorings, and citric acid for the fruit version.

There are a few varieties, and the salted butter-caramel lollipop one is made from glucose, condensed milk, butter, dried fruit, salt, and alcohol or flavorings. The fruit version is flavored with strawberries, pears, banana, melons, or coconut. The niniches were invented by Raymound Audebert in 1946, and the recipe is now a part of French culinary heritage.