When you live away from home you get the urge to impress the foreign friends with your culture. You are led to be an ambassodor of your country. My way of impressing goes through food. So whenever I go back to Istanbul I try desperately to find the right ingredients to make people go “wow is this Turkish? Its delicious!” From baklava to turkish delights I have tried it all and I think I have finally found what I was looking for. Divan, which is one of the oldest and high quality bakeries of Turkey, came up with the idea of covering our famous turkish delights with chocolate. It turned out to be an amazing invention. Foreigners do not get intimidated by the messy powdered sugar coating and are not overwhelmed by the extra sweetness of the desert. The chocolate makes the best introduction when you fist open the box and the gummy turkish delight with pistachio hidden inside gives the best surprise. Just make sure you get more than one box.
My new daughter in law is from Izmir and I treated her to the Divan chocolate covered Turkish delight and even she was surprised: “This is made in Turkey?!!”
It’s truly delicious! We want to use it as party favors at the wedding reception in Kuwait – it is sold in Kuwait?
Thanks!
Stacey I am so glad you like them. Divan is one of the oldest patisseries in Turkey. I believe its products are only sold in Turkey including the Ataturk Airport. You might want to reach them for more details at http://www.divanpastaneleri.com.tr/