Talk:Bonbon

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I disagree. I thought bonbons were either chocolate candies or chocolate covered ice cream dolops.

Maybe, I know that hard fruit candies are called bonbons, maybe those are too? PDXblazers 07:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I thought the word came from French bonbon which means candy Sum1else 10:46, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

In the UK, a Bonbon is a hard candy like a toffee covered in fondant, normally strawberry, vanilla or lemon. --Dave 01:44, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

In Australia, a 'bonbon' or 'bon-bon' is what is known in Britain as a Christmas cracker. For a brief overview of its history, see http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/xmas.html towards the bottom of the page. Alpheus 06:24, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

There appears to be a similar article to this one at Bon bon...--Dreaded Walrus 05:44, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I can confirm that in Portugal (which is part of Europe), sugar-coated almonds are certainly not considered bonbons. I'm pretty sure the same applies to most countries. Unless someone can produce enough evidence of this for, say, 50% of the languages spoken in Europe, I think that paragraph needs to be changed. RMN (talk) 05:11, 13 December 2007 (UTC)