Bamsemums (bearchu) is a bear shaped
chocolate
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-covered
marshmallow
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candy
Candy, also called sweets (British English) or lollies (Australian English
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created by the chocolate factory Bouquet d'Or, in
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, France.
History
The first bear shaped
chocolate
Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the Olmec civ ...
-covered
marshmallow
Marshmallow (, ) is a type of confectionery that is typically made from sugar, water and gelatin whipped to a solid-but-soft consistency. It is used as a filling in baking or normally molded into shapes and coated with corn starch. The sugar c ...
candy
Candy, also called sweets (British English) or lollies (Australian English
Australian English (AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia. It is the country's common language an ...
was invented and manufactured in 1962 by the chocolate factory Bouquet d'Or, in
Ascq Ascq (; pcd, Ask) is a former commune on the Marque river in the Nord department in northern France, at seven kilometers from Belgium. Agricultural village until the Industrial Revolution, the former independent commune merged with others to beco ...
(now
Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Villeneuve-d'Ascq (; pcd, Neuvile-Ask) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. With more than 60,000 inhabitants and 50,000 students, it is one of the main cities of the Métropole Européenne de Lille and the largest in area ( ...
),
France
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[''Ces objets branchés qu'on s'arrache'', Le Parisien, 2007-04-12, « Pour les 40 ans des fameux oursons guimauve de Bouquet d'or-Cémoi Chocolatier, une boîte collector, conçue spécialement pour Colette, a été lancée en exclusivité en décembre 2005 », http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/ces-objets-branches-qu-on-s-arrache-12-04-2007-2007936145.php] under the name 'Petit ourson'.
Some confectionaries have started to make their own bear shaped chocolate-covered marshmallow candy as the Bouquet d'Or's one, as
Nidar
Nidar is a Norwegian producer and distributor of confectionery. Nidar's candy factory is located in Trondheim, Norway. It is part of the Orkla Group.
The company is one of the leading distributor of sweets to the Norwegian marketplace, sellin ...
in 1975.
Types of Bamsemums
*Bamsemums original (1975)
*Bamsemums jelly (1992)
*Bamsemums foam (1992)
*Bamsemums banana (2004)
*Bamsemums raspberry (2005)
*Bamsemums citrus (2014)
References
External links
Bamsemums official website
Brand name confectionery
Marshmallows
Norwegian brands
Orkla ASA
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