"Kruidnoten", a typical "Sinterklaas" candy from the Netherlands. Made mostly from "Speculaas." Damn, this is gonna be hard.
I guess a description of candy is as good a Journal entry as anything.
\Wikipedia: "Dutch and Belgian versions are baked with light brown (beet) sugar and baking powder. German Spekulatius uses baker's ammonia as leavening agent. Spices used in speculaas are cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cardamom and white pepper."
And then in tiny cookie form, about the size of a taffee. Eaten in mouthfuls :P
Have a pic:
Fascinating, isn't it?
And with that, I'm off.