L'Abbaye de Flavigny Anise Drops

Individual candy drops flavored with natural anise seed, presented in an oval tin decorated with a centuries old scene: a young shepherd boy offering these bonbons to his young friend.

This candy, consisting of a grain of aniseed coated in sugar, is perhaps the oldest in France, mentioned in a document as early as 872. In the 17th century, when the candy was manufactured by Ursuline sisters, six months were needed to add and dry the successive coats of sugar. Today, the factory is still situated at the heart of the ancient abbey, but the process is completed in only 15 days. The actual Flavigny Abbey shown in the distance. Very quaint, very French!