Hot wine Christmas fondant is this year’s hit in Hungary

Hungarians are obsessed with this little sweet. They go as far as saying that Christmas is not even a proper holiday without it. There have been many iterations of it over the years. There are versions filled with cucumber, hot sauce, cole or even pizza, but this year hot wine will be the hit. It was chosen as the best during this year’s Christmas fondant competition.

Every year, the citizens of Hungary organise a competition to select the best fondant of the year. They invite every company, no matter the size, to participate in the event. There are twelve categories in the competition so that everybody can compete fairly. There is a category for artisan, low-cost or even vegan products. This year 300 judges helped to decide which will be the best. The best has been chosen from among 186 different types of fondant. About 8,000 pieces were given out to the judges so they could select the 20 winners — reports Telex.hu.

This year’s best

There is a category that decides which is the best fondant of the year. This year, a producer from the city of Gyula came first in the competition. It was a fondant with a hot wine flavour. The second place was awarded to a Promnád Café from Balatongyörök. They made a fondant called “Frizzy” which is filled with peanut and popping candy. Finally, third place was taken by Stühmer from Maklár with its pear gel and muscat-filled fondant.