I'm not sure if this belongs here or r/decentfoodporn, so I'm erring on shitty because I don't consider this as an established normal food.
I went all out celebrating this fall holiday with my extended families. During their short visit from out of town, we did the whole nine yards of Thanksgiving dinner, movie night, 4-player games on Switch 2, candies & snacks, board games, etc.
A little background about my family (parents, two older sisters, myself), we came from Suriname (Dutch Guiana) before moving to the United States in the early 90s. While my siblings are familiar with hagelslag having eaten it back then, I was too young to have tried it and don’t remember seeing it before leaving our old country.
Wanting to finally try the dessert after learning about it from reddit several years ago and finding a ‘good’ excuse to do so by sharing the experience with my niece and nephew, I decided it was time to treat me and the kids with a unique twist on what their mother and aunt used to eat when they themselves were kids.
Dutch hagelslag consists of a slice of untoasted white bread, butter spread all over one side, and heavy layering of chocolate sprinkles (rich in cocoa, not waxy) compacted into the butter.
My bastardized version lives up to its American name by being a melting pot of food items from different cultures / countries and because it is excessively sweet.
Ingredients List
- Trader Joe's sliced French brioche bread
- Kerrygold naturally softer pure Irish butter
- Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread (imported version in the glass jar)
- Kraft Heinz Jet-Puffed marshmallow creme
- India Tree chocolate vermicelli (from Fresh Market)
- rainbow dot sprinkles
Most of our store brand chocolate sprinkles are said to be not chocolaty enough and don’t give the proper crunchiness when chewed. I could not locally source the De Ruijter brand so had to make do with an approximate substitute. The Dutch sprinkles can be bought online from Amazon, but I did not plan ahead to buying some early enough before Thanksgiving day.
I avoided Walmart’s Marketside sliced brioche as it is not as soft and vanilla-y aromatic compared to Trader Joe’s. The US versions of Nutella that come in plastic jars (made in Canada or Mexico) aren’t as good as those made in Italy, Germany, Poland, Turkey, etc.
There’s not much to assembly instructions. Toast the bread, spread butter on one slice, spread marshmallow on the other, layer each with their respective sprinkles (butter + chocolate, jet puff + rainbow), add nutella to the center, smoosh together, and enjoy your diabeetus.
by TurdPooCharger
36 Comments
Delicious omgggg
tbh looks like a smorgasbord for the ‘end of the month too broke to shop’ vibes.
Nope. 🤢
fairy bread on steroids
Crunchy
Fairy bread is bomb af, but I’ve never tried it with icing 😘
That’s a serious sugar overload, but I respect the creativity! 🍞
Are you stoned? Because same.
Ugh, I really want to try hagelslag.
This looks like something the kids make during a montage in a family movie where kids rule the world instead of adults.
High Octane sugar rush
Well give me some 😡
Hagelslag is art and not allowed here.
The sprinkles go in the sandwich. This is a real thing. Butter and sprinkles.
This is some r/StonerFood shit. I’d take a bite
Not shitty food, would demolish
Fairy bread
Isn’t this an Australian delicacy?
thats just fairy bread
It made me sick thinking about eating that
Should’ve used pancakes instead of bread.
Fairy bread is not even American
Do not trust Dutch people with food
You’re a good one. That’s the type of stuff that kids remember. I gave mine a fairy bread on Valentines day when they were four. They have consistently brought up how much they loved it for the last 14 years. Next time they mention it I’m going to make them one of these.
Idc I would devour that 🤩 looks delicious
This is really something the dutch eat on daily basis and we love it! There is some really good hagelslag out there.
Once in awhile I can find the de ruijter sprinkles at the big Asian grocery store by my place
Yes! Used to always buy the De Ruijter ones- muisjes and the fruit ones!
Very much not American
I know it’s literally “gender neutral niece/nephew” but niblings grates my brain the same way “littles” “doggo” and “choccy milk” do