Nonpareils

Love beads are a traditional candy that is sold mainly at local fairs and carnivals.

Love beads are dyed in different colors of sugar coated tablets with a diameter of a few millimeters. Often the love beads are offered packed in toys.

Inventor of love beads was the end of the 19th century that still exists today Süßwarenfabrik Rudolf Hoinkis in Görlitz.

Sprinkles are miniatures of love beads (less than 1 mm) and find for decorating chocolate products or use cookies. On the chocolate cookie sprinkles is nonpareil (Fr. " incomparable " ) called.

White bread with love beads is known as a dessert for children and Fairy Bread particularly in Australia and New Zealand.

The name of the beads stirred allegedly ago by a quote from the inventor, Rudolf Hoinkis which his family said after the invention of the pearls that he loved her just as the pearl for which he had no name yet. That's why his wife called love beads.