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of a child in

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, where they are also known as doopsuiker ({{IPA, nl, ˈdoːpˌsœy̯.kər, lang, audio=Nl-doopsuiker.ogg, literally "baptism sugar"), and parts of the Netherlands. In French, they are called ''

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s''. They resemble

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and Italian Confetti. Originally sugar-coated almonds, they are now often sugar-coated chocolates of the same shape and size instead.

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