Chocolate Covered Caramelized Almonds with Bourbon Sea Salt

Dragées, Jordan Almonds, Confetti, Koufeta, Mlabas have been a traditional favor for weddings and other special family celebrations in French, Italian, Greek, and Middle Eastern cultures. The tradition is to present them in odd numbers (5’s, 7’s, 11’s) that are indivisible just as marriage should be and as a token of good fortune and happiness. Dragées were offered to symbolize happiness, health, longevity, wealth and fertility. We have replaced the colorful sugar candy coating of traditional dragées with dark chocolate and cocoa powder, also known as truffled.