What Are Jordan Almonds?
These are toasted almonds with a hard sugar shell. The packages I purchased, held pastel colored pieces, which are good sized and came in light blue, mint green, pale yellow, pink, light lavender and white. The almonds are a larger variety of almond that is grown in Spain. They are known for making good favors for weddings, graduations, anniversary celebrations, or other such events. According to the wisegeek website, the sweets are a form of drage, confectionery which consists traditionally of nuts covered in a hard shell. In addition to being edible, a drage also has symbolic meaning, although these meanings vary around the world. Middle Eastern weddings have for centuries serve candy coated almonds as part of their celebrations, so this custom may have some influence on Jordan Almonds being used as modern day wedding favors in the U.S. Some cultures see these as being symbolic. The bittersweet almonds represents life, while the sweetness of the sugar coating symbolizes the hope for
