Cannellette

Gingerbreadnuts…. or something like that. These are traditionally eaten at Sinterklaas. They are quite hard and are made with the same kind of cookie dough as the Swedish Pepparkakor. During Sinterklaas they get thrown around a lot by Zwarte Piet (Black Pete), the (black) helper of Sinterklaas.

Sinterklaas is named after Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children. It is celebrated on december 5th. Sinterklaas carries a big book with the names of all the children, in the book is noted whether a child had been naughty or nice.