The Piedmont chestnut (marron) has a truly distinctive taste: its starch and sugar composition make it ideal for candying. The slow candying process is a slow, painstaking process and is essential to ensure that the chestnut really tastes of "chestnut" and not sugar or caramel.

Try these chestnuts as an ice cream topping, they go really well with chocolate! They are also wonderful drizzled over blue cheese or a soft cheese.