Bonbons

Almost everybody likes and loves them: Bonbons. They make our daily life a little bit nicer and can help us in difficult or sad situations to make ourselves happy again. Greeks are real candy-lovers, so did they invent them to fulfill their longing?

One day an old farmer called Alphaios Pappas lost one of his goats. So he went to find it. But the goat was curious and ran far away. It took long time for the farmer to get close to it, because it was a small goat and he lived on the big island Chios. He was some days looking for his goat, when he got hungry and his stocks, he brought with him got empty. So he had to find something to eat in the nature. There he found a really sweet-smelling plant and he was brave enough to try it. This plant was so delicious and sweet, after he put it into hot water, that he took some plants with him and went on his way home. There he also found his lost goat. So he tried a lot of things with his new plant and soon he had some products out of it, which he had mixed with other ingredients. The so created sweet little snacks he called bonbons.