hagelslag

Noun

hagelslag (uncountable)

1. Small, oblong, sweet-tasting chocolate granules, which are sprinkled on slices of buttered bread or rusks.
   • There are also many types of sweet spreads. Dutch children are especially fond of hagelslag, small strands of milk or plain chocolate that are scattered onto white bread and butter.1993, Christopher Hunt, “Food and drink”, in Focus on Holland, new edition, London: Evans Brothers Limited, →ISBN, page 12, columns 1–2
   • When Karina Hof left her native New Amsterdam in 2003, she thought it would be just for a year. Two master’s degrees, two half-marathons, and too many boxes of hagelslag later, she’s still covering the Lowlands.2011, “About Our Writers”, in Niels Carels, Karina Hof, Steve Korver, Steven McCarron, Ann Maher, Tim Skelton, Amsterdam & the Netherlands, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Fodor’s Travel Publications...