The tray
Sugared almonds in tulle are older than the wedding cake in this part of the world, and Lebanon has turned them into a craft: the tray, the table, the box for the birth and the graduation, dressed in the colours of the occasion. The chocolate house designs the dressing and buys in the almonds and the dragées, because a coating pan is a factory tool and a chocolate house is a workshop. The dragée page lists what goes on the tray.
By colour, by the carton
Sugared almonds come one colour per carton or mixed, in the whites, ivories, golds and pastels the occasion trade asks for; chocolate dragées in milk, dark and white, and coated almonds and hazelnuts in a matching range. The case weight per line is stated in the offer, so a house knows how many trays a carton dresses before it orders, and the colours can be run to your own palette on selected lines under the private label page.
Timing and the season
Weddings cluster in the summer, births and graduations do not, and a container from Mersin is a short crossing, so a house can plan the whites and ivories for the year and the seasonal colours closer to the season. Sugared almonds keep well and travel dry all year; chocolate dragées and coated nuts are quoted in the reefer for the warm months. The offer states which line goes which way.
Who buys the container
A large chocolate house that dresses hundreds of occasions a year fills a container on its own and is quoted like an importer; a smaller house buys by the carton from the importer or wholesaler that brings it in, or pools an order with others, each house’s cartons on their own pallets. Because the container is mixed, dragées travel next to bulk chocolate, fillings and Turkish delight, so a house adds the tray lines to an order it was making anyway.
Price, and what is not printed here
The price per line in US dollars, the case count, the pallet plan and the tariff line are in the offer, not on a page, with the duty that applies on the day; nothing that moves with the exchange rate or the season is printed on this site. What a house sells the dressed tray for is its own craft; what the almonds cost by the carton is in the offer before it orders.
What to send first
The lines from the chocolate page, the dragée page and the Turkish delight page, the quantity per line, the port, Beirut or Tripoli, and whether any line carries your own brand. The written offer follows within two working days, in US dollars; the samples page explains how to taste the lines first, and the Lebanon page lists what stays the same on every offer.
Every line here is made in our own factory at Başpınar OSB, Gaziantep — a 10,000 m² site, exporting since 2002 — and certificate copies are available on request.
Can a chocolate house order dragées in its own colours?
Yes, on selected lines: we run the colours you name and the cartons carry your brand. The minimum per colour is stated in the offer.
Do sugared almonds need a reefer?
No, they travel dry all year. Chocolate dragées and coated nuts travel in the reefer in the warm months.
What is the minimum?
One full container, mixed across lines. A house that does not fill one buys by the carton from the importer that does, or pools an order.
