[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nicola Mucci was aged just fifteen when he made his first confectionery for his father\u2019s shop. It was 1894, and he had been working as an apprentice for just a few months at Caflish, the elegant Swiss chocolate shop in Naples. Back home, he immediately tried out his new art and, after five years at Caflish, he opened his own factory for dragees, chocolates, sweets, and liqueurs right in the heart of Andria, just by the cathedral. \u201cThe fragrances of vanilla, cinnamon, bergamot and coffee have been wafting through this palace of delights ever since, indulging the senses of high society\u201d, say his descendants. From then on, Mucci started amassing honours and awards at international and universal Expos around Europe.
\nIn about 1920, Mucci created the \u201cMandorla Imperial\u201d, a new dragee with a peeled Bari almond covered in purest white chocolate and lightly coated in sugar. This earned him a commemorative medal of 8 January 1930, celebrating the Royal Wedding between Crown Prince Humbert of Savoy and Maria Jos\u00e9, Princess of Belgium, for which he supplied the sugared almonds.
\nHis confectionery evolved in the 1930s, leading to the creation of the famous \u201cTenerelli\u201d dragees which have a \u201ctender\u201d heart made with almonds from Puglia and IGP hazelnuts from Piedmont coated in a double layer of the purest chocolate.
\nThis ancient tradition of the finest old-fashioned handmade dragees continues today using the original recipes. Authentic masterpieces in miniature, Mucci confectionery is made with ultra-fine ingredients that give it its inimitable taste and quality.<\/p>\n
The lovely Liberty-style building with its stones vaults, which was the original confectionery factory, now houses a museum, the Museo del Confetto, with collections built up with patience and passion by the Mucci family. Divided into four sections, the holdings include documents, utensils, equipment, and moulds for making dragees, sweets, and chocolates.[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”1774,1775,1776″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1491488548464{margin-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1491490998463{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”]<\/p>\n
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