BÉGUÉ sweets are hard ginger sweets made in Dakar by the confectioner CONFISEN. Sweet at first, they then bite firmly: it's the taste found in corner shops across Senegal. 400 g bag, or about 100 sweets.
What is the BÉGUÉ sweet?
BÉGUÉ is a Senegalese brand found in almost every kiosk and shop in the country. Its ginger sweet is a boiled sweet containing 8.2% ginger, with a touch of honey and lemon. It is meant to be sucked rather than chewed: the sweetness comes first, then the ginger's bite rises and lingers in the mouth.
When to enjoy them?
In Senegal, a few are slipped into the bag for the road and offered after a meal. They go very well with mint tea or Touba coffee. With around a hundred sweets, the bag is easy to share, at home or at the office.
What to pair them with?
The same house makes BÉGUÉ mint sweets and the BÉGUÉ ginger biscuit. To stay in Senegal, add a Touba coffee or browse our Senegalese cuisine section.
Product information
- Brand: BÉGUÉ, made by CONFISEN in Dakar (Senegal)
- Volume: 400 g bag, about 100 sweets
- Ingredients: sugar, tapioca starch, ginger (8.2%), fully hydrogenated coconut oil, flavouring, honey (0.9%), lemon concentrate (0.2%)
- Allergens: none of the 14 regulated allergens in the ingredient list
- Origin: Senegal
- Storage: in a dry place, away from heat
- Average nutritional values per 100 g: energy 376 kcal, fat less than 0.1 g, carbohydrate 93.7 g of which sugars 74 g, protein 0.2 g
