Nocciolini di Chivasso

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Nocciolini di Chivasso are traditional Italian cookies hailing from the town of Chivasso in Turin, Piedmont. These tiny cookies are made with only three ingredients – Piedmont IGP hazelnuts, sugar, and egg whites. They were created by a confectioner Giovanni Podio in the 18th century, and the cookies were originally called noasetti . A master confectioner called Luigi Bonfante helped to spread the product all over the country, and he also chose the pink-red color of the packaging that remains an iconic staple of nocciolini di Chivasso to this day.