Confetti in Italy

Around 260 pounds of confetti were consumed at Lucrezia Borgia’s wedding banquet in 1487. But guests weren’t eating bits of colored paper. In Italy, confetti is sugar-coated candies. Since Roman times, special sweets have marked Italian celebrations. Traditional confetti colors are white for weddings, sky-blue or pink for baptisms, red for graduations, and green for engagements. Originally made by nuns, most confetti comes from Sulmona in Abruzzo. Sugar-coated almonds are the classic favorite, but the town also produces hazelnut, pistachio, marzipan, glazed fruits, and chocolate confetti. My favorite? Confetti wrapped around Rosolio, a tangerine liqueur.