Brittle (food)
Brittle is a type of confection consisting of flat broken pieces of hard sugar candy embedded with nuts such as pecans, almonds, or peanuts, and which are usually less than 1 cm (0.4 in) thick. == Types == It has many variations around the world, such as: pasteli in Greece sohan in Iran croquant or nougatine in France croccante in Italy krokan in Norway krokant in Croatia and Germany torrão in Portugal alegría or palanqueta in Mexico pé-de-moleque in Brazil panocha mani, panutsa mani, or samani in the Philippines (which can also be made with pili nut) gozinaki in Georgia gachak in Indian Punjab, chikki in other parts of India kotkoti in Bangladesh gajak in Pakistan huasheng tang (花生糖) in China thua tat (ถั่วตัด) in Thailand kẹo lạc, kẹo hạt điều in Vietnam.