1) Bonbon in France 2) Bonbon in Europe 3) Candy in Europe 4) Candy in France 5) Cake from Europe 6) Cake from France 7) Chocolate dessert 8) Confectionery 9) Confection in Europe 10) Confection in France 11) Confection from Europe 12) Confection from France 13) Dessert from France 14) Dessert from Europe 
a disk of chocolate topped with dried fruit and nuts. Also: any preparation (cake, ice cream, chocolate tart
A mendiant is a traditional French confection composed of a chocolate disk studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the four mendicant or monastic orders of the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans and Carmelites. Each of the nuts and dried fruits used refer to the color of monastic robes with tradition dictating raisins for the Dominicans...
• (n.) See Mendinant.
Men'di·ant noun See Mendinant . [ Obsolete]
(MON-dee-on) Literally 'blind men/beggars' in French. Piped discs of solid chocolate studded with fruit and nuts. Â