The Chocolate and Hazelnut Cigar from Venchi is also known by the name of Nougatine Cigar. The delicious layered cigar is a chocolate truffle made with Hazelnuts Tonda Gentile IGP from Le Langhe hills in Piemonte coated in two layers of pure chocolate. The tradition of chocolate cigars dates to the late 1800s as an alternative to the tobacco variety after dinner. Pair this cigar with a deep red wine or your favorite Amaro liquor. The cigar is an occasion to consume chocolate in an original and playful manner. It can be cut into slices and shared! Ingredients: Sugar, Cocoa butter, Piedmont Hazelnut paste, Cocoa Mass, Whole milk powder, Caramel (sugar, glucose syrup, cream (from milk), butter (from milk)), Cocoa powder, Emulsifier: soy lecithin, Anhydrous milk fat, Natural vanilla flavor. In early 1878, artisanal chocolatier Silvano Venchi opened his own chocolate shop in his hometown of Torino. With just two bronze cooking pots and a passion for chocolate, he combined regional recipes and the finest natural ingredients to create his confections. Today, Venchi is celebrated across the world for its high-quality chocolates made from the same ingredients: Criollo Cocoa that is the rarest and most expensive cocoa representing only 5% of all cocoa grown worldwide, natural vanilla, and the famous IGP Piemontese hazelnuts.