Chocolate Sprinkle Sandwich - A Dutch Legacy

It has been a while since we updated this blog. Jerrad is currently in Haiti, building schools and doing good for the world, while I am here working and getting drained by the non-sense and ridiculously broken worker's compensation system. Jerrad has all the exciting stories, but he has crappy internet there so the responsibility of updating our blog has fallen into my shoulders...


Thus comes the story of .... chocolate sprinkle sandwich. I know you feel sorry for me now, since I have such mundane and boring life that all I can write since the last 10 days or so is about some sandwich (that most of you probably think repulsive in some way), but don't!! I'm not, I'm excited about my chocolate sprinkle sandwich.

And I'm about to share it with you.

Chocolate sprinkle sandwich, as you have probably guessed, is made of two pieces of bread with loads of butter on them and topped with chocolate sprinkles. This is a Dutch thing, and the Dutch takes their chocolate sprinkles seriously.

You see, not all sprinkles are created equal. The sprinkles used for this sandwich is known as Dutch chocolade hagelslag, which consists of at least 35% cacao in it. If it's less than that, it ain't no chocolade hagelslag. And yes, these sprinkles taste better than your average joe sprinkles found in the regular supermarket. Here, to find one of these chocolade hagelslag, you usually have to venture to an asian supermarket... (why? I'm not sure..but probably because we Indonesians are also crazy about the chocolate sprinkle sandwich). One famous brand is this one:

Another proof that the Dutch takes their chocolate sprinkle sandwich seriously: just click here.

As far as us Indonesians, why on earth would we be so crazy about these weird sandwiches anyway?
Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch for 350 years, from the 1600s to early 1940s, before the Japanese invaded and ended the Dutch rule. And...the world history lesson ended here, folks.
Chocolate sprinkle sandwich is the Dutch legacy left behind long after the Dutch ended its ruling power. Everybody in Indonesia at some point or another has probably had some chocolate sprinkle sandwich in their lifetime (well, okay, I might exaggerate a bit, but I'm sure the majority of us have). I used to have this for breakfast every morning and for school snacks as well (health enthusiasts, please don't lecture me on the nutritional value of these sandwiches... I had a good childhood, thanks in part to this sandwich).

I made my husband tried it, and he didn't vomit. He responded pretty well actually, and confirmed that these Dutch hagelslag is better than the regular sprinkles. So, I would recommend you to try it as well. I mean, what's not to like? Bread...good. Butter...yumm. Chocolate...HECK YES!!! Look at all that goodness:

photo credit: theeatenpath.com

~ josie