A disk of chocolate can be the perfect canvas for exploring a variety of flavours and colours. These little jewels of deliciousness called mendiants are studded with red berries – dried chunks of strawberries, raspberries, cranberries, and red currants – and generously sprinkled with green pistachios. Mendiants originated in France and have long been a part of the Christmas holiday tradition. Christmas or not, we recommend them any day of the year!