Totenbeinli

Totenbeinli, meaning 'bones of the dead’ (though more literally translated as 'legs of the dead'), are a crunchy, nut-filled cookie originating in Graubünden. This macabre name comes from the fact that they were once commonly served at wakes, and that they should be about as hard and crunchy as the aforementioned bones.

Today they are made year-round throughout the country, and under much more neutral names like Nussstängeli, 'nut sticks', in German, and croquants in French, describ