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[[Image:Kanelbulle.jpg|thumb|Swedish [[cinnamon bun]] with crushed nib sugar]]
[[File:Colomba-Pasquale.jpg|thumb|An Italian sweet bread with extruded nib sugar]]

'''Nib sugar''' (also '''pearl sugar''' and '''hail sugar''') is a product of refined white [[sugar]].  The sugar is very coarse, hard, opaque white, and does not melt at temperatures typically used for baking.  The product usually is made by crushing blocks of white sugar, then sifting to obtain fragments of a given diameter.  The sugar may also be made in an extrusion process.

It is known as ''pärlsocker'' (pearl sugar) in [[Sweden]], and as ''perlesukker'' in other Scandinavian countries, except for in [[Finland]], where it is called ''helmisokeri'' (also pearl sugar) or more commonly ''raesokeri'' ("hail sugar").

In [[Scandinavia]], pärlsocker is used extensively to decorate various [[pastries]] and [[confection]]s, [[cookie]]s, especially on top of plain Swedish ''bulle'' or [[Finnish cuisine|Finnish]] [[pulla]]
<ref>[http://www.northpole.com/Kitchen/Cookbook/rec0514.html recipe for Swedish Pepparkakor (Pepper Cake) Cookies]</ref> [[cake]]s, [[muffin]]s<ref>[http://www.icakuriren.se/recept_visa.asp?iId=7757 recep bananmuffins med pärlsocker (recipe for banana muffins with pearl sugar)]</ref> and [[bun]]s, such as [[kanelbulle|kanelbullar]] ([[cinnamon bun]]s) and [[chokladboll]]ar.

In [[Germany]] it is known as ''Hagelzucker'' and traditionally used on Christmas cookies and cinnamon buns.

In [[Belgian cuisine|Belgium]], it is used in [[waffle|Liège waffles]], while in [[Dutch_cuisine#Friesland|Friesland]] it is used in sûkerbôle<ref>[http://www.applepiepatispate.com/bread/sukerbolle-suikerbrood/ recipe for Friesian sugar bread]</ref> (sugar bread).

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==Links==
* [http://www.danisco.com:80/cms/connect/corporate/products%20and%20services/product%20range/sugars/dry%20sugar/dry_sugar_en.htm Danisco product information]

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