{{Short description|Bear shaped chocolate-covered marshmallow candy from Norway}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Bamsemums | image = Bamsemums.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = | alternate_name = | country = {{flag|France}} | region = | creator = Bouquet d'Or | course = | type = Confectionery | served = | main_ingredient = Marshmallow, chocolate | variations = | calories = | other = }}
'''Bamsemums''' is a bear shaped chocolate-covered marshmallow candy created by the chocolate factory Bouquet d'Or, in Ascq, France.
== History ==
The first bear shaped chocolate-covered marshmallow candy was invented and manufactured in 1962 by the chocolate factory Bouquet d'Or, in Ascq (now Villeneuve-d'Ascq), France<ref>''Saveurs – Tendre ourson…'', by Marie-Laure Fréchet, 2008-10-16, http://www.unpeuplusaunord.fr/2008/10/16/saveurs-tendre-ourson/#more-351 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113235829/http://www.unpeuplusaunord.fr/2008/10/16/saveurs-tendre-ourson/#more-351 |date=2008-11-13 }}</ref><ref>magazine Saveurs, novembre 2008</ref><ref>''Ces objets branchés qu'on s'arrache'', Le Parisien, 2007-04-12, « Pour les 40 ans des fameux oursons guimauve de Bouquet d'or-Cémoi Chocolatier, une boîte collector, conçue spécialement pour Colette, a été lancée en exclusivité en décembre 2005 », http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/ces-objets-branches-qu-on-s-arrache-12-04-2007-2007936145.php</ref> under the name 'Petit ourson'.
Some confectionaries have started to make their own bear shaped chocolate-covered marshmallow candy as the Bouquet d'Or's one, as Nidar in 1975.
The Villeneuve-d'Ascq chocolate factory was bought by the Cémoi Group<ref>[http://www.paperblog.fr/4743551/le-petit-ourson-guimauve/ Historique et produits illustrés] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105030052/http://www.paperblog.fr/4743551/le-petit-ourson-guimauve/ |date=2012-01-05 }} sur un site d'amateur (août 2011)</ref> in 2003. Since then, annual production of gummy bears has tripled, reaching 3,000 tonnes in 2012.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of these little bears, an exclusive collector's box has been created,<ref name="Parisien">{{cite web|date=12 April 2007|title=Ces objets branchés qu’on s'arrache|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris/ces-objets-branches-qu-on-s-arrache-12-04-2007-2007936145.php|website=leparisien.fr}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> specially designed for the Colette boutique in Paris.
==Types of Bamsemums== *Bamsemums original (1975) *Bamsemums jelly (1992) *Bamsemums foam (1992) *Bamsemums banana (2004) *Bamsemums raspberry (2005) *Bamsemums citrus (2014)
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==External links== * [http://www.bamsemums.com Bamsemums official website] {{in lang|no}}
Category:Brand name confectionery Category:Marshmallows Category:Orkla ASA Category:French brands
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