page_title: Marzipan
section_title: The Americas
hierarchical_section_title: Marzipan / Around the world / The Americas
caption_attribution_description: English: Mexican peanut marzipan. Español: Mazapán de cacahuate hecho en México.
context_page_description: Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar or honey and almond meal, sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract.
  It is often made into sweets; common uses are chocolate-covered marzipan and small marzipan imitations of fruits and vegetables. It can also be used in biscuits or rolled into thin sheets and glazed for icing cakes, primarily birthday cakes, wedding cakes and Christmas cakes. This use is particularly common in the UK, on large fruitcakes. Marzipan paste may also be used as a baking ingredient, as in stollen or banket. In some countries, it is shaped into small figures of animals as a traditional treat for New Year's Day or Christmas. Marzipan is also used in Tortell, and in some versions of king cake eaten during the Carnival season. Traditional Swedish princess cake is typically covered with a layer of marzipan that has been tinted pale green or pink.
context_section_description: In Latin American cuisine, marzipan is known by the Spanish word mazapán and is also traditionally eaten at Christmas, although Latin American mazapán is generally made with peanuts instead of almonds as the Spanish mazapán.
caption: Mexican peanut marzipan.
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