gelt

He helps himself to a piece of gelt from the candy bowl, peels the gold foil, and pops the chocolate coin into his mouth before reciting the prayers in Hebrew.

For example, she ordered Hanukkah gelt – chocolate coins wrapped in foil — from three vendors and got two out of three.

“I’ve tried making jelly doughnuts and they end up being really sad,” she says, but store-bought versions do tend to make an appearance, along with latkes and gelt.

Other traditions that have become ubiquitous with the Festival of Lights include gift exchanges, dreidel games, chocolate coins and gelt, potato latkes and other fried foods.

Along with Hanukkah gelt there are Hanukkah goodies.