Well attestedNamed from the place
Dubai chocolate
noun · first attested 2021
A pregnancy craving in Dubai went on to strain the world pistachio supply.
A thick filled chocolate bar containing pistachio cream and shredded kunafa pastry.
25.2697°N 55.3094°E · Q612
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- Named from the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 2021
- Part of speech
- noun
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Dubai
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Dubai chocolate
Sarah Hamouda created the bar for her company Fix Dessert Chocolatier in Dubai in 2021, packing the pistachio and kunafa flavors of Levantine sweets into a chocolate shell. A viral video in 2024 turned it into a global copycat product and helped push pistachio prices sharply upward.
United Arab Emirates
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