These small flavored anise drops have been made in France since the 17th century.

The base of the Flavigny candy is anise.

The Anise used is an umbelliferous plant and its small oval fruits, striated longitudinally, have a warm, spicy flavor and a remarkably aromatic scent.

Then Flavigny places the seeds in large pans and pours sugar syrup (water and sugar) over them.

The seeds roll over one another and gradually become covered in fine successive layers of syrup, kind of like snowballs tumbling down a snowy hill.