"hundreds and thousands" (was Martabak)

[Jessie Emerson]

What is being described here?  I'm not familiar with "hundreds and
thousands," but if it involves chocolate, I wanna know!

Jessie Emerson


Barry Popik wrote...
>There are several standard fillings for sweet martabak.  One of them is a
sort of coloured sugar, usually coated in chocolate and similar to what in
England are called "hundreds and thousands."  Indonesians use the Dutch
name, muisjes. (...)