Along with chestnuts and sweet potatoes, in these dates in which we find can not miss the sweet made from almonds called panellets .

The panellets are a typical sweet of Catalonia, Aragon, the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands, which is consumed on the night of October 31st at the vigil of Todos los Santos , at the time of the year when the Castañada is celebrated in Catalonia and Aragon.

The festival of All Saints has its origin in the Celtic festival called Samhain , where it was celebrated that the period of the year of living nature had ended and that of darkness began. It was considered that at that time of the year, the land of the dead and the living came into contact, so it is also referred to as the feast of the dead.

With the arrival of the Romans Christianity also arrived, and with it, the tradition of venerating the deceased with offerings in the form of sweet rolls that were deposited in the churches and the tombs of loved ones. These rolls were the same ones that were served to eat when a family member died, because as they are a food that endures a lot, it was related to eternity and memory to the deceased.

But it was not until s.VII when Pope Boniface IV named the November 1 as All Saints Day (All Hollows Eve in English, now known as Halloween) consecrating the Pantheon to the Virgin and all the martyrs, the which had been dedicated by the Romans to All the Gods.

As for the nutritional contribution, the panellets are, thanks to the almond , a great source of energy for its content in complex carbohydrates (slow absorption and satiating effect), rich in proteins , phytosterols and omega 6 fatty acids and, especially, omega 9 They are also rich in fiber , vitamins A , E and group B ( B1 , B2 , B5 , B6 , B7 and B9 or folic acid ), calcium , iron , magnesium , phosphorus , potassium , selenium and zinc .