Afchain Les Bêtises de Cambrai (Mint)

Minted boiled sweets · Afchain · Chocolate & candy · Cambrai (Nord)

8/10must-try

Why it's worth it

Bêtises de Cambrai are a candy of the Nord region born, so the legend goes, from an apprentice's mistake, and Confiserie Afchain has been making them to the original recipe for over 150 years. The mint-and-caramel drops are a distinctly regional French sweet with no Czech shelf equivalent.

Taste

Small pillow-shaped boiled sugar drops flavoured with Mitcham mint and a caramel stripe; refreshing, sweet, with a light minty cool

Score breakdown

Can't get it at home4/4

Review evidence2/3

Local icon status2/2

Everyday availability0/1

Nutrition

Nutri-Score EBad nutritional quality

Nutritional values per 100 g

Energy value1635 kJ · 385 kcal

Fats0.5 gincluding saturated fatty acids0 g

Carbohydrates96.2 gincluding sugars78 g

Protein0.5 g

Salt0.1 g

Source: Open Food Facts label data (may lag pack reformulations).

Where & what you'll pay

mainstream supermarkets€EAN 3048461301202

If you know Czech shelves

No CZ analog; a boiled mint-caramel drop tied to one French town

Sources

“delicately flavored with Mitcham mint, to which a stripe of caramel is applied to sweeten the taste”
www.bienmanger.com (retailer)
“Confiserie Afchain has been making them for over 150 years and invented this recipe”
visit-cambrai.co.uk (guide)

Curated 2026-07-21. Image: Open Food Facts contributors, CC-BY-SA.