Overview
- Two vocational‑education engineers from Oviedo spent nearly two years developing Leonoras as a new confection meant to celebrate Princess Leonor and the Principality of Asturias.
- The sweet is a gluten‑free florentina with a crunchy hazelnut base covered in milk chocolate and shaped into triangles so that three pieces together form a crown motif.
- Creators designed custom molds and bespoke green‑and‑gold boxes that display the triangular pieces as crowns to reflect Asturian identity.
- Leonoras are being sold in selected confiterías, gourmet shops and through an official website for €16.90 per box, with the initial distribution focused on Asturias and inquiries coming from other Spanish regions.
- The project involved local chefs, bakers and a packaging firm, the founders sought guidance from the Fundación Princesa de Asturias, and they sent a sample to the Casa Real before a public presentation at Oviedo’s Chamber of Commerce during the Princess of Asturias awards week.