Punsch-roll


Punsch-roll is a Swedish small cylindrical pastry covered with green marzipan with the ends dipped in chocolate, with an interior consisting of a mix of crushed biscuits, butter, and cocoa, flavoured with punsch liqueur.

Name

This pastry is often called dammsugare, referring not only to its appearance, but also to the supposed practice of the pastry baker collecting crumbs from yesterday's cookies for filling. Other names are arraksrulle and "150-ohmare".

Variations

A similar pastry in Denmark is called træstamme. These however, are usually not colored green and no liquor is added to the cookie butter.
The Dutch variant is called a mergpijpje, which is cream-colored instead of green, and has a completely different filling. It comes in two variants: a small variant with cream filling, and a large variant, reuzemergpijp, filled with cake and a layer of cream. The reuzemergpijp is sometimes also filled with a thin layer of berry jam.