08.11.2026 20:01
The Turkish delight, which contains almonds, pistachios, and blackcurrants and is coated with 22-carat edible gold, surprises those who see it with both its appearance and its price. While the Turkish delight, in whose 50-kilogram production 5 grams of gold are used, is offered for sale at 10,000 TL per kilogram, the business owner offers free tastings to all customers regardless of whether they buy it or not. Those who see the gold-coated Turkish delight find its price expensive, while one customer expressed his reaction with the words "We cannot eat this Turkish delight."
In a shop selling food products in Amasya, gold-plated Turkish delight surprises those who see it. Anyone who wants can taste the Turkish delight, which uses 22-karat gold dust in its production, for free.
This type of Turkish delight, which contains almonds, pistachios, and red currants and is prepared with special wrapped fillings, is decorated with edible gold dust compliant with food regulations. Everyone who comes to the shop can taste slices of the Turkish delight that surprises those who see it.
22-KARAT GOLD USED: PER KILO 10,000 TL
Selim Kaya, the owner of the shop where 66 other varieties of Turkish delight are sold at prices between 500 TL and 3,000 TL per kilo, said, "We used 22-karat gold in our gold-plated Turkish delight. Five grams of gold go into our 50-kilogram Turkish delight cauldron. We sell it for 10,000 TL per kilo. We let everyone who comes taste it. It doesn't matter whether they buy it or not."
"THEY MADE TURKISH DELIGHT LIKE A GOLD BAR"
Chef Sezer Dirican, who said he had not eaten gold-coated Turkish delight before, said, "I had encountered many gold-plated things. But not Turkish delight. Its outside is completely gold. If you saw it from the outside, they have made Turkish delight like a gold bar."
"ITS PRICE IS VERY EXPENSIVE"
Nuran Muslu, who found the price of the gold-plated Turkish delight that surprised her when she heard its name to be expensive, said, "We cannot eat this Turkish delight. I don't think anyone in my neighborhood can eat it either. It is very expensive. Instead, we dry persimmons and eat them."