Salo in chocolate is a Ukrainian dish, created as a joke or experiment and produced since the late 90s. The recipe is thought to have originated in an ethnic joke about the Ukrainians' cult-like attitude towards salo, similar to the Italians' attitude towards spaghetti. In the late 90s, Odesa Confectionery Factory started production of candies . The chocolate candies were invented as an April Fool's Day joke. They were not actually salo; they contain a regular caramel filling with a small amount of rendered fat added as a salty flavouring. Since then, the dish is available in shops and restaurants in various Ukrainian cities. A BBC reporter called it "one of the unhealthiest snacks in the world". See also Chocolate-covered bacon Snickers salad List of chocolate-covered foods References Ukrainian cuisine