The base snacks developed in this work are shown in Fig.1 . The advantages of this snack are mainly that it is a nutritive crunchy product with an appealing flavour.In addition, its low water content (less than 3%) favours a long self-life
The formulation and also the elaboration process of these products can be modified with the aim to be employed in different applications.Indeed, the base formulation can be modified including different additives (colourants and/or flavouring), whereas the elaboration procedure can be adapted in order to obtain, for example, edible recipients with the same advantages of those showed by the snacks ( Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 ).Moreover, snacks and edible recipients can be used by chefs for the development of different culinary creations such as those showed in Fig.