According to historical records from the
Amsterdam City Archives, was originally invented by B.E. Dieperink, the director of the liquorice sweet company
Venco, in 1919. However, Venco's hagelslag did not contain chocolate until 1951. Venco obtained a patent for the name, which meant that other companies, such as
De Ruijter and
Venz, were not permitted to use the term to describe their own products. Consequently, De Ruijter opted to name their sprinkles based on their flavors, using the term after the flavor (such as in ). The world's largest hagelslag factory is in
Tilburg. ==See also==