For the bug foods do you have anything in mind for what candy might look like? I absolutely love this kind of worldbuilding
Actually yes! I'd been working on it for a while in response to a follower regarding desserts and drinks.
Now, taking into account that Hallownest does not theoretically have all the resources that we have in our world, its menu of sweets and desserts is probably not very varied.
The "desserts" prepared by the Mosskins could easily be considered reserve foods.
Each of these prepared with what the Mosskin themselves can get in their territory without trading much with the bugs of the capital.
For their part, the mantises would be in a bad position. They don't have a very extensive dessert culture, as their resources are limited to just mushrooms and meat.
The closest thing to a treat that young mantids will be able to taste without leaving their territory would be sweet mushrooms impaled and soaked in mushroom wine.
The bugs of the City of Tears (The commercial point with the entire kingdom, in my opinion) would have a more varied culture of candy.
Its cold and humid climate would be ideal for the preparation of cold desserts such as cakes or sweets with honey, the cold in fact would help a lot to preserve and process many types of food.
However, after consulting with some friends ... I think that with the limited variety of resources for the preparation of novelty things like desserts, most of these would have a very high price and are probably sold in the rich zone / privileged area of the City. Few of them would make it to places like Dirtmouth or Forgotten Crossroads.
These desserts would be reserved solely for the nobility, bureaucracy and royalty of Hallownest.
Although a very simple and easy to get candy would be cookies.
Easy to prepare, cheap to produce and very tasty. They would be the favorite candy of the larvae and children, since a trick to sell them faster is to give them fun shapes.
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