Production and Assessment of Soft, Sweet and Spicy Kuli Kuli (Peanut Cake) as a Tourists’ Snack at Tourism Destinations in Nigeria

Abstract

Gastronomic or culinary tourism is one of the special interest tourism that attracts many tourists to such destinations where food and beverages serve as the main tourist product or supporting product. Nigeria has variety of food products of local contents which can be utilised has tourist products.  Kuli kuli production has been one of the special food heritages in Northern part of Nigeria which if well presented, can be developed for culinary tourism. This research is aimed at Production and assessment of sweet and spicy kuli kuli as tourists’ snacks in popular tourism destinations in Nigeria.  A sensory evaluation was carried out with 20 panellists randomly selected from the academia and tourism and hospitality outlets. In general, the panellists have accepted and recommended kuli kuli to be served as a tourists’ snack in tourist destinations within the country. The producers and the tourism outfits like hotels, restaurants etc. should ensure that a tasty and well packaged kuli kuli is available for tourists’ consumption.