Home › Words › H › hagelslaghagelslaghagelslag means small, oblong, sweet-tasting chocolate granules, which are sprinkled on slices of buttered bread or rusks.EtymologyFrom Dutch hagelslag.nounSmall, oblong, sweet-tasting chocolate granules, which are sprinkled on slices of buttered bread or rusks.e.g.“There are also many types of sweet spreads. Dutch children are especially fond of hagelslag, small strands of milk or plain chocolate that are scattered onto white bread and butter.” — 1993, Christopher Hunt, “Food and drink”, in Focus on Holland, new edition, London: Evans Brothers Limited, →ISBN, page 12, columns 1–2:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).