Method for Producing a Confectionery Product

A method of producing an aerated confectionery product, said method comprising (a) depositing a first aerated confectionery mass by allowing it to flow into one or more mold cavities having bottom surfaces in a mold to form a first layer of the first aerated confectionery mass in the one or more mold cavities essentially covering the bottom surfaces, (b) depositing at least one particulate material on the first layer of the first aerated confectionery mass in the one or more mold cavities to create a layer of at least one particulate material on or extending into first layer of the first aerated confectionery mass in the one or mold cavities;

• and (c) depositing a second aerated confectionery mass by allowing it to flow into the one or mold cavities to form a second layer of the second aerated confectionery mass covering the layer of the at least one particulate material to form the aerated confectionery product, wherein the first and second aerated confectionery masses may be the same or different, wherein the first layer of first aerated confectionery mass can be formed by one or more depositions as in step (a), wherein the second layer of the second aerated confectionery mass can be formed by one or more depositions as in step (c), wherein the layer of at least one particulate material can be formed by one or more depositions as in step (b), and wherein the first and second aerated confectionery masses remain aerated in the aerated confectionery product.