US Patent 10010095 Packaged food product, in particular confectionery product

Packaged food product and process utilizes a first and a second half-shell of edible material. Each of the first and second half-shells of edible material is coated with a respective covering adhering to its inner and outer surface, each covering including a first and a second half-shell of sheet material, shaped so as to adhere to the inner and respectively the outer surface of the respective half-shell of edible material, the half-shells of sheet material being connected together along their respective peripheral edges so as to form a closed covering which encloses the half-shell of edible material. The half-shells of to edible material, coated with the respective covering, are retained in close relationship.