''{{langnf|it|'''Sanguinaccio dolce'''''|sweet [[blood sausage#Italy|blood sausage]]}} is an [[Italian cuisine|Italian]] [[pudding]] made from pig's blood, made creamy and sweetened with ingredients such as chocolate, milk, [[pine nut]]s, [[raisin]]s and sugar.<ref name=WH/> In [[Naples]], it is traditionally prepared for [[Carnival in Italy|Carnival]] – the feast day before [[Lent]].<ref name=N/> It is also found in other regions of Italy, where there are local variations in the degree to which it is served warm and runny for dipping or allowed to set and formed into a pudding or cake.<ref name=CN/> However, public sale of pig blood was banned for health reasons in 1992.<ref name="fanpage">{{cite web|url=http://cucina.fanpage.it/sanguinaccio-dolce/|title=Sanguinaccio dolce: la ricetta del sanguinaccio napoletano|website=cucina.fanpage.it|access-date=13 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="1000Cibi">{{cite book|author=Mimi Sheraton Falcone|title=1000 Cibi da provare nella vita La bibbia dei sapori della decana del food writing americano|publisher=Rizzoli|isbn=978-88-586-7959-3|year=2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AqlwCQAAQBAJ&dq=Sanguinaccio+dolce&pg=PT646}}</ref><ref name="scattidigusto">{{cite web|access-date=13 January 2017|title=Sanguinaccio. La ricetta vera e perfetta con il sangue di maiale|url=http://www.scattidigusto.it/2015/02/15/sanguinaccio-ricetta-perfetta-con-sangue/|website=scattidigusto}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-12-13|author=Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato|language=it|title=DECRETO LEGISLATIVO 14 dicembre 1992, n. 508 - Normattiva|url=http://www.normattiva.it/eli/id/1992/12/30/092G0528/CONSOLIDATED/20221213|website=www.normattiva.it}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
The dessert appears in the TV series ''[[Hannibal (TV series)|Hannibal]]'' as a favourite of [[Hannibal Lecter]].<ref name=TF/>
