India, Feb. 27 -- Pistachios are having their moment in the sun. The resurgence of this nut can be traced to the crunchy yet gooey chocolate bar from a chocolatier in Dubai that went viral sometime last year. This chocolate bar has found fast fans the world over, with several brands recreating and selling their own versions of it. It is filled with thinly toasted katafi pastry, which is used to make kunafa - a Middle Eastern dessert - and mixed into luxuriant pistachio cream. This unseemingly green concoction is layered into milk or dark chocolate. Breaking into this bar to hear the satisfying crunch has been recreated by several food bloggers online.

Now, this viral Dubai chocolate trend has spawned new versions. Food influencers are ad...