Well I managed to track down the photographer from an uncropped version of the image and I found his e-mail. He is a Russian photographer named Andrey Els and he took this picture in Acre, Israel. He believes that it is a local type of Rahat Lokum (Turkish Delight) made by the Arabs there...
is it really Lokum?
Thanks for the response. A number of other people have also suggested Turkish Delight/Lokum. However, whenever I search around for images of Lokum I never see any pictures remotely like this. I see mostly cubes, rolls, or "logs." Brred have you, or anyone else for that...
I'm trying to figure out what candy this is perhaps someone here might know. A friend of mine forwarded my this lovely photo of what I presume to some sort of middle eastern confectionery. I've had it as my screen saver now for several months but for the life of me I can't find any pictures on...