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Is chocolate popular in Poland?


JonnyM  11 | 2607  
27 Sep 2011 /  #31
Des Essientes: meant to evoke pleasant childhood memories. The two words are modeled the words "noggin" and "Oz".

No. As I said in post #24, it's meant to evoke Europeean sophistication. I've included a link to the creator's obit in the NYT and to wikipedia. In case you find reading original sources to be a chore.

nytimes.com/2006/12/01/obituaries/01mattus.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4agen-Dazs

Personally I don't buy ice cream often (though eating it daily since I'm serving on an Italian vessel at the moment) but when I do, it tends to be Zielona Budka from Grycan. Especially their pistachio. I've avoided Blikle since I bought some of their lavender and rosemary flavour. The best stuff I've ever had though has been from any one of a number of small family firms in the UK - Yorkshire seems to be particularly rich in ice cream makers. There's a firm in Holmfirth that do delicious rhubarb flavour.

What both Grycan and Blikle do (and closer to the original subject of chocolate) is a double chocolate ice-cream, with chocolate chips and a consistency closer to chocolate than ice-cream. One of them (I forget which) does a chocolate sorbet - quite bitter and dark but wonderful.
OP PlasticPole  7 | 2641  
27 Sep 2011 /  #32
Well it's a nice name and very good ice cream :) Goes perfectly with chocolate spoon cake.
pip  10 | 1658  
27 Sep 2011 /  #33
no. It used to be a nice ice cream. now its version is nothing like the original.
OP PlasticPole  7 | 2641  
28 Sep 2011 /  #34
What brands of ice cream are there in Poland? Is chocolate a popular ice cream flavor, too? How about ice cream in general? I am a total chocoholic and prefer chocolate bars and chocolate cake over ice cream.
beckski  12 | 1609  
28 Sep 2011 /  #35
Is chocolate popular in Poland?

Lol, does a bear poop in the woods? My aunt from Lublin gave me a delicious box of Czekoladki chocolates. The YUMMY taste was similar to Godiva chocolates. I was selfish... I didn't share the candy with anyone :)


  • They're mine, all mine :)
OP PlasticPole  7 | 2641  
28 Sep 2011 /  #36
They look delicious, Beckski!
Sebastian  6 | 108  
28 Sep 2011 /  #37
Isn't chocolate popular all over the world? lol
christynaujalis  - | 1  
6 Oct 2011 /  #38
My cousins from Lithuania sent me the most exquisite chocolates last year for Christmas and they were made in Poland. They we dark chocolate filled with brandy liquor and were exquisite. I've looked for them in Polish markets in the U.S. and found the brand, but not those chocolates!
littlejagoda  1 | 26  
6 Nov 2011 /  #39
Accept nothing but Solidarność chocolate plums.

Could you possibly tell me some places in Krakow where I'd find them?
GrzegorzK  
6 Nov 2011 /  #40
chocolate is very popular in Poland, its called czekolade. However we do not eat them the same way americans do - Polish chocalate like most of our food has a more raw taste and is less refined and has less sugars and preservatives.
Michas  - | 1  
13 Jan 2012 /  #41
I'd read on several Polish Food Blogs and sites that the "Twix Bar" was very popular in Poland as was a cake made with them. Here is a recipe translated for such a cake.

Enjoy!!
Michas

TWIX CAKE
ingredients

* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 3/4 cup sugar
* 1/2 cup sour cream
* 1/4 cup butter, softened
* 1/4 cup water
* 1/2 tsp baking soda
* 1/2 tsp baking powder
* 1 egg
* 8 twix bars

directions

* 1

Heat oven to 350°. Grease and flour round pan (8“x 1.5” or 9“x 1.5”). Beat all ingredients except cookies in a medium bowl on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Coarsely chop cookies. Stir into batter. Pour into pan.

* 2

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
pip  10 | 1658  
13 Jan 2012 /  #42
chocolate is very popular in Poland, its called czekolade. However we do not eat them the same way americans do - Polish chocalate like most of our food has a more raw taste and is less refined and has less sugars and preservatives.

you have got to be kidding me. prince polo, mars, twix, snickers are all popular here as are kinder chocolate. Poles think that if it comes from somewhere else it is better.

prince polo tastes like crap- totally refined and full of preservatives.

do your homework.
swiss chocolate is by far the best- and I don't mean the kraft made toblerone. I mean the wonderful chocolate made by chocolatiers.
Des Essientes  7 | 1288  
13 Jan 2012 /  #43
do your homework.

Oh OK Pip we'll hunker down and study chocolate intensively since you've ordered us to.
OP PlasticPole  7 | 2641  
14 Jan 2012 /  #44
My New years resolution is less chocolate. Too much refined sugar.
ShAlEyNsTfOh  4 | 161  
14 Jan 2012 /  #45
Wow! A chocolate spoon!

mmmmMmMMm!!!!! my FAV!!
southern  73 | 7059  
14 Jan 2012 /  #46
Yes,many polish women need chocolate to have serotonin flood their brains.
Ironside  50 | 12375  
14 Jan 2012 /  #47
Yes it is! Plenty of chocolate plantation in Poland.
noreenb  7 | 548  
14 Jan 2012 /  #48
Mint chocalates are tasty. My favourite.
rozumiemnic  8 | 3875  
14 Jan 2012 /  #49
OMG I just ate half a bar of E Wedle Mleczna Wisniowska!!
Polish chocolate is the best!
My serotonin is flowing freely....
Marynka11  3 | 639  
14 Jan 2012 /  #50
Hmmm... I find the Solidarnosc chocolate a little waxy. Godiva is much silkier.
modafinil  - | 416  
14 Jan 2012 /  #51
Chocolate popular? Does the Pope sh1t in the woods.
Thorntons  
15 Feb 2012 /  #52
Merged: Polish Chocolate Market- HELP

Hi,

I am doing a university project related to Polish chocolate market. I'm interested in hearing the opinion about the tastes and preferences that Poles have about chocolate. Also, what do you think about the Polish market for luxury chocolate. Is it worth investing in, and are the preferences of Polish people becoming 'westernised'?

Thanks a lot in advance, I would really appreciate to hear your opinions!!

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