Poland known for their sweets?

I used to travel to Poland with hand luggage only, but I bring back so many boxes of Ptasie Mleczko these days, that my hold baggage is in danger of exceeding its weight limits. No wonder they keep laughing at me at passport control at Warszawa Okęcie lol :D

I came across quite interesting site:

chocolissimo.pl/do/chocotelegram

you can order out there a chocolate mesasage or gorgeous pralines :)
but unfortunatelly it isnt in English:( I'm sorry...

Did I read this right... a recipe for Krówki???? As in the Solidarność ones?
WHERE?!?
OMG I haven't had those in years!

I love the Solidarnosc chocolates! I get mine at a local russian deli/store in northern California (Sacramento). Don't know where else you can get them except online maybe.

Two of my faves: Ptasie mleczko and Milchalki!
Polish chocolate is the best. (Sorry-France..)

Prince Polo suffered severe loss in quality since it was bought by Kraft Jacobs Suchard.
I was afraid (and Polish chocolates are a serious matter to me) that similar fate would await the 155-yr old Wedel brand when it was taken over by Cadbury. So far, no tragic consequences. Torcik Wedlowski, which was always superior to Prince Polo, remained excellent, as did their other products.

This is a great tnig, Cadbury is some of the best chocolate I have ever tasted.

aquarterof.co.uk/index.php

Look at this site for some classic British sweets. Ahh the memories

Does anyone know where to get mieszko chocolates online? I used to eat them all the time when I lived by Polish delis and I can't find them anywhere. Best choclates ever!!!! Please e mail me at templeoftime@aol.com

I love "wafel teatralny" from Kopernik. The wafer is just so good ;) (and their shops in Toruń have a nice atmosphere, like the shop Honeydukes from that Potter movie).

I also looove krówka candies, especially Krówka Opatowska, with a delicious stretchy filling.
Kukułki (Cuckoo Candies) and Raczki by Wawel are also my favourites ;)

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And now Kraft Foods is attempting a hostile take over of Cadbury =(. Fortunately, the latest news is that it will leave Polish Wedel alone. Thankfully! I work at Kraft but I'm also Polish and I know how good our chocolate is....especially Wedel. (And I agree, Prince Polo quality suffered when we acquired Olza)

I think Wedel improved since Cadbury took it over. I don't like Wawel - I think they're poo. And as for Ptasie Mleczko - I hate them. But that's a personal choice.

The plums in chocolate and liqueur chocolates are very good though. I also like the chocolate nuts and raisins you can buy (but I forgot the brand name).

My main gripe about chocolate in Poland is that there is a huge range of quality available ranging from stuff which doesn't contain any cocoa, to some quite nice stuff.

Wedel is in the MacDonald's category now. Pretty soon they will have drive-thrus at their dozens of locations.

Ohh, you haven't been to £ódź lately then. They already have one at Manufaktura :p

Maybe Wedel was better long ago, but in the 16 years I've toing and froing between UK and Polska I think it got better. But maybe it just got more Cadbury-like which could be what I was used to? Who knows? The fact that some people like Ptasie Mleczko shows we all have different tastes.

Well, it's all a matter of acquired taste, isn't it? Cadbury? For me it's a bit like Marmite, you have to have been accustomed to it since birth to accept it.. British chocolate can hardly be described as the real stuff.. Indeed it was even labelled "chocolate substitute" until 2003 in certain EU countries because Britain allowed its chocolate makers to put fat (up to 5%) instead of real cocoa in its chocolates. But Britain won in the case in the EU in 2003. For my taste, true chocolate can only be found in Switzerland or Belgium..

the best ones are the "Krówki".They melt in your mouth with that wonderful flavour.

France also. I used to go to a chocolatier who made American style brownies except on a whole different level. Oh, well, I like our plums in chocolate anyway. I'm just happy not to have to eat Hershey stuff.

I agree with you, Jola1, in France also. The "Maison du Chocolat" in Paris is a pure dream...

Can't argue that it's not damn good stuff. I love Lindt even if I can't spell it. ;)

A simple recipe for Le gâteau au chocolat fondant de Jola to help you slim down:

200 g of good dark chocolate
200 g of butter
5 eggs
1 soup spoon of flour
250 g sugar

Melt the chocolate with the butter. Don't eat it all now, bacause you can lick the bowl later.

Add the sugar and let it cool down somewhat.

Mix in the eggs, one at the time.

Add the flour and mix well.

Pour it all in a 20 cm square form or something similar.

Pop in the oven for about 20 minutes at 190 C.

Enjoy your chocolate therapy.

I can't get enough of the dark chocolate and the "Krówki".

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Yes,polish fathers are the best sweet makers.

Especially with dark chocolate

Krowka are lovely!! So are Kukula. Any of the Wavel brand chocolates are great. My favourite is Wavel Trufles!

Polish sweets are really good :) :) Krówki is like our fudge in the UK. Zuzola sweets are nice too. I love the ones with a liquor filling :)

One of my biker friends owns a company that makes Polish sweets....I always get a free bag of them when i go to visit him... they are yummy....

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Every week,we go to the Polish meat store --"Kustras" and we always get a few "krówki" on the way out for buying their kielbasa adn Rye bread.

Maybe my biker friend makes them...

his site is sp-gniewko,com.pl its in English too...

unfortunarley,I don't live in Poland--the best I can do is get the freebie from the Polish meat store.

Krówka in hand :) :) 5.90PLN for 300g is a little steep but they are hand-made and high quality. 1.50p, all in all, is not that bad a price for what you are getting. My diet was going so well too ;)

They are the best sweets i have tasted in Poland....even more tasty due to me getting some free ones...