Czekoladowe Kreacje Classic

Name: Czekoladowe Kreacje Classic
Pronunciation: ˌʧ̑ɛkɔlaˈdɔvɛ krɛˈaʦ̑jɛ ˈklasʲik
Translation: Chocolate Creations Classic
Producer: Solidarność Lublin
Weight: approx. 20 g/0.70 oz per candy
Price: 16 PLN/$ 4.95/€ 3.80/£ 3.10 per 260 g/8.8 oz
Energy: approx. 100 kcal per candy

Ingredients*: sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, whole milk powder, whey powder, hydrogenated vegetable fat, hazelnuts, peanuts, apricot kernels, almonds, spirit, skimmed milk powder, milk fat, fat-reduced cocoa powder, dried egg yolk, salt, stabiliser: invertase, emulsifiers: soya lecithin, E 476, E 492, flavours.

*ingredients of individual candies are not given on the wrappers – this list applies to all candies and is found on the package.

The Chocolate Creations Classic are one of the most popular boxed pralines. They serve as gifts on various occasions (birthday, name/women’s/father’s.mothers/etc. days). There are two types of those pralines: Golden Chocolate Creations (12 flavours, without wrappers) and Chocolate Creations Classic (5 flavours, wrapped). The Classic line comprises:

Toffee (red wrapper) – caramelised sugar and milk filling covered with dark chocolate.

Nougat (green wrapper) – hazelnut and peanut filling covered with milk chocolate.

Choco (brown wrapper) – creamy cocoa filling covered with milk chocolate.

Marzipan (white wrapper) – creamy apricot kernel and almond filling covered with dark chocolate.

Advocaat (purple wrapper) – creamy egg yolk filling with alcohol covered with milk chocolate.

Makowiec

Name: Makowiec
Pronunciation: maˈkɔvʲjɛʦ̑
Translation: poppyseed cake
Energy: approx. 190 kcal per serving

Ingredients: Poppyseed filling: poppyseed 40%, honey, eggs, butter, walnuts, raisins, candied orange rind (orange rind, sugar), almonds, dates, sunflower oil, sugar.
Bottom sponge cake: eggs, sugar, wheat flour, potato starch.
Chocolate frosting: sugar, fat-reduced cocoa powder, butter, cream.

Makowiec is probably, along with sernik (cheesecake), the most popular Polish cakes. Traditionally, it’s prepared for Christmas, but since every occasion is perfect to eat some makowiec, people tend to bake it for Easter as well. The poppy filling usually contains, apart from poppyseeds, honey and dried fruit with various nuts. It can be baked with or without a bottom layer (sponge pastry, shortcrust pastry and the like), or as a yeast cake roll.

Mazurek

Name: Mazurek
Pronunciation: maˈzurɛk
Translation: —
Energy: approx. 130 kcal per serving

Ingredients (the one with kajmak): Shortcrust pastry: wheat flour, butter, egg, potato starch, sugar.
Jam: black currants, sugar.
Kajmak: milk, sugar.

Ingredients (the one with marzipan): Shortcrust pastry: wheat flour, butter, egg yolk, sugar.
Marzipan: almonds 50%, sugar, alcohol.
Chocolate frosting: cream, cocoa, sugar, butter.

Mazurek is a typically Easter cake. The name may apply to any kind of pastry (most frequently shortcrust, but also sponge, puff, wafers, etc.) that is garnished in a very elaborate way, e.g. with various creams, dried fruit, nuts, chocolate. Above you can see a mazurek with kajmak (Polish name for dulce de leche) and black currant jam, and another one with marzipan and chocolate. Other variations include icing, apricot, poppy or date mass, lemon cream, or rose jam.

Marcepan

Name: Marcepan
Pronunciation: marˈʦ̑ɛpan
Translation: Marzipan
Producer: Solidarność (Złoty Marcepan)/Wawel (Marcepan Superior)/Mieszko (Marcepan Oryginalny)
Weight:  15 g/28 g/15 g (0.50 oz/0.95 oz/0.50 oz)
Price: 35-70 PLN/$ 11.20-22.40/€ 8.40-16.80/£ 7.00-14.00 per 1 kg/35 oz
Energy: approx. 450 kcal per 100 g/3.5 oz

Ingredients (Solidarność): sugar, apricot kernels, cocoa mass, water, glucose-frucose syrup, cocoa butter, hydrogenated vegetable fat, almonds, milk fat, spirit, potato starch, preservative: potassium sorbate E 202, emulsifiers: soya lecithin,  polyglycerol polyricinoleate E476 and sorbitan tristearate E 492, flavours. Chocolate: 30%.

Ingredients (Wawel): marzipan 80% (sugar, almonds 34%, starch syrup, moisture regulator: sorbitol, preservative: potassium sorbate), chocolate 16.5% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin,  polyglycerol polyricinoleate E476, flavour: ethylvanillin), hydrogenated vegetable fat, spirit, emulsifiers: soya lecithin, acidity regulator: citirc acid, almond flavour. Chocolate: cocoa solids min. 45%.

Ingredients (Mieszko):  sugar, chocolate 25% (sugar, cocoa mass, vegetable fat, milk fat, cocoa butter, emulsifiers: soya lecithin,  polyglycerol polyricinoleate E476, flavours), marzipan 19.1% (almonds, sugar, water, inverted sugar), glucose syrup, hydrogenated vegetable fat, whey powder, whole milk powder, peanuts, skimmed milk powder, alcohol, emulsifiers: soya lecithin,  flavours, enzyme: invertase. Chocolate: cocoa solids min. 40%.

Marcepan is very popular in Poland. It’s used as filling in various types of cakes and buns. as well as pralines. Those most popular ones available on the Polish market are produced by Wawel, Mieszko and Solidarność. In the case of the last manufacturer we cannot actually speak of marzipan, but rather almond-flavoured persipan (as it’s made of apricot kernels). Marzipan is also very often prepared at home, especially before Christmas and Easter.

Almondo

Name: Almondo (Zakręcone Złote Praliny)
Pronunciation: alˈmɔndɔ (zakrɛ̃nˈʦ̑ɔnɛ ˈzwɔtɛ praˈlʲinɨ)
Translation: Almondo [Polish word for an almond is migdał] (The Twisted Golden Pralines series)
Producer: Solidarność Lublin
Weight: approx. 15 g/0.5 oz per candy
Price: 28 PLN/$ 8.80/€ 6.80/£ 5.60 per 1 kg/35 oz
Energy: approx. 75 kcal

Ingredients: sugar, hydrogenated vegetable fat, whole milk powder, whey powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, almonds 3%, almond flour 2%, milk fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin and polyglycerol polyricinoleate E476, flavours. Milk chocolate: 50%.

Almondo is a member of the Zakręcone Złote Praliny series from Solidarność. It’s a hill-shaped (just like all other Golden Pralines) milk chocolate praline filled with almond cream and crushed almonds.