Fistaszkowe

Name: Fistaszkowe
Pronunciation: fʲista’ʃkɔvɛ
Translation: of peanuts
Producer: Wawel Kraków
Weight: approx. 7 g/0.24 oz per candy
Price: 25 PLN/$ 8/€ 6/£ 5 per 1 kg/35 oz
Energy: 395 kcal/100g

Ingredients: sugar, glucose syrup, peanuts 12%, hydrogenated vegetable fat, fat-reduced cocoa powder, whey powder (from milk), wafers (wheat flour, vegetable oil, emulsifier: soya lecithin, salt, raising agents: sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate), flavours.

Fistaszkowe are hard candies filled with peanut and cocoa filling enriched by crumbled wafers. They are one of flagship products of Wawel.

Kukułka

Name: Kukułka
Pronunciation: kuˈkuwka
Translation: cuckoo
Producer: Wawel Kraków/Pszczółka Lublin
Weight: approx. 7 g/0.24 oz per candy
Price: 25 PLN/$ 8/€ 6/£ 5 per 1 kg/35 oz
Energy: 412 kcal/100g

Ingredients (Wawel): sugar, glucose syrup, peanuts 9%, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar), fat-reduced cocoa powder 4%, flavours, hydrogenated vegetable fat, spirit, cream, acidity regulator: citric acid, emulsifier: soya lecithin, flavours.

Ingredients (Pszczółka): sugar, glucose syrup, milk powder, cocoa, spirit, confectionery shortening, emulsifier: soya lecithin, flavour: ethyl vanillin.

Kukułki are hard candies filled with rum-flavoured milky cocoa mass. Their name (cuckoos) stems from their brownish colouring and white stripes. They’ve been one of the most popular Polish candies since the post-war period. They are produced by a couple of companies – Wawel and Pszczółka being the most prominent ones.

Pszczółki

Name: Pszczółki
Pronunciation: ˈpʃʧ̑uwci
Translation: diminutive and plural form of bee (Polish pszczoła)
Producer: Pszczółka Lublin
Weight: approx. 15 g/0.5 oz per candy
Price: 20 PLN/$ 5.80/€ 4.70/£ 3.70 per 1 kg/35 oz
Energy: approx. 54 kcal per candy

Ingredients: sugar, starch syrup, honey.

Pszczółki is a yellow hard candy from Pszczółka Lublin. It’s filled with liquid honey.

Jogusie

Name: Jogusie
Pronunciation: jɔˈguɕɛ
Translation: abbreviated and diminutive form of yoghurt (Polish jogurt)
Producer: Pszczółka Lublin
Weight: approx. 15 g/0.5 oz per candy
Price: 20 PLN/$ 5.80/€ 4.70/£ 3.70 per 1 kg/35 oz
Energy: approx. 60 kcal per cnady

Ingredients: sugar, glucose syrup, milk powder, acidity regulator: citric acid, fruit powder 0.5%, wild strawberry flavour, colour E120.

Jogusie is a pink hard candy from Pszczółka Lublin. It’s filled with (wild) strawberry-and-blueberry flavoured yoghurt mass.

Musss…

Name: Musss…
Pronunciation: ˈmus
Translation: abbreviated form of to fizz (Polish musować)
Producer: Pszczółka Lublin
Weight: approx. 15 g/0.5 oz per candy
Price: 20 PLN/$ 5.80/€ 4.70/£ 3.70 per 1 kg/35 oz
Energy: approx. 19 kcal per candy

Ingredients: sugar, starch syrup, acidity regulator: citric acid, sodium carbonate, nature-identical flavours, colours: E104, E110, E124, E132.

Musss… is a series of hard candies from Pszczółka Lublin. They’re filled with fruit-flavoured powder that fizzes once the candy is bitten into. They’re come in five flavours: lemon (yellow), pear (green), grape (dark blue), orange (orange) and cherry (red).

Miętowe lubelskie z czekoladą

Name: Miętowe lubelskie  z czekoladą
Pronunciation: mʲjɛ̃nˈtɔvɛ luˈbɛlsʲcɛ sˌʧ̑ɛkɔˈladɔ̃
Translation: Mint Lublin with chocolate
Producer: Pszczółka Lublin
Weight: approx. 15 g/0.5 oz per candy
Price: 20 PLN/$ 5.80/€ 4.70/£ 3.70 per 1 kg/35 oz
Energy: approx. 19 kcal per candy

Ingredients: sugar, glucose syrup, milk powder, cocoa, confectionery fat, chocolate coating 1%, mint oil, chocolate flavour, emulsifier: lecithin.

Miętowe lubelskie z czekoladą is a chocolate hard candy from Pszczółka Lublin. It’s filled with mint-flavoured cocoa mass.

Choco

Name: Choco (Zakręcone Złote Praliny)
Pronunciation: ˈʧ̑ɔkɔ (zakrɛ̃nˈʦ̑ɔnɛ ˈzwɔtɛ praˈlʲinɨ)
Translation: Choco (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. 85 kcal

Ingredients: sugar, cocoa mass, hydrogenated vegetable fat, whey powder, cocoa butter, fat-reduced cocoa powder, skimmed milk powder, whole milk powder, milk fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin, E476 and E492, flavours. Chocolate: 50%.

Choco is another 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 thick chocolate cream and chocolate drops.

Złoty Rum

Name: Złoty Rum (Zakręcone Złote Praliny)
Pronunciation: ˈzwɔtɨ ˈrum (zakrɛ̃nˈʦ̑ɔnɛ ˈzwɔtɛ praˈlʲinɨ)
Translation: Golden Rum (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. 85 kcal

Ingredients: sugar, cocoa mass, hydrogenated vegetable fat, glucose syrup, cocoa butter, whey powder, spirit 2%, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, cherry concentrate, fat-reduced cocoa powder, milk fat, stabiliser: invertase, emulsifiers: soya lecithin, E476 and E492, flavours. Chocolate: 50%.

Złoty Rum is another 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 liquid rum-flavoured alcoholised cream.

Five

Name: Five (Zakręcone Złote Praliny)
Pronunciation: ˈfaɪv (zakrɛ̃nˈʦ̑ɔnɛ ˈzwɔtɛ praˈlʲinɨ)
Translation: Five (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. 85 kcal

Ingredients: sugar, cocoa mass, hydrogenated vegetable fat, whey powder, cocoa butter, crisps 2% (wheat flour, sugar, fat-reduced cocoa powder, oat flour, wheat malt, salt, flavour), hazelnuts 2%, skimmed milk powder, fat-reduced cocoa powder, milk fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin, E476 and E492, flavours. Chocolate: 50%.

Five 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 thick hazelnut cream and dark chocolate round crisps.

Chrupanka krakowska

Name: Chrupanka krakowska
Pronunciation: ˈxrupãnka kraˈkɔfska
Translation: Cracow cruncher
Producer: Wawel Kraków
Weight: approx. 15 g/0.5 oz per candy
Price: 25 PLN/$ 7.50/€ 5.90/£ 4.70 per 1 kg/35 oz
Energy: approx. 85 kcal

Ingredients: sugar, cocoa compound coating 16.5% (sugar, hydrogenated vegetable fat, fat reduced cocoa powder 20%, emulsifiers: soya lecithin and polyglycerol polyricinoleate E476, flavour), vegetable fat, skimmed milk powder, peanuts 12%, wafers 9.5% (wheat flour, sugar, vegetable fat, salt, flavour), whey powder, lactose, candied orange peel 1.5% (orange peel, sugar, glucose-fructose syrup, acidity regulator: citric acid, preservative substance: potassium sorbate, flavour), fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsifier: soya lecithin, flavours.

Although Chrupanka krakowska is a relatively new product from Wawel Kraków, it managed to catch on and is now very popular. It’s a chocolate-covered praline with vanilla-flavoured milk mass inside. Thanks to peanuts, wafers and orange peel, the praline is very crunchy (as its name suggests).