Name: Kluski (makaron) z truskawkami
Pronunciation: ˈklusci (maˈkarɔ̃n) struskaˈfkamʲi
Translation: dumplings (pasta) with strawberries
Energy: approx. 600 kcal per serving
Ingredients: pasta (wheat flour, water), strawberries, sour cream, sugar.
Kluski (or makaron) z truskawkami is a typical Polish simple “sweet dinner”, consisting of pasta (of various shapes) with sweetened strawberries (whole or mashed), topped with sour cream. It can be served cold or hot.
Name: Pawełek
Pronunciation: paˈvɛwɛk
Translation: a hypocoristic form of a given name Paul
Producer: Wedel/LOTTE
Weight: 45 g/1.59 oz
Price: 1.30 PLN/$ 0.38/€ 0.31/£ 0.25
Energy: approx. 470 kcal
Ingredients (Advocaat): dark chocolate 50% (sugar, cocoa mass, fat-reduced cocoa powder, cocoa butter, milk fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin and E476, salt, flavour), sugar, sweetened condensed milk, partially hydrogenated vegetable fat, glucose syrup, spirit (2.4%), dried whey, dried skimmed milk, milk fat, flavours, enzyme: invertase, emulsifier: soya lecithin, lactose, colour (curcumin). Chocolate: Cocoa solids min. 50%.
Ingredients (Cream): milk chocolate 50% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, dried whole milk, dried whey, milk fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin and E476, flavour), sugar, sweetened condensed milk, partially hydrogenated vegetable fat, glucose syrup, spirit (2.1%), dried whey, dried skimmed milk, milk fat, enzyme: invertase, flavours, emulsifier: soya lecithin, lactose, dried cream (0.01%). Chocolate: Cocoa solids min. 29%, milk solids min. 14%.
Ingredients (Chocolate): milk chocolate 50% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, dried whole milk, dried whey, milk fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin and E476, flavour), sweetened condensed milk, sugar, chocolate 8% (cocoa mass, sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder, cocoa butter, emulsifier: soya lecithin, flavour), glucose syrup, humectant: sorbitol, spirit (2.0%), enzyme: invertase, flavours. Chocolate: Cocoa solids min. 29%, milk solids min. 14%.
Ingredients (Toffee): milk chocolate 50% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, dried whole milk, dried whey, milk fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin and E476, flavour), sugar, sweetened condensed milk, glucose syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable fat, spirit (2.3%), dried whole milk, dried whey, enzyme: invertase, flavours, emulsifier: soya lecithin, lactose. Chocolate: Cocoa solids min. 29%, milk solids min. 14%.
Pawełek is an immensely popular dark or milk chocolate rectangular bar with alcohol-flavoured filling. It comes in various flavours: advocaat (the only one enrobed in dark chocolate), cream, chocolate and toffee. It is manufactured by the cult company Wedel.
Name: Wuzetka
Pronunciation: vu’zɛtka
Translation: acronym (WZ) with a diminutive suffix -ka, or acronym WZK (explained below)
Energy: approx. 245 kcal per serving
Ingredients: Pastry: eggs, sugar, wheat flour, vegetable oil, potato starch, cocoa.
Filling: rose petals, sugar.
Filling: cream.
Wuzetka is a cocoa sponge cake filled with a tick layer of whipped cream and a touch of rose jam. It’s served at the majority of confectioneries and cafés in Poland since the 1940s, typically with a cup of coffee. There are two theories concerning its name; the first one states that it comes from the East-West Road in Warsaw (Polish: Trasa Wschód-Zachód or W-Z). The second theory says that its original name was a cake with cream (Polish: Wypiek Z Kremem), and it got acronymised to WZK.
Name: Jacek
Pronunciation: ˈjaʦ̑ɛk
Translation: a hypocoristic form of a given name Hyacinth
Producer: Wawel Kraków
Weight: 42 g/1.48 oz
Price: 1.50 PLN/$ 0.50/€ 0.35/£ 0.30
Energy: 200 kcal
Ingredients: chocolate 54.5% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat, emulsifier: soya lecithin and E476, flavour), sugar, fruit filling (apple sauce, pumpkin sauce, sugar, glucose syrup), hydrogenated vegetable fat, glucose syrup, whey powder, cream, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar), spirit, fruit powder: orange 0.2%, acidity regulator: citric acid, flavours, colours: beta-carotene, cochineal. Chocolate: Cocoa solids min. 43%.
Jacek is a dark chocolate rectangular bar with creamy orange-and-milk filling. It belongs to the Wawel chocolate bar series.
Name: Adaś
Pronunciation: ˈadaɕ
Translation: a hypocoristic form of a given name Adam
Producer: Wawel Kraków
Weight: 42 g/1.48 oz
Price: 1.50 PLN/$ 0.50/€ 0.35/£ 0.30
Energy: 200 kcal
Ingredients: chocolate 54.5% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat, emulsifier: soya lecithin and E476, flavour), sugar, glucose syrup, cream, hydrogenated vegetable fat, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar), spirit, whey powder, dried egg yolk, enzyme: invertase, flavour. Chocolate: Cocoa solids min. 43%.
Adaś is a dark chocolate rectangular bar with alcohol-flavoured milk filling. It belongs to the Wawel chocolate bar series.
Name: Maciek toffi
Pronunciation: ˈmaʨ̑ɛk ˈtɔfʲi
Translation: a hypocoristic form of a given name Matthias; tofffee
Producer: Wawel Kraków
Weight: 41 g/1.45 oz
Price: 1.50 PLN/$ 0.50/€ 0.35/£ 0.30
Energy: 190 kcal
Ingredients: milk chocolate 54.5% (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier: soya lecithin, flavour), sugar, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar), glucose syrup, spirit, whey powder, hydrogenated vegetable fat, dried egg yolk 1.8%, enzyme: invertase (humectant), flavour. Chocolate: Cocoa solids min. 30%.
Maciek toffi is a milk chocolate rectangular bar with alcohol-flavoured creamy toffee filling. It belongs to the Wawel chocolate bar series and shares its name with Maciek adwokat.
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.
Name: Maciek adwokat
Pronunciation: ˈmaʨ̑ɛk adˈvɔkat
Translation: a hypocoristic form of a given name Matthias; advocaat
Producer: Wawel Kraków
Weight: 40 g/1.41 oz
Price: 1.50 PLN/$ 0.50/€ 0.35/£ 0.30
Energy: 196 kcal
Ingredients: milk chocolate 54.5% (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier: soya lecithin, flavour), sugar, glucose syrup, cream, hydrogenated vegetable fat, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar), spirit, dried egg yolk 1.8%, enzyme: invertase (humectant), flavour. Chocolate: Cocoa solids min. 30%.
Maciek adwocat is a milk chocolate rectangular bar with advocaat (egg yolk with alcohol) cream. It belongs to the Wawel chocolate bar series. Its toffee version (Maciek toffi) is also available.
Name: Ikar
Pronunciation: ˈikar
Translation: Icarus
Producer: Wawel Kraków
Weight: 42 g/1.48 oz
Price: 1.50 PLN/$ 0.50/€ 0.35/£ 0.30
Energy: 200 kcal
Ingredients: chocolate 54.5% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin and polyglycerol polyricinoleate E 476, flavour), sugar, chocolate 6.3%, glucose syrup, hydrogenated vegetable fat, skimmed milk powder, spirit, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar), cream, wafers (wheat flour, vegetable oil, emulsifier: soya lecithin, salt, raising agents: sodium hydrogen carbonate and ammonium hydrogen carbonate, dried egg yolk, ethyl vanillin. Chocolate: Cocoa solids min. 43%.
Ikar is a dark chocolate rectangular bar with alcohol-flavoured cream and chocolate filling with crumbled wafers. It belongs to the Wawel bar series.
Name: Mister Ron
Pronunciation: ˈmʲistɛr ˈrɔn
Translation: —
Producer: Solidarność Lublin
Weight: approx. 10 g/0.34 oz per candy
Price: 20 PLN/$ 6.40/€ 4.80/£ 4.00 per 1 kg/35 oz
Energy: approx. 55 kcal
Ingredients: sugar, hydrogenated vegetable fat, whey powder, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, cocoa butter, cream powder 1%, strawberry powder 1%, milk fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate E476 and sorbitan tristearate, flavours, colouring: betanine E 162. Strawberry filling: 40%, cream filling: 33%.
Mister Ron is a praline with two-layer strawberry-and-cream mousse filling, covered with milk chocolate. It’s very soft and smells of strawberries intensely.
