Name: Orzeszki
Pronunciation: ɔˈʒɛʃci
Translation: diminutivr and plural of nut
Energy: approx. 100 kcal per nut
Ingredients: pastry: wheat flour, butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla; cream: butter, sugar, milk powder, cocoa.
Orzeszki are shortcrust cookies in the shape of a walnut shell. Inside there is cocoa and milk cream.
Name: Ciasteczka z maszynki
Pronunciation: ʨ̑aˈstɛʧ̑ka zmaˈʃɨ̃nkci
Translation: cookies from a machine
Energy: approx. 45 kcal per cookie
Ingredients: wheat flour, butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla.
Ciasteczka z maszynki are classic type of Polish cookies/biscuits. They’re made of flour, butter, and cooked egg yolks. The pastry is later processed with a manual meat mincer equipped with a special mould. The cookies are very crunchy and crispy, very ofteneaten as a snack with tea/coffee or milk.
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: Złoty Adwokat (Zakręcone Złote Praliny)
Pronunciation: ˈzwɔtɨ adˈvɔkat (zakrɛ̃nˈʦ̑ɔnɛ ˈzwɔtɛ praˈlʲinɨ)
Translation: Golden Advocat (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, cocoa mass, glucose syrup, hydrogenated vegetable fat, whey powder, cocoa butter, spirit 2%, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, egg yolk powder, milk fat, stabilizer: invertase, emulsifiers: soya lecithin, E476 and E492, flavours. Chocolate: 50%.
Złoty Adwokat is yet another member of the Zakręcone Złote Praliny series from Solidarność. As all Twisted Pralines, it’s a hill-shaped dark chocolate praline. This time the filling is liquid, alcoholised, advocaat-flavoured cream.
