Pieróg gryczany

Name: Pieróg gryczany
Pronunciation: jaɡɔˈʥ̑ãnka
Translation: buckwheat pie
Energy: approx. 200 kcal per slice

Ingredients: buckwheat groats, wheat flour, cottage cheese (quark), sour cream, eggs, butter, pork fat, yeast, sugar, pepper, salt, mint.

Pieróg gryczany (aka piróg) is a very popular regional snack in the Lublin area. It’s a savoury yeast shortcrust cake with buckwheat and cottage cheese filling, seasoned with mint. It might be topped with crumble, contain potatoes in the filling (pieróg biłgorajski – pie from Biłgoraj) or be baked without pastry whatsoever.

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.

Ciasteczka orkiszowe

Name: Ciasteczka orkiszowe
Pronunciation: ʨ̑aˈstɛʧ̑ka ɔrciˈʃɔvɛ
Translation: spelt cookies/biscuits
Energy: approx. 55 kcal per cookie

Ingredients: spelt flour, butter, eggs, almonds, dark chocolate, raisins, sugar, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla.

Ciasteczka orkiszowe have very recently started to gain in popularity, especially in eastern Poland (the Lublin region). They have nutty flavour (thanks to spelt and almonds) and smell of the spices. They’re said to have calming properties.