Pawełek

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.

E.Wedel Gorzka

Name: E.Wedel Gorzka
Pronunciation: ɛ’vɛdɛl ‘gɔʃka
Translation: E.Wedel Bitter (in Polish dark/plain chocolate is called bitter)
Producer: E.Wedel/LOTTE
Weight: 100 g/3.5 oz
Price: 2.90 PLN/$ 0.90/€ 0.70/£ 0.60
Energy: 502 kcal

Ingredients: cocoa mass, sugar, fat-reduced cocoa powder, cocoa butter, emulsifier: soya lecithin, flavours. Cocoa solids min. 64%.

E.Wedel Gorzka is the most popular dark chocolate in Poland. It’s aromatic, shiny and semi-bitter, comprising 64% of cocoa solids. Each of its 18 squares is decorated with an E.Wedel logo.

Jacek

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.

Adaś

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.

Ikar

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.

Danusia

Name: Danusia
Pronunciation: daˈnuɕa
Translation: Danusia is a diminutive form a Polish first name – Danuta
Producer: Wawel Kraków
Weight: 38 g/1.34 oz
Price: 1.50 PLN/$ 0.50/€ 0.35/£ 0.30
Energy: 190 kcal

Ingredients: chocolate 55% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin and E 476, flavour: ethyl vanillin), sugar, chocolate 7%, peanuts 3.5%, hydrogenated vegetable fat, starch syrup, skimmed milk powder, spirit, low fat cocoa powder, flavours. Chocolate: Cocoa solids min. 43%.

Danusia is a dark chocolate rectangular bar with thick alcohol-flavoured cocoa-peanut filling. It is probably the most recognisable product from Wawel. It was named after Adam Piasecki’s (the founder of Wawel) lover – Danusia, who worked in the factory in the 1920s. Piasecki came up with a unique taste and dedicated it to her. The picture of Danusia is still found on the package of the bar. Recently Wawel has introduced a new version of Danusia – with mint cream.

Wawel Dark (90% Cocoa)

Name: Wawel Dark (90% Cocoa)
Pronunciation: ˈvavɛl
Translation:
Producer: Wawel Kraków
Weight: 100 g/3.5 oz
Price: 4.50 PLN/$ 1.40/€ 1.10/£ 0.90
Energy: 516 kcal

Ingredients: cocoa mass, fat-reduced cocoa powder, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifiers: soya lecithin and E 476, flavours. Cocoa solids min. 90%.

Wawel’s Dark is the chocolate of the highest percentage of cocoa solids produced by a Polish manufacturer. It’s very thick, intense and smells of pure cocoa.

Jedyna. Czekolada wyborowa

Name: Jedyna. Czekolada wyborowa
Pronunciation: jɛˈdɨna ˌʧ̑ɛkɔˈlada vɨbɔˈrɔva
Translation: The Only One. The Choice Chocolate
Producer: E.Wedel/LOTTE
Weight: 100 g/3.5 oz
Price: 3.50 PLN/$ 1.00/€ 0.85/£ 0.70
Energy: 501 kcal

Ingredients: sugar, cocoa mass, fat-reduced cocoa powder, cocoa butter, milk fat, emulsifiers: soya lecithin and E 476, salt, flavour. Cocoa solids min. 50%.

Jedyna is Wedel‘s flagship product, having been produced for almost 90 years! It’s also the company’s only product whose package hasn’t been changed over the years. Its taste lies somewhere between milk and dark chocolate.