Chocolate & Candy

Jeżyki, the 'little hedgehogs' named for their bumpy crisped surface, are a classic of the Polish sweets shelf and a standard with afternoon tea. G...

Mad Science Mini Chews belong to the novelty-candy shelf by the checkout, where the lab-themed container is half the fun for kids. Kidsmania Mad Sc...

Across North Macedonia, a box of Vitaminka's Atlantis sea shells is a familiar gift to carry when visiting family for holidays and name days. This ...

In France these Milka wafers are a goûter staple, the packet opened after school alongside a glass of milk. This is Milka Choco Wafer, a 180 g (6.3...

Sugar-dusted orange slice jellies from Kharkiv are a fixture of Ukrainian and post-Soviet tea tables, set out in a dish alongside the samovar or th...

Seashell-shaped pralines in a gift box are a fixture of European holiday tables, a style made famous by the chocolatiers of the Belgian coast. Thes...

In Croatian and Bosnian kitchens a small pack of Kandit kakao is a pantry staple, stirred into warm milk for children and sifted into cake batters ...

Sugar-dusted fruit jellies are a fixture of Central European sweet counters, the kind of mixed-flavor tray set out for guests at name days and Chri...

Toblerone's peaked triangular bar, created in Bern in 1908, is a fixture of Swiss train-station kiosks and airport duty-free shelves. This is Toble...

Goldbears go back to 1922, when Hans Riegel in Bonn created the little gummy bear that still carries the Haribo name around the world. This is the ...

Millennium is one of the chocolate brands Ukrainians find in every supermarket aisle, and its Craft Series brought loaded, nut-studded bars into th...

Across Europe the Lion bar is the chunky kiosk bar grabbed at petrol stations and school tuck shops when a small chocolate will not do. This is Nes...

Pergalė, the Vilnius confectioner whose name means victory, makes the chocolate bars Lithuanians bring to name-day visits and set out with coffee f...

Jeżyki, the little chocolate-covered 'hedgehogs' with bumpy tops, have been a fixture of Polish kiosks, school lunchboxes and name-day coffee table...

Across Europe a big sharing bag of Mars minis is the standard office-desk and family-gathering bowl-filler, with everyone hunting for their favouri...

In Germany the Ritter Sport Haselnuss square, milk chocolate studded with chopped hazelnuts, is one of the classic flavours that fills the colourfu...

In Lithuania and the Baltic shops that stock it, a Taitau bar is a familiar everyday chocolate, and the Exclusive line is the one reached for when ...

In Germany sugared Fruchtgelee pieces shaped like lemons, pears and strawberries are a classic on the grandmother's candy dish and the Christmas pl...

Generations of children in Croatia and across the former Yugoslavia bought Kraš Animal Kingdom bars for the collectible animal pictures and glued t...

In Vilnius the Pergalė factory has been turning out chocolate since 1952, and a tablet of it is still the everyday thing a Lithuanian picks up on t...

In Austria and across Central Europe the flat Grazioso box is the chocolate kept within reach of the till, the one bought on the way to someone els...

Schogetten is the German chocolate that comes already broken into pieces, eighteen little blocks you can lift out one at a time without snapping a ...

Bananko is a Croatian childhood fixture, the banana-foam bar that turns up at birthday parties and in school bags, and the mini bag is the one boug...

Cadbury Eclairs are the British sweet-tin classic, a chewy caramel with a soft milk chocolate centre, the one grandparents keep in a coat pocket. T...