Serbia

A bag of these got passed around after school, salty sticks with a peanut surprise inside. Pardon's Štapići are pretzel sticks filled with peanuts ...

Bilje Borča Trava Iva Loose Tea is a 40g Serbian single-herb tea made from trava iva (Teucrium montanum, mountain germander) — a bitter, aromatic h...

Pionir Karamela Caramel Chews are a 100g pack of individually wrapped soft caramel candies from Pionir — the Serbian confectionery brand — in the t...

A glass of Prolom water next to your coffee is how mineral water shows up at every Balkan table back home. This natural mineral water comes from A....

Late nights studying, driving home from a shift, or getting ready for a night out — this is the can diaspora kids reach for when Red Bull isn't in ...

Polimark Delikates is the mayonnaise your baba kept in the fridge door for every salata and sendvič. Polimark makes this Delikates mayonnaise in th...

Stark Najlepše Želje Milk Chocolate 250g — the big Serbian milk chocolate bar, made by Soko Štark in Belgrade. Najlepše Želje ("best wishes") is Št...

Plazma PlazMix Malina is a Serbian mixed-biscuit snack from the Bambi/Plazma range — a combination of small biscuit pieces in the raspberry flavour...

Plazma PlazMix Hazelnut is a Serbian mixed-biscuit snack from the Bambi/Plazma range — a combination of small biscuit pieces in the hazelnut flavou...

Pionir Honey Heart Gingerbread is a 350g pack of soft, spiced honey gingerbread cookies in the traditional heart shape from Pionir — the Serbian co...

Every grandmother's purse back home had a stash of these hard black candies, pulled out the moment your throat felt scratchy. This is Pionir's Negr...

Swisslion Takovo Eurocrem Blok Happy Farm Chocolate Bites are individually portioned chocolate bite-size pieces in the Happy Farm shape format — th...

Stark Bananica — the original Yugoslav banana-foam bar, dipped in chocolate since the 1960s. A pillowy banana-flavored marshmallow center under a t...

Banini Kasato Rum Wafer Dessert is a Serbian confectionery specialty — a wafer-based dessert where cocoa cream filling is combined with a rum flavo...

Experience the cool, invigorating rush of pure nana mint in this delightful tea. It’s a wonderfully calming beverage after a meal or a refreshing p...

Pionir YES Salted Fish-Shaped Crackers are 100g of small wheat crackers shaped like fish — the lightly salted, crispy, bite-sized fish cracker prod...

Kajmak spread like this turned into the best part of breakfast, scooped thick onto warm bread before anything else went on the table. Mlekara Šabac...

The banana version of Plazma Mini Mini sat in the same snack drawer as the original, and diaspora kids remember arguing over which flavor was bette...

In Serbian kitchens, a sleeve of Yes slani krekeri turns up at every casual coffee gathering, torn open and passed around the table. This is Pionir...

Eurokrem mini kornet is the kiosk classic across Serbia, the little wafer cone kids reach for first at the checkout. This is the Eurocrem Mini Cone...

Thin wafer sheets are a Balkan home baker's shortcut for layering honey cakes and torte-style desserts. This is Loola's Oblande wafer sheets, made ...

In Balkan kitchens a jar of toasted sesame sits next to the paprika, waiting for bread crusts and burek tops. This is Yumis's own sesame seeds, a S...

A small bag of "mini mini" biscuits is the kind of pocket-sized treat found at Serbian kiosks and school snack stands. This is a Plazma-brand biscu...

The Kidy chocolate bar is the small milky treat every Serbian kid remembers from the corner store checkout. This is a milk chocolate bar with added...