Spreads & Sweets

Čokolino was the after-school bowl in half of Croatia — cocoa-scented flakes stirred into warm milk while the TV played in the next room. Podravka ...

Răureni Dulceata de Visine is a Romanian-style sour cherry preserve — whole morello cherries cooked in thick sugar syrup until glossy and dark — th...

Dulceață de fructe de pădure is the jar Romanians reach for at papanași time, thick with blackcurrant, blackberry and raspberry off the hills. This...

Dulceață de nuci verzi is the jar a Romanian host brings out on a small saucer with a glass of cold water, one dark walnut per guest. This is Raure...

Coacăze negre grow in Romanian kitchen gardens, and the jam gets spooned onto plain buttered bread by the grandmother who boiled it. This is Rauren...

The white version of Lino Pillows was the one you grabbed when the classic box ran out — same crunchy pillow, same milky center, just as gone from ...

Melanie Unfiltered Raw Wildflower Honey is pure, unfiltered honey gathered from wildflower nectar. Its natural texture and full floral character ma...

d'arbo Sour Cherry Fruit Spread, a fruit-rich Austrian preserve made with sour cherries. Spread on bread and pastries or spoon over yogurt and dess...

Galil Chestnut Sweet Smooth Spread is a 325g jar of smooth, sweetened chestnut puree from Galil — a specialty food producer in the Mediterranean, F...

Eti Cacao Cream Spread is a 40g individual-serve pot of chocolate-cacao cream spread from Eti — the Eskişehir-based Turkish biscuit and confectione...

A jar of hazelnut spread like this waited in the pantry for the moment somun came out of the freezer. This spread blends hazelnuts, coconut, whole ...

The family jar of Nutella on the breakfast table, kids racing to be the one who gets the last spoonful. Ferrero, the Italian company that created N...

Macedonia's Luna pistachio cream spread from Vitaminka — Skopje-pantry pistachio crema, sweet and richly nutty. Pale green, silky, the diaspora-Mac...

Serbia's Takovo Eurocream in the everyday pour — the original Serbian hazelnut-cocoa spread that beat Nutella to the diaspora table. Silky-sweet, d...

Ask anyone who grew up in Yugoslavia what breakfast tasted like and they will say Eurocrem — the two-color swirl of milk and cocoa-hazelnut cream s...

A jar of Eurocrem in the pantry meant breakfast was already decided — thick on a slice of bread before school, no questions asked. Swisslion-Takovo...

Takovo Eurocream in the family pour — Serbia's hazelnut-cocoa spread classic, silky-sweet and dark-cocoa. The diaspora-Serbian childhood-jar in the...

Podravka's Lino Lada Milk White hazelnut spread — Croatia's all-white-chocolate version of the kids' breakfast classic. Pale ivory, silky-sweet, mi...

Amoretti Posni Krem — Serbia's Orthodox Lenten-friendly hazelnut-cocoa spread in the family pour. Silky, sweet, dairy-free for the Veliki Post cale...

Offering a small dish of fruit preserves to guests alongside coffee is a hospitality tradition that crosses every border in this region. This is Sa...

Seebees Bee Pollen Granules 125g are raw bee pollen collected at the hive entrance and dried to a low moisture content — the whole pollen granules ...

Seebees Propolis Drops are a liquid propolis extract in the concentrated drop format — raw beehive propolis dissolved and standardised to a consist...

Seebees Dried Bee Pollen is raw bee pollen collected at the hive entrance and dried to a low moisture content — the whole pollen granules in their ...

Dida Boza Plum Spread is a 650g jar of traditional Balkan plum preserve from Dida Boza — a specialty food producer in the Balkan and Eastern Europe...