Krakus Gingerbread with Strawberry Fruit Filling in Chocolate 160g (5.6oz)

Krakus Gingerbread with Strawberry Jam is the chocolate-glazed gingerbread filled with strawberry jam from Krakus, the Polish food brand — a product in the traditional Polish pierniki (gingerbread) category that draws on Poland's centuries-old spiced-baking heritage, most famously associated with the city of Toruń, the self-styled gingerbread capital of the world where the piernik tradition has been documented since the 13th century. Polish gingerbread in its filled form — the soft pfefferkuchen square enrobed in chocolate with a jam center — represents the accessible everyday version of the festive Pierniki Toruńskie that the diaspora household associates with Christmas, holiday baking, and the confectionery gifts brought back from Poland. The strawberry jam filling brings sweetness to the spiced dough and contrasts with the slight bitterness of the chocolate glaze in the classic three-layer format. Enjoy with afternoon tea or coffee, set out in a bowl at the holiday gathering, or pack as the Eastern European alternative to the standard biscuit in the school lunchbox.