Today I have not one, but another two chocolate bars by Polish chocolatiers E. Wedel; a milk chocolate bar with a blueberry and wild strawberry compote, and a dark chocolate and coconut bar.
E. Wedel was established in 1851 in Warsaw by Karol Wedel, and is Poland’s oldest chocolate firm. His son Emil continued his father’s legacy. The Wedel family chocolate proved so popular, each bar was eventually stamped with Emil’s signature in order to discourage copy-cat products, and you can still see this stamp on their products today!
The milk chocolate bar with wild strawberry and blueberry filling is a wonderful mix of strong fresh, fruity flavors and a decadent yogurt cream. The berries pair so well together and makes for a juicy and fresh duo – I am able to pick out both the sharp fruity notes. The chocolate, fruit and fondant elements make this bar a very creamy and flavorsome eat…if a fruit yogurt ever wished upon a star to become a chocolate bar, this would be the fairy tale result!
On the back of the wrapper, which features a rather sweet illustration of a boy and his zebra, is a little fact about the company. I love it when brands show us their history and heritage, so finding out that Emil’s first Chocolate Lounge was founded in 1894 in Warsaw (and now operates at their ‘vintage store’) is a real added bonus for fact fans like me.
The coconut chocolate bar in comparison is deep and rich, mainly down to the dark and full bodied plain chocolate used. It is not bitter, but is full of rich cocoa flavour. The coconut creme filling is smooth and velvety. The two work very well together, with the milky tropical creme lifting those dark chocolate notes slightly, making it a little sweeter as you eat.
As with every E. Wedel product I’ve tried so far, the flavors are on point! Each fruity element is fresh and light, and with a good quality chocolate, it’s hard to go wrong with these Polish confectioners.
I found these in a rather large branch of Tesco – so you don’t need to go far if you’d like to try a taste of Europe chocolate!
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