I hardly thought it was possible, but I found a marzipan I actually like. (See, I didn’t give up.)
This is a beautiful bar, it’s dark and glossy and has a wonderful rich aroma of smoky coffee and chocolate.
The chocolate is good quality, slightly bitter but smooth and the center is a different kind of marzipan. It’s not the ultrafine paste that you find in some of the sculpted varieties. Instead this one has palpable bits of almond in it and a darker color (because of the coffee flavoring). There’s also only the slightest hint of amaretto, which is the actual thing I don’t like about marzipan. I love almonds, I just don’t like the “flavor” of almonds.
The bar doesn’t really have much of a capuccino flavor, but a pleasing scent and creamy quality that I found really compelling.
I doubt these are widely available, but I noticed that Cost Plus had quite a variety of this brand (they were on sale for the After Christmas clearance) so I might give their actual plain marzipan a try in the future or perhaps the Orange I saw on this site.
Interesting fact: Niederegger was founded by Johann Georg Niederegger on March 1, 1806 ... that means they’re going to celebrate their bicentennial of marzipan in a few scant months. Happy Birthday Niederegger!
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| Name: |
Marzipan Cappuccino |
RATING:
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 SUPERB
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 YUMMY
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 TASTY
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 WORTH IT
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 TEMPTING
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 PLEASANT
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 BENIGN
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 UNAPPEALING
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 APPALLING
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 INEDIBLE
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| Brand: |
Niederegger |
| Place Purchased: |
Cost Plus World Market |
| Price: |
$1.89 |
| Size: |
3.5 ounces |
| Calories per ounce: |
143 |
| Categories: |
Chocolate, Nuts, Coffee, Germany |
SUPERB
YUMMY 
WORTH IT 
TEMPTING 
PLEASANT 
BENIGN 
UNAPPEALING 
APPALLING 
INEDIBLE 
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Comment by
Robyn on 1/12/06 at 1:25 am #
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Comment by
Carrie on 6/19/06 at 7:00 pm #
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.I’ve seen this chocolate bar before but never tried it. I KNOW WHAT I’M GETTIN’ NOW! Heehee.
Niederegger is the queen (king?) of marzipan. I had the pleasure of visiting their shop in Lubeck way back, and it was unbelievable—everything you could imagine made of marzipan, including a whole, life-sized lobster.
I love marzipan of all kinds, but Niederegger’s has a wonderful non-doughy consistency and an almost alcoholic bite to it. Combined with dark chocolate, it’s wonderful.
I’m impressed with your research skills - I only found out about the existence of that marzipan chocolate around last christmas, and I LIVE in Germany. :p
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