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I’ve never seen such a big display of these! The Ritter Sport milk chocolate bars with whole hazelnuts got me through college back in the 1970s. Now I favor the dark chocolate with whole hazelnuts. They also make great stocking stuffers. And there’s one sitting right in front of me on my desk right now!
Thanks for the interesting history — I’ve always wondered why the word Sport is in the name.
The Milka (to the left in this picture) or the Lindt are my favorites..
My vote for the #1 chocolate bar is the Swiss Bernerschoggi, perfected in Mountain use by the Swiss army.
Exactly the kind of in-depth critical analysis I’ve come to expect from Wildsnow! I’ll be sure to follow this advice. Thanks guys!
Viel spass in Europe Lou, dollar starting to go a little further over there too.
Agree that the Ritter Dark with whole hazelnuts is close to perfection, but I’m a quiver guy when it comes to chocolate. If it isn’t going in my pocket, Lindt gets the nod with almost every flavor they make. Check out the Crème Brûlée and the Les Grands, with whole hazelnuts and toffee. Some of my favorites seem to be out of production, like the 58% “Cuba” bar (maybe Obama missed those too and they’ll be back soon) and the old dark Chili bar with liquid filling.
I love Euro chocolate but as the weather gets colder, I have to pack the milk chocolate instead of the dark. It’s pretty hard to get the dark stuff to melt in your mouth at minus 20.
Sorry to hear that the weather is not cooperating in Austria.
Lemon Pepper!
Ritters are nice. Like to get a lot of calories in a small space!
Ritter chocolate is good…
but you should try The RITTER SPORT RUM (my personal favorite).
Search the store for something like this: http://www.saymo.de/images/produkte/i32/32145.jpg
🙂
Thanks for the recommendations. Guess That Schoggi may take priority over Guess That Pastry on this trip.
more recommendations to come…
the Ritter with the red wrapper (dark chocolat with marzipan filling) or the Lindt (milk chocolat with salted caramel…)
enjoy Europe and I’m looking forward to your observations 🙂
BR
Pieter
Here in Austria Ritter Sport is known to be the most crispy chocolate while Milka beeing the most creamy.. Or at least thats what the two brands emphasize in their advertisments.
Taking the risk of getting bashed here: I still prefer a snickers-bar to both of them 😉