CHOCOLATES

AJ Šokoladas is one of the best chocolate praline makers in Lithuania. Their factory is located in Trakai, and they have shops in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda where you can buy pralines and truffles in addition to hot chocolate, coffee, and delicious cakes. In addition to the more or less standard praline flavourings they have also pralines filled with blue cheese filling, which in my opinion is delicious, but some people don’t like it. Absolutely recommended!

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It is hard to find a chocolatier in Norway. Even in the capital Oslo there is just one in addition to Freia (which is owned by Kraft General Foods).  Norwegians usually buy chocolate boxes from the largest national and European manufacturers in supermarkets and grocery stores, however, in some cities you might find small chocolate shops or cafes where you can buy Belgian pralines, or in some cases even Norwegian pralines.

In Stavanger in the south-western part of Norway I stumbeled across a chocolatier called Sjokoladepiken, which means ”Chocolate Girl”. They are making their own pralines and truffles; expensive but delicious. After trying some of them I found my favorites: chocolate pralines with goat milk caramel filling, and pralines with passion fruit. Absolutely fabulous!

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