Thursday, April 5, 2012
Ritter Sport 100th Anniversary Edel-Nuss Mix + Bonus PreviewsThe Ritter Sport chocolate company celebrates their 100th year with the introduction of their limited edition 100 Jahre bar. It’s the same 100 gram square we’ve come to know and love. Though the company is celebrating their 100th year, the Ritter Sport square bar, as we’ve come to know it, is not quite as old as that. The Sport bars were introduced in 1932 ... so in 20 years you can look forward to another centennial. The bar is a simple one, just milk chocolate with a blend of crushed nuts: almonds, cashews & macadamia nuts. I picked up my bar in Germany at Kaufhof in December, but they may be available at import shops in North America and airports during the year. The bar is lovely and really quite tasty. It’s odd, the milk chocolate is sweet and smooth, as usual. The nuts are crunch and plentiful. But the flavor is quite interesting. For a while after munching on the bar I was convinced there was honey in it, it has that same sort of toasted almond and honey flavor that Toblerone has. But there was none in the ingredients, so I can only credit the toasting of the nuts that give it that soft, sweet and nutty flavor. I would buy this bar regularly. It doesn’t quite dethrone my favorite, the Knusperflakes (Corn Flakes) bar, but it’s terrific in its own right. When I was at the Ritter Sport factory store I was excited to pick up some of their “not quite ready” test bars. Some of these are out on the market now, or will be later this year. But when I was in the store, they were offering the 100 gram bars in their generic white wrappers for half a Euro. Ritter Sport Dunkle Pfefferminz is a dark chocolate bar with a peppermint flavored dark chocolate cream center. It also features a dash of alcohol, giving it a creme de menthe sort of blast. The bar looked great. The cream center was smooth and had a strong peppermint flavor, but not so strong as to overpower the dark chocolate notes, which were slightly acidic and woodsy. It’s pretty decadent and silky, I didn’t feel the need to eat more than two or three sections at a sitting. I hope this comes to the United States at some point, it’s a keeper and unlike anything else we have on the market. One other item I picked up in the back room was a bag of these little bon bons. They were simply called Pfefferminz and in a clear plastic bag. Each individual piece was wrapped in an unmarked aqua wrapper. I have no idea what their purpose was, but the center was not quite the same as the Dunkle bar. They were good, but milk chocolate and a little more fudgy and firm. The test version of Ritter Sport Kakaosplitter must have gone well, because I saw this one on World in Chocolate as a spring limited edition. I believe kakaosplitter (kakaokernstuckchen) is the German word for cacao nib. The bar is milk chocolate and features a firm chocolate cream filling studded with crispy cacao nibs. The bar is quite milky and has a good nutty flavor overall. The nibs are toasted in a way that seems to have caramelized them. So instead of being chewy or dense, they’re quite light and crispy, but with a sort of uneven chocolate flavor, depending on the bite. I liked the treatment of the nibs, but I didn’t care for the overall sweetness of the bar. It makes me wish I’d found this hazelnut and nib solid bar. The last bar I picked up looked just like the others on the outside, a generic white with the simple name of Ritter Sport Kokosmakrone. Honestly, I didn’t know what I was picking up because I didn’t know what Kokosmakrone was, I thought it was another cocoa nib confection. Instead it’s a coconut cream. How fun! Aside from the Mounds and Almond Joy bars, there’s not much in the real coconut realm in candy bars in the United States. The bar is milk chocolate again with a white cream filling with both toasted coconut and rice flakes for crunch. It smells an awful lot like coconut, the chocolate is infused with it to the point that the chocolate flavors are lost. I had to sequester the bar in its own ziploc bag before I finished it because I was afraid it was going to make my 100 Jahre bar taste weird. The filling is sweet and milky with a little salty hint. The coconut is more of a flavor than a texture, the crispies add a new dimension of texture that you don’t really get in American coconut candies. Mostly I like this because it’s not like anything else you can get for less than $2. But, if I want coconut, I’m probably going to go for a Mounds bar. In all, I love Ritter Sport’s sense of adventure. The bars are made in a factory that processes a lot of different nuts, soy, dairy and products that may contain gluten. The Ritter Sport company sources much of their cacao from South and Central American and says it’s committed to ethical sourcing. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:00 pm All Natural • Candy • Review • Ritter Sport • Chocolate • Coconut • Limited Edition • Mints • Nibs • Nuts • 8-Tasty • Germany • |
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Kokosmakronen (coconut macaroons) are a typical Christmas cookie here made with shredded coconut and then you dip the base in chocolate. The coconut dough is still moist after baking. They are quite yummy.
Oh the Kokosmakrone is my FAVORITE Ritter Sport bar!! Sadly I can’t find it anywhere in NYC anymore. :( Ritter Sport frequently takes different flavors on and off the US market for some reason…
Hi,
I love the Ritter Sport and I am not able to find it in a variety pack of original size bars. I would love to have one of each flavor made. Is there anyway that you can give me information as to where I can purchase. I would really love to know. Thank you
I just saw that the Kakaosplitter bar is back for Spring 2013, along with Cookies & Cream and a new flavor, Crema Catelana.
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