Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé Hungarian Drinking Chocolates

$29.95

Flavor Plain Peppermint Hot Paprika

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Hard to find outside Europe, these artfully made and beautifully packaged drinking chocolates are made by a husband-and-wife team in Budapest. Rózsavölgyi Csokoládé, which means “valley of the roses” in Hungarian, was founded by graphic designer Katalin Csiszár and mechanical engineer Zsolt Szabad in 2004. They source single-origin cacao beans (from farms in Madagascar, Venezuela and Peru) for rich European-style drinking chocolate mixes. Each mix is made up of ground bean-to-bear dark chocolate, warm spices, organic cane sugar and organic cocoa butter—this is league’s apart from the bland powder you’d find at supermarkets. This is not American hot chocolate: Simply stir into hot milk (or water) and sip the bitterwseet, silky, almost pudding-like drink in an espresso cup.

We have three flavors available—Original, Hot Paprika and Peppermint—in cone-shaped parcels that represent a traditional Hungarian family. (The design clinched the Academy of Chocolate’s Packaging Gold award in 2015.) The boy, father and grandmother are dressed in embroidered folk winterwear and hold items connected to their contents. The Original flavor is deeply chocolate-y and rich. Made with Hungary’s signature spice, the warm-earthy Paprika flavor contains a mix of fine-ground hot paprika, cinnamon, cloves and Venezuelan chocolate. Real ground peppermint leaves and Peruvian dark chocolate are blended to make the Peppermint flavor, which has a velvety texture and refreshing bite.

Original: Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Cocoa (73%)
Peppermint: Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Ground Peppermint Leaves, Cocoa (73%)
Hot Paprika: Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Hot Paprika, Spices, Cocoa (73%)

Net Weight/Volume: 120 grams
Ingredients: Original: Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Cocoa (73%)
Peppermint: Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Ground Peppermint Leaves, Cocoa (73%)
Hot Paprika: Cocoa Beans, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Hot Paprika, Spices, Cocoa (73%)
Place of Origin: Budapest, Hungary

Each package makes four servings. Add 1 to 1¼ cups of hot milk, or water, to a pan and whisk in the chocolate. It will thicken, which you can dilute if you choose, into a pudding-like consistency. Because it’s intensely rich and dark, this should be sipped in smaller quantities. We serve them in espresso cups.