Chocolate Riesen

If you haven’t figured out yet that I like chocolate, I will try my best to make that fully apparent. Chocolate Riesen has been around for a long time, but I only discovered it in recent years. In fact, Storck introduced the first Riesen candy in Germany in the 1930s. It was actually Germany’s first branded candy. The candy started out as an individually wrapped caramel, progressing through the years until someone at the company had the brilliant idea to wrap the caramel in dark chocolate. In the early 1990s, this delicious candy was expanded to the international market, finally reaching the shores of the United States….home to the world’s worst chocoholics. The parent company, Storck, is also well-known for other tasty varieties, such as Werther’s Original and one of my old favorites, toffifay (or toffifee) . Storck also makes the disgusting Mamba fruit chews which I don’t care much for.

Chocolate Riesen provides an interesting combination of tough chewy caramel in a rich dark chocolate covering that dissolves into the caramel as you chew. If you don’t eat these candies quick enough (a problem I don’t seem to have) the caramel turns to brick. Not literally, but close enough. The pieces become very difficult to chew. I like the dark chocolate (as you can see by my Ghiradelli Dark Chocolate Squares review. The European dark chocolate that they layer over the Chocolate Riesen is a rich chocolate with enough flavor to give you the dark chocolate sensation, while not overwhelming the caramel experience. What you get is a burst of the rich dark chocolate followed by the chewy sweetness of the caramel piece inside. The flavors compliment each other well.

A bag of Chocolate Riesen Chews normally lasts a while around my house. I know I stated that I’m a chocoholic, but the rich pieces satisfy my sweet tooth in small amounts. One piece (okay maybe two) take care of the chocolate craving well enough to last me all day. The 11 ounce bag of Chocolate Riesen will set you back several dollars, but it is money well spent. The price is competitive with other chocolates of equal weight.

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