Berger Dark Chocolate Marzipan Cream filled. Filled organic chocolate bar with marzipan ganache, dark coating with at least 70% cocoa, vegan, 100 g.

Berger Dark Chocolate Marzipan Cream filled is a filled chocolate bar from Lofer in the Salzburg region. Inside a dark chocolate shell with at least 70% cocoa lies a creamy ganache with marzipan and almond drink. 100 g, vegan according to the manufacturer, with organically grown ingredients.

Marzipan Cream filled by Berger brings a well-known pair into a new form. You know marzipan in dark chocolate from marzipan loaves. In this bar, the marzipan is not a firm mass inside the chocolate, but a soft cream. Berger describes the filling as a creamy ganache with fine marzipan and almond drink. Filled bars are the trademark of this confectioner, a flat variation of the praline: a thin layer of chocolate on the outside, the filling on the inside. This variety is entirely plant-based. Instead of cream, the manufacturer uses almond drink in the cream; according to the ingredient list, rice syrup, tiger nut flour, and a pinch of salt are added. This turns marzipan and dark chocolate into a vegan filled bar.

Taste: dark coating, almond-sweet cream

First, you taste the dark chocolate, tart and intense with its 70% cocoa. As soon as the shell breaks, the cream emerges. It tastes of almond and marzipan, sweet and soft, with a hint of Bourbon vanilla. The pinch of salt in the filling highlights the almond note. The contrast is what makes it appealing: the bitterness of the coating and the sweetness of the filling balance each other out. In the finish, the almond lingers longer than the chocolate.

Those expecting firm marzipan to chew will find the soft cream unusual. And those who generally find marzipan too sweet should opt for a pure dark chocolate bar.

Usage: with coffee, with tea, as a dessert substitute

The bar tastes best at room temperature, as the cream is nice and soft then. For afternoon coffee or black tea, one piece makes a small dessert. After dinner, you can cut the bar into cubes with a warm knife and serve it on a plate with an espresso. This way, every guest gets a praline-sized piece.

Because the bar is vegan, it is also suitable for a table where guests avoid animal products. Keep it in a cool and dry place, protected from heat.

Our tip: Place the Marzipan Cream next to the Whole Milk Almond Nougat filled. Twice the almond, once tart and once mild – a small comparison for the coffee table.

Origin: cooked filling, thin chocolate shell, Lofer

Hubert Berger has described how his confectionery's fillings are created. They are cooked, poured into a wafer-thin chocolate shell, and coated with delicate, melting chocolate. The company in Lofer has been working according to this principle since its founding in 1994 by Hubert and Christine Berger. Production takes place exclusively there, in the Pinzgauer Saalachtal valley.

Many of the confectionery's ganache fillings are made with Schlagobers, or whipped cream. For the marzipan cream, an almond drink takes this role, and the ganache becomes a plant-based filling. The tiger nut (Erdmandel) in the ingredient list is not a nut, by the way, but the tuber of a sedge plant. Anna and Franz Berger now manage the confectionery together with their parents. Apart from salt and natural almond aroma, all ingredients come from organic farming; the control number is AT-BIO-301.

For whom: for marzipan lovers and vegan sweet tooths

The bar suits everyone who has a weakness for marzipan and likes dark chocolate. It is suitable as a gift for hosts who live a vegan lifestyle. It also fits well on a cookie platter at Christmas when marzipan is in season. If you like it fruity, try the Dark Chocolate Pomegranate filled. The other filled bars and classics can be found on the Berger Confiserie page.

Allergen information: The bar contains almonds (tree nuts) and may contain traces of peanuts, soy, and milk. It is not suitable for people with a tree nut allergy.

A vegan filled bar from Lofer with marzipan cream under tart organic chocolate – for the coffee table and everyone who loves almonds.