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Chocolate found its home in Slovenia back in the 19th century. Its original varieties are created in boutique chocolate shops nowadays.
Local particularities, such as fleur de sel from the Piran salt-pans, truffles, pumpkin seed, olive oil, honey, herbs, forest fruits, Slovenian wines and other delights, have been incorporated into various forms of chocolate goodies.
Slovenian chocolate travelled to the Viennese Court. In 1912, Emperor Franz Joseph honoured it with the title Imperial.
The first machine for making chocolate was owned by the Trappist monks in Brestanica at the end of the 19th century. The best chocolate masterpieces are now usually made by hand in boutique chocolate shops. In addition to chocolate bars and balls with different ingredients and fillings, pralines and truffles of various original forms and shapes are also made.
In places with sweet stories from the past, chocolate shops annually present their best products.
Certain chocolate shops revive or continue stories from the past, while others surprise with new ways of promoting chocolate stories in the world. The Slovenian story of chocolate is linked with the presence of various monastic orders which at the time brought new knowledge and skills to the Slovenian countryside. Rajhenburg Castle is one of the Posavje castles where the Trappist monks started the first series production of chocolate in Slovenia. Near Radovljica, the town of bee-keeping and many sweet goods, you can find the factory of the most renowned Slovenian brand of chocolate, Gorenjka. The largest chocolate festival in Slovenia also takes place annually in Radovljica. Find the original glamping resort offering chocolate experiences near Maribor.
Chocolates with the emperor’s title of Imperial are part of the flavours of Posavje. Find chocolate wine at Rajhenburg Castle in addition to chocolates.
Next to the monastery in Olimje, you will find a chocolate shop where chocolate flows before your very eyes. The Wine and Chocolate Festival is held in nearby Podčetrtek.
The largest festival of chocolate in Slovenia is held in the historic town of Radovljica every April. A chocolate factory has been operating in the vicinity since 1922.
The Land of Chocolate, the presentation of national and international chocolate shops, is part of the September festival of desserts and sweet products in Koper.
In Maribor, where you can also find interesting chocolate workshops, the International Chilli and Chocolate Festival is held in March.
You can discover specialities of the Teta Frida Chocolate Shop as a guest in the first chocolate village in the world: glamping with chocolate delights.
Typical ingredients, the pride of Slovenia, can be found in various original combinations.
Each Slovenian region – the Alpine, the Mediterranean and Karst, Thermal Pannonian and Central Slovenia with Ljubljana – are known for their typical ingredients. Many can also be found in chocolate, although you’d not expect them there. Perhaps you’ll find them in combination with chocolate in the offer of local culinary brands.
Photo: Boris Pretnar, Chocolate Festival Radovljica Archive
After choosing the type of chocolate, select ingredients as well, from nuts, seeds and fruit to spices and, for example, pollen.
Additional ingredients may be proof that certain chocolate products come from Slovenia.
– Piran fleur de sel, truffles or olive oil in chocolate point to Mediterranean and Karst Slovenia.
– Pumpkin seed oil, pumpkin seeds, onion and different wine varieties in pralines are reminiscent of Thermal Pannonian Slovenia.
– Dried forest fruits or the aroma of typical cheese in combination with chocolate are an invitation to Alpine Slovenia.
– Chocolate with the aroma of tarragon potica or hops are reminiscent of the specialities of Ljubljana and Central Slovenia.
Certain chocolate shops have their own cake and coffee shops, or are involved with other family activities.
The brands that were the first to start Slovenia’s new chocolate story include Čokoladni atelje Dobnik with shops and coffee shops in Žalec, Celje, Maribor and Ljubljana, Rustika with the house of chocolate in Ljubljana, Tramontana with a shop in Koper, Rajska ptica with a coffee and cake shop in Ljubljana, and Lucifer, a chocolate shop with a coffee shop in Velenje.
The brand with several shops in Slovenia and a chocolate production facility in the Lake Maribor Landscape Park holds workshops and tasting sessions.
At the chocolate shop connected to a holiday estate, chocolate with the aroma of gibanica cake, jurka grapes, Traminec and other Prekmurje delights is made.
Speciality: gourmet chocolate is made from the grain to the bar by means of their own processing of cocoa grains according to a traditional method.
Čokohram in Hotel Kristal in Bohinj provides an array of surprising chocolates, including chocolate with traditional mohant cheese.
Choose among local chocolates, find chocolates of the Okusi Slovenije brand or go for chocolates of the Sweetness of Slovenia with selected motifs.
The Atlantis Water City in Ljubljana and several spas provide chocolate saunas and different chocolate treatments.
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Salt and fleur de sel have been harvested in traditional salt-pans on the Slovenian coast for 700 years.
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