Eastern European Competition 2018 – Winners

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Prizes

The categories judged included flavoured bars, filled chocolates and spreads and are based on yearly feedback from our entrants and in consultation with the fine chocolate industry. Plain/origin and plain milk or white bars were judged at the 2018 European Bean-to-bar Competition, which was judged May 10 – June 11, in Amsterdam. All judging is anonymised, including at the Grand Jury final session, where Golds, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting according to the Grand Jury rules.

Awards are awarded only to entries that meet the required standard for each prize.

(Prizes are shown in alphabetical order for each medal)

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Tablettes Aromatisées

Tablettes de chocolat noir avec inclusions ou morceaux

Silver: Maya Chocolate  (Hungary) – Santo Domingo 70% dark chocolate with Cognac figs & Caramelized walnuts

Tablettes de chocolat au lait avec inclusions ou morceaux

Bronze: Gingalló Csokoládé  (Hungary) – Dominican milk chocolate with roasted malt (46%)

Tablettes de chocolat blanc aromatisées avec infusion ou arôme

Silver: Gingalló Csokoládé  (Hungary) – White chocolate with lemon & elderflower

Tablettes de chocolat blanc avec inclusions ou morceaux

Silver: Réel Chocolate  (Serbia and Montenegro) – Salted caramel chocolate

Bronze: Passion Hand made chocolate  (Czech Republic) – Cinnamon &Tonka bean

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Ganaches, palets, pralines avec ganache, truffes

Ganaches ou truffes de chocolat noir aromatisées

Bronze: Harrer Chocolat  (Hungary) – Kaffir lime levél-madagaszkári vadbors (leaves of kaffir lime-wildpepper from Madagascar) (**)

Bronze: Harrer Chocolat  (Hungary) – kakukkfű-citromnád (thymian-lemongrass) (**)

Ganaches ou truffes au chocolat au lait

Gold: chocoMe  (Hungary) – chocoMe Petit 21 – Bite-sized milk chocolate squares with Piemonte hazelnut praline and Ethiopean Harrar coffee filling

Silver: Harrer Chocolat  (Hungary) – fügefalevél (leaves of fig) (**)

Ganaches ou truffes utilisant du chocolat noir/au lait/blanc pour l’enrobage et la garniture

Gold: CsoKiss Manufaktura  (Hungary) – Gyulai Vadbodza bonbon / Gyulai’s Wild Elderberry bonbon

Bronze: CsoKiss Manufaktura  (Hungary) – Sós Datolya bonbon/ Salted Dates bonbon

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Fruits secs

Dragées/ fruits secs entiers enrobés au chocolat noir

Bronze: Chocomaze  (Slovakia) – CrunCHÉ oat, chia and quinoa

Bronze: Chocomaze  (Slovakia) – CrunCHÉ pecan, coconut, chia and white quinoa enrobed in 60,1% dark chocolate

Dragées/ fruits secs entiers enrobés au chocolat blanc

Bronze: chocoMe  (Hungary) – chocoMe Raffinée – Sicilian almond enrobed with chocolate made of Ruby

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Caramels

Caramels enrobés de chocolat noir

Gold: Chocokoo  (Estonia) – Chanterelle Bonbon

Silver: Chocolala  (Estonia) – Sea-salt caramel in dark chocolate

Silver: chocoMe  (Hungary) – chocoMe Petit 21 – Bite-sized dark chocolate squares with caramel and yuzu filling

Bronze: Bonbonier Chocolate  (Hungary) – Apple pie caramell

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Autres – fruits / sucre / beurre / crème

Pâtes de fruits, gelées enrobées de chocolat noir

Bronze: Chocolala  (Estonia) – Local black currant dark chocolate bonbon

Fruits entiers enrobés de chocolat noir

Gold: Réel Chocolate  (Serbia and Montenegro) – Candied orange peel coated with dark chocolate

Silver: chocoMe  (Hungary) – chocoMe Voilé – Mango slices coated with dark chocolate

Silver: Harrer Chocolat  (Hungary) – fekete berkenye drazsé (aronia dragee) (**)

Fruits entiers enrobés de chocolat au lait

Gold: chocoMe  (Hungary) – chocoMe Raffinée – Freeze-dried blackcurrant coated with blueberry yogurt and white chocolate

Silver: Harrer Chocolat  (Hungary) – kakakóbabtöret-mangó passiógyümölcs drazsé (cacaonibs-mango passionsfruit dragee)

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Pâte à tartiner

Pâtes à tartiner au chocolat au lait

Gold: Lyra  (Slovakia) – Spread praline

Silver: Chocolala  (Estonia) – Birch juice caramel spread

Bronze: Lyra  (Slovakia) – Spread walnut

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(*)  Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.

(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.