Hungarian handmade delicacy wins prestigious gastronomic award

The award shows that quality chocolate can be found in Hungary as well.

The Great Taste Awards is often called the Oscars of gastronomy. The ZAX chocolate shop earned two stars for its forest fruits bonbons, and the Zsutella hazelnut cream was also awarded, which is an exceptional achievement in Central Europe, writes Origo.

The chocolates and other products are truly of premium quality, and their price matches it. ZAX sells the most expensive bonbons in the entire country.

The 100-piece collection called Black Edition costs 126.64 euros (HUF 45,500), and the total weight of a box is 900 grams. The mini-collection, which only has two pieces of bonbons, costs no less than 3.87 euros.

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“Our principle is that premium products, such as ZAX, can only be prepared prom outstanding ingredients. So, we travelled the countries of the world and picked the most outstanding producers to get the sweet base from them. Cocoa beans arrive from South America and Africa, vanilla from Madagascar, hazelnut from Piemont, and almonds from California or the Mediterranean,” writes their official website.

Zsuzsa Varga started making chocolates as a hobby, which became a love that she turned into a business. She is in charge of making the award-winning bonbons, and her husband helps with running the business.