Mozartkugeln: The objects of my affection
I’ve long liked to shop at World Market, but now the store has earned a place in my heart. Before the holidays, Mr. TW stopped there to pick up some gifts for friends and came home with a present for me: Mozartkugeln, or truffle-sized spheres of deliciousness, with a nougat center surrounded by marzipan and crushed pistachios, then coated in dark chocolate. The original formulation seems to have come from a chocolatier in Austria. Several companies now make their own versions.
I tried Mozartkugeln while visiting Germany a couple of years ago–they were my lunch on the days we spent touring castles in the Neckar river valley and hiking through Bavaria, the Black Forest and along rocky ridges in the Alps. I didn’t expect to find them back home in the States, so I didn’t bother to look.
Having polished off yet another bag now, I have to admit that while they’re still delicious and one of my most favorite edible souvenirs, they don’t taste quite as fantastic as they did in Germany. But I suspect that probably has to do more with circumstance than with quality. So…that I may eat my Mozartkugeln in the style to which I’ve become accustomed, maybe World Market will need to start carrying castles.
This recipe from delicious:days looks beyond my abilities as a confectioner, but I thought I’d link to it in case you’re game.
What’s your favorite edible souvenir? Does it taste the same back home?
