For my money, the absolute best chocolate bar in the entire world is the Ritter Sport Rum-Raisin-Hazelnut bar. It’s like a Chunky for grownups. They don’t put as much rum in it as they used to — I swear you could get a little tipsy eating an entire bar back then — but it’s still tops with me.
Now, Cybele at Candy Blog tells us that Ritter makes minis! Unfortunately, rum-raisin-hazelnut is not one of the varieties. The Ritter website says the choices are “Crispy Biscuit” (my least favorite Ritter bar, I think), Hazelnut, “Crispy Flake” (crunchy corn flakes…hmmmm…), Marzipan (also not a favorite of mine), Whole Milk Chocolate, Nougat, and Yogurt-Filled. However, Cybele’s post has completely different flavors: coconut creme, caramel, crispy rice, tiramisu, and capuccion & amaretti.
Though you occasionally might find Ritter bars in unexpected places, my experience is that you only find them in gourmet food shops, import stores, and other places that cater to high-end food, so you might not have an easy time finding them, but they’re definitely worth seeking out. I know I’ll be looking for the minis now.
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Thanks for the link!
Just so you know, Ritter makes two versions of the Rum, Raisin & Hazelnut bar … one with 5% alcohol content and one with “rum flavor” … some states won’t allow the alcohol one to be sold to kids.
So it’s not your imagination! Just keep an eye on the back of the label. I can find the full alcohol ones in California, but not in Pennsylvania.
That explains it. I know that we used to be able to get the “real rum” version in Massachusetts, but now I can only find the rum-flavored one. I think I’ll have to look a little harder, because the version with alcohol in it is incredible.
Not sure which flavors they carry, but I’ve seen Ritter Sport candy bars in Trader Joe’s.