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Walking Tour of Vienna’s Specialty Chocolate Stores
Guide Location: Austria » Vienna
Guide Type: Self-guided city tour
# of Attractions: 8
Tour Duration: 1 hour(s)
Transportation Mode: by foot
Travel Distance: 1.7 km
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Author: leticia
Vienna is famous for its mouth-watering confections. In its specialty shops and boutiques, usually located on the ground floors of historical buildings, you will find the best roasted coffee, high quality chocolates, sweets, wafers, cocoa and, of course, Mozartkugels. Don’t hesitate to visit the wonderful specialty shops featured in this guide.
Tour Stops and Attractions
Xocolat
1) Xocolat
Xocolat is one of Vienna’s best, and first, shops to specialize in chocolate treats. It has a reputation of offering the best quality chocolate in tons of different forms. Customers appreciate the delicious cacao beans, chocolate confections and friendly staff of Xocolat.
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Julius Meinl
2) Julius Meinl
Discover the wonderful world of coffee at Julius Meinl. It has been a leading Austrian coffee shop for 145 years. The shop was established in 1862 as a professional seller of green, then later, roasted coffee. Its extensive selection of high quality coffees, teas and fine foods is sure to please any coffee lover.
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Leschanz Schokolade
3) Leschanz Schokolade
Leschanz Schokolade is known locally as the "chocolate king" of Vienna. The originality, high quality and extensive assortments offered here reaffirm its regal name. According to Viennese legend, Mozart always visited this shop during his strolls through the city.
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Manner
4) Manner
Manner is a line of confectionery from the Austrian conglomerate, Josef Manner & Comp AG. The corporation, founded in 1890, produces a wide assortment of confectionery products. These include wafers, long-life confectionery, chocolate-based confectionery, sweets, cocoa and a variety of seasonal products. The company's best-known product are the "Neapolitan wafers", introduced in 1898. They are sold in blocks of ten 47 x 17 x 17 mm hazelnut-cream filled wafers. The hazelnuts were originally imported from the Naples region in Italy, hence the name. The basic recipe has remained unchanged to this day. The company logo is a picture of St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. This dates back to the 1890s, when Josef Manner opened his first shop right next to the Cathedral. 
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Altmann & Kühne
5) Altmann & Kühne
Visitors with a sweet-tooth will be glad to find this shop of tasty souvenirs. Pralines, marzipan, bonbons and other delicious sweet treats of Altmann & Kuhne are delicately packaged in colorful, specially-designed and decorated boxes.
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Mozartkugel
6) Mozartkugel
The Mozartkugeln (Mozart ball), originally known as the “Mozartbonbon”, was created by the Salzburg confectioner, Paul Fürst, in 1890 and named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The confectionery Fürst still produces the original Salzburg Mozartkugeln by hand according to the original recipe and only sells them in its shops or over its website. As the Fürst confectionery does not own a trademark for Mozartkugeln, there are numerous imitation products, most of which are produced using industrial techniques.
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Opern Confiserie
7) Opern Confiserie
Opern Confiserie is another fabulous Viennese confectionery. You will be delighted with the vast range of handmade truffles, chocolates, cakes and pastries, brightly colored fruit gelées, shaped marzipan, Austrian liquors and schnapps, teas and delicious coffees on offer.
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Sachertorte
8) Sachertorte
Sachertorte is a chocolate cake, invented by Franz Sacher in 1832 for Klemens Wenzel von Metternich in Vienna. It is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties. The Original Sachertorte is only made in Vienna and Salzburg, and is shipped from both locations. The cake consists of two layers of dense, not overly sweet chocolate cake (traditionally a sponge cake) with a thin layer of apricot jam in the middle and dark chocolate icing on the top and sides. It is traditionally served with whipped cream without any sugar in it, as most Viennese consider the Sachertorte too "dry" to be eaten on its own.
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