We have a gem at home: the best praline in the world comes from southern Slovakia!
Our family business based in Komárno produced the best filled pralines in the world! By succeeding in the prestigious Great Taste Award 2022* competition, we have earned a place in elite gastronomic circles!
Judges with the most demanding palates from the ranks of food critics, chefs, producers and gastro columnists blindly tasted thousands of samples, regardless of packaging or marketing background. In the "filled chocolates" category, a winner from Slovakia was chosen, who fought with a praline that no one else had made before.
It is the own recipe of our chocolatier Zuzka Vargová, who is the absolute number one in her field. It produces bar chocolates, pralines, dragées and spreads exclusively from the highest quality raw materials without artificial colors and preservatives. The origin of the ingredients used is also interesting – vanilla comes from Madagascar, almonds from the USA and Sicily, fruit puree from France, and cocoa beans from distant South America and Africa.
"I gained my experience at workshops with leading French and American masters. I improved my practical skills at the Chocolate Academy. The passion for chocolate helped me overcome even the more difficult, initial periods. It took up to ten years before ZAX pralines were created," says Zuzka, for whom making sweets was initially just a pleasant hobby.
The breakthrough came by accident when she received a chocolate-making course as a gift. "I was enchanted. I have always loved handwork and especially decorating desserts." She worked hard and with high quality until the first successes came. "My philosophy is to compose pralines with traditional fillings, but at the same time they must be innovative and still tasty," he reveals, pointing to the artistically hand-painted ZAX pralines, which have already found their fans abroad.
Those who have tasted the products from our workshop on the banks of the Danube know that it is worth paying extra for a sweet experience. ZAX products are not cheap, but the pleasure is worth it! "We create truly premium chocolate. Our products are very demanding on craftsmanship, but all these aspects are known and appreciated by our customers." The flagship of the ZAX premium product portfolio is a unique collection of candies that are a real work of art..
*Great Taste Awards is the largest and most trusted awards ceremony in the world in the field of "food and drink". It is a guarantee of 100% quality and original taste among foods. The products are rewarded with gold stars by a jury founded solely on their taste and quality. It was she who catapulted the Slovak chocolatier ZAX among the world's gastro elite!
Out of more than 14,000 samples from all over the world, ZAX received the highest award in its category.
All luxurious ZAX sweet delicacies, as well as the award-winning chocolate specialty in a separate collection in an elegant box, can be purchased in our e-shop www.zaxchoco.com