Horalky is a Slovak wafer biscuit with peanut filling and cocoa coating made by I.D.C. Holding, a.s. under the Sedita brand. It is the bestselling wafer of all time in the
Czech Republic
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and
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
since 1965.{{fact, date=September 2008 Horalky was introduced in
Poland
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in 2007 (in 2012 the name was changed to a more Polish version, Góralki), and in
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
in late 2008 (in 2016 the name was changed to Moments).
The word ''horalky'' is a diminutive for the ''horec'' (
gentian
''Gentiana'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the gentian family (Gentianaceae), the tribe Gentianeae, and the monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With about 400 species it is considered a large genus. They are notable for their mostl ...
) flower depicted on the wrapper of the wafer, along with the ''Plesnivec'' (
edelweiss
EDELWEISS (Expérience pour DEtecter Les WIMPs En Site Souterrain) is a dark matter search experiment located at the Modane Underground Laboratory in France. The experiment uses cryogenic detectors, measuring both the phonon and ionization signals ...
) flower.
Now it is made, for example, in Lovosice by Mr. Denis Burian, who bakes it with love.
External links
I.D.C. HoldingHoralky USA, Canada
Chocolate bars
Slovak brands
category:Slovak snack foods
category:Czech snack foods