# All hail marzipan! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509 "2003-10-15T04:30:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lathe_of_Heaven)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/1 "2003-10-15T04:30:42Z")
Is there a more delicious treat than the almondy food of the gods? I went to Cost Plus the other day. To my delight, their supply of marzipan goodies was larger than usual. I think they think it’s a holiday food or something. I got tons of treats, which I am working through at an alarming rate. (Hey–it’s ALL NATURAL.) Resolved: the only thing better than marzipan is marzipan with dark chocolate. If heaven does not involve almond paste and dark chocolate, I don’t want to hear about it. _burp_ ---
**Author:** ![Tarrsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@Tarrsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarrsk)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/2 "2003-10-15T04:32:27Z")
Must admit that the first thing I thought at reading the title of this thread was “huh… Homestar Runner doesn’t update on Tuesdays…” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/3 "2003-10-15T04:32:59Z")
Marzipan rules. _raising my glass of cutty sark in respect to whoever the hell invented it_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/4 "2003-10-15T04:33:53Z")
Mmmmm, marzipan. I used to buy a tube, cut it into slices, and munch out. If I really wanted a sugar high, I’d dunk the slices in Hershey’s dark chocolate syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/5 "2003-10-15T06:40:49Z")
Before I even clicked on this thread I was thinking that marzipan is the food of the gods. I’ll pass on the chocolate though. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/6 "2003-10-15T07:26:30Z")
::whine:: I have never had marzipan ::whine:: ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/7 "2003-10-15T10:46:39Z")
My nephew #2 is a very strange creature, indeed. He doesn’t lika marzipan. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/8 "2003-10-15T11:58:54Z")
Marzipan? I thought it was an anti-depressant drug. It’s some kind of _food_, you say? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/9 "2003-10-15T12:03:24Z")
Marzipan’s a private matter. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/10 "2003-10-15T12:46:04Z")
Anyone from NYC know Elk Candy, at 86th and Third (maybe Second, I forget) Avenue? The Mecca of marzipan-lovers. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/11 "2003-10-15T13:19:25Z")
I made a cake with a lot of marzipan in the batter yesterday. I am currently eating some for breakfast. Marzipan makes practically everything better. I think I need to get a Rittersport marzipan bar today. Dark chocolate and marzipan. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/12 "2003-10-15T14:42:29Z")
I like to put it in cinnamon rolls instead of cinnamon. I can’t remember the brand, but there is a marzipan log dipped in dark chocolate with a dash of brandy in the marzipan. When I find them, I buy a bunch and hide them in the house. Don’t tell. ---
**Author:** ![Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lathe_of_Heaven)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/13 "2003-10-15T15:31:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winston Smith \* > \*\*Marzipan? I thought it was an anti-depressant drug. It’s some kind of _food_, you say? \*\* Marzipan is almond paste, usually lightly sweetened. It tastes like almonds, except somehow BETTER. You can buy it in candy-bar form, as alluded to previously; in logs, for use in baking; and molded into little fruits and whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/14 "2003-10-15T15:49:40Z")
Is there an OTC version I could get at, say, 7-11? Like a Zagnut? ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/15 "2003-10-15T15:50:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winston\_Smith \* > Marzipan? I thought it was an anti-depressant drug. It’s some kind of _food_, you say? Says the person who lives in the land of [Anthon Berg](http://www.anthonberg.com/language.asp?i_Language=dken). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/16 "2003-10-15T19:48:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winston\_Smith \* > Marzipan? I thought it was an anti-depressant drug. It’s some kind of _food_, you say? [in tone of “It’s a floor wax!” “No, it’s a dessert topping!” argument] There, there, marzipan is a food _and_ an anti-depressant. The big Pharma cartels can’t stop people from growing their own almond trees, so this vital medical information has always been suppressed. Fortunately we Vikings know better. [/argument tone] Anyone who has not had a [kringle](http://www.ohdanishbakery.com/) has yet to live. ALTHOUGH THESE INFIDELS HAVE ABANDONDED THE TRADITIONAL PRETZEL SHAPE, THEY ARE A DANISH BAKERY AND THAT’S WHAT COUNTS. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/17 "2003-10-15T20:16:28Z")
Almonds are the tears of wooden angels - and are delicious. However marzipan is the congealed pus from a weeping sore on Beelzebub’s left armpit, and is wrong, just plain wrong ---
**Author:** ![Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lathe_of_Heaven)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/18 "2003-10-15T20:25:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winston Smith \* > \*\*Is there an OTC version I could get at, say, 7-11? Like a Zagnut? \*\* Sort of. Try a local candy store, like See’s or something. They should have single marzipan chocolates. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-marzipan/207509/19 "2003-10-15T21:26:46Z")
waits for **burundi** to find the thread. Personally, I can take it or leave it: on the culinary-delights spectrum, it’s around rose-water for me, far below caramel or lemon curd or toasted hazelnuts buttered pecans or orange zest, but above licorice or raspberry jam. **burundi** , however, could eat it by the barrelful, and is probably drooling as she reads this. Daniel