# Chocolate, Cinnamon and Marzipan Dreams (How Do We Like It?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 19, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094 "2025-07-19T22:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094/41 "2025-07-20T15:28:57Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > They can be [ordered on-line](https://www.google.com/search?q=marzipan+candies+box+anthon+berg&udm=28&shoprs=CAEYASoLYW50aG9uIGJlcmcyFAgJEhBNYXJ6aXBhbiBDYW5kaWVzMhUIARIDQm94OgwI853zARD0nfMBMABgAg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb4bem3cuOAxU6F1kFHYnlIuMQ268JKAB6BAgYEAw&biw=1707&bih=772&dpr=1.13) from Amazon and others, but I would wait until November and decent weather) to try that. _ **👍🏻** _ Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094/42 "2025-07-20T15:46:03Z")
[![](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D8R3KB/typical-sicilian-marzipan-fruits-frutta-martorana-syracuse-sicily-D8R3KB.jpg) ](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D8R3KB/typical-sicilian-marzipan-fruits-frutta-martorana-syracuse-sicily-D8R3KB.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094/43 "2025-07-20T16:06:58Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It was the name of Homestar Runner’s girlfriend in that old school Flash web cartoon series, most famous for the character Strongbad. O.k. that’s nearly incomprehensible to me, but thanks! > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Her cookie is a Horchata flavored oreo. I _love_ horchata. That might be enough to overcome my aversion to oreos. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094/44 "2025-07-21T06:51:01Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Though likely apocryphal, No “likely”, definitely. Marzipan doesn’t even originate anywhere in Europe, but it definitely doesn’t originate as late as 15th C. Lübeck. I take my almonds any way I can get them - marzipan, frangipane, blamange, macarons, calissons, amaretto (both kinds) The _Glücksschwein_ is the best use of marzipan, though. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094/45 "2025-07-22T16:41:17Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > The _GlĂĽcksschwein_ is the best use of marzipan, though. Is there something special about the marzipan in it? It just looks like a pig made from marzipan. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094/46 "2025-07-22T16:44:32Z")
The special thing is that it’s considered a lucky charm. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094/47 "2025-07-22T16:45:31Z")
O.k. so it’s not like it has a secret heart of chocolate then. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094/48 "2025-07-22T16:48:32Z")
Exactly. It’s just plain marzipan molded and painted to look like a pig, a lucky pig. ETA: around the turning of the year, candy (not only marzipan) in the form of lucky charms are always popular in Germany: horse shoes, chimney sweepers, four-leaf clovers, you name it. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094/49 "2025-07-22T17:07:01Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > horse shoes, chimney sweepers, four-leaf clovers For our Jewish and Muslim friends who might not fancy a pig (cf. also the Christmas [peppermint pig](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=peppermint+pig+with+hammer&ia=web)). [![](https://i0.wp.com/random-times.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_4524-1.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1) ](https://i0.wp.com/random-times.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_4524-1.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094.md?page=2)