# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094/5 "2025-07-19T22:11:30Z")
> [@Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13782): > > > [@Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/13781): > > > > What is marzipan, actually? > > Ground almonds and sugar, made into a paste. Though likely apocryphal, I like the story that marzipan was invented in the German town of Lubeck, when, under siege, the bakers were running out of flour and eggs but still had a good amount of almonds and sugar, so they made marzipan to help feed the town. > **[Lubeck's Marzipan Story](http://geowonderland.blogspot.com/2013/04/marzipan-story.html)** > > Lubeck, situated in northern Germany, is known for marzipan. Thanks to its location by the river, once it was a major port city. Many ... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094)._