# Is marzipan candy a Euro only thing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813 "2012-08-08T01:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813/41 "2012-08-11T00:03:10Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > +1,001 🙂 > > Grand Mart on Leesburg Pike is the only place around here I’ve found that has it. I see it at Cost Plus/World Market (Bailey’s Crossroads) - not every time I go there, but fairly consistently. They also usually carry at least some marzipan stuff, with the largest selection being close to the winter time/Christmas holiday season. (Including the marzipan potatoes.) * * * \<\< [BREAKFAST.COM](http://BREAKFAST.COM) halted, cereal port not found. \>\> ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813/42 "2012-08-11T00:15:23Z")
In the US, it’s known as Play-Doh and widely available in a variety of children’s toys. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813/43 "2012-08-11T00:32:32Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > Was the same piece of marzipan both the best and worst, or you tried a couple different kinds? > > I also got some marzipan in Toledo (I think it’s required by law, as Toledo is the purported birthplace of marzipan). It was very dry and not sweet enough for our American palates, but we found on the bus back to Madrid we could not. stop. eating it. Two different places. Yeah, the only things they actually make in Toledo are armor, cutlery and marzipan. If it weren’t for tourism, they’d have to shut the place down. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813/44 "2012-08-11T01:24:39Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > [Ritter Sport](http://www.ritter-sport.us/#/en_US/product/100g_marzipan) makes an excellent dark chocolate marzipan, too. 🙂 Reading around I found out Trader Joe’s is the #1 purveyor of Ritter Sport candy, and as Trader Joe’s owns Aldi (or maybe vice versa), Ritter Sport marzipan is thus found at Aldi, and I’m going there tomorrow because now I want marzipan badly. One wearies so of chocolate/peanut, chocolate/peanut, chocolate/peanut… ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813/45 "2012-08-11T03:03:25Z")
I like marzipan [skulls](http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Marzipan_skull) ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813/46 "2012-08-11T04:09:11Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > In the US, it’s known as Play-Doh and widely available in a variety of children’s toys. Uh, no it’s not. Play-Doh is not edible, and it’s certainly not marzipan. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813/47 "2012-08-11T04:11:44Z")
Them’s the jokes, son. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813/48 "2012-08-11T05:17:35Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > Uh, no it’s not. Play-Doh is not edible, and it’s certainly not marzipan. Not edible? Ask any 4 year old and they’ll tell you why that’s wrong! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813/49 "2012-08-11T06:26:24Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > Uh, no it’s not. Play-Doh is not edible, and it’s certainly not marzipan. though you can use the pladoh extruder thingies to mold marzipan … =) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813/50 "2012-08-11T06:42:04Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Two different places. Yeah, the only things they actually make in Toledo are armor, cutlery and marzipan. If it weren’t for tourism, they’d have to shut the place down. And that barrio full of ministries… (Toledo is one of Madrid’s “dorm towns”, but unlike most of them, it’s actually got something other than rows and rows of “beehive buildings”). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-marzipan-candy-a-euro-only-thing/630813.md?page=2)