Russian tourists named their favorite sweets

The ranking of favorite sweets was created based on surveys of Russian tourists.

Russian tourists are always eager to try local delicacies in order to fully experience the atmosphere and culture of the region they are visiting. A study conducted by one of the Russian online services for organizing travel revealed the most favorite sweets of travelers.

At the top of the list was the Tatar chak-chak – a dessert that consists of pieces of fried dough covered with honey syrup. This dessert has an interesting legend associated with the Khan of Volga Bulgaria, who ordered it for his son’s wedding. Chuck-chuck had to be tasty, surprise guests and at the same time be convenient for snacking in the saddle. And the shepherd’s wife was able to cope with this requirement. The dessert has become a symbol of strong and close relationships between spouses, like pieces of chak-chak.

Tula gingerbreads took second place on the list, with nine percent of respondents voting for them. Tula gingerbread cookies are covered with glaze and have fruit filling inside. They became especially popular thanks to Vasily Grechikhin, the famous Tula gingerbread merchant. He not only sold his sweets in Russia and other countries, but even built a pavilion near the Eiffel Tower, made entirely of gingerbread.

Moscow chocolates with their familiar taste took third place on the list. Seven percent of travelers prefer to taste this sweetness, which has become a true classic.

Kaliningrad marzipan is a product of crushed almonds and powdered sugar. Almost seven percent of tourists recommend trying it. It has become a symbol of Prussian Königsberg and has a unique recipe. The marzipan is fired over an open fire, which distinguishes it from the baked marzipan from Lübeck. Today, the production of Kaliningrad marzipan has been revived, and even a Marzipan Museum has appeared in Kaliningrad.

Finally, oriental sweets such as churchkhela and Turkish delight were remembered by less than 6 percent of respondents. You can try these sweets in the Krasnodar region. Churchkhela is nuts on a string dressed in jam mixed with flour, and Turkish delight is soft candy made from sugar syrup with the addition of nuts.

Northern cloudberry jam and exotic pine cone jam, which is brewed in Siberia, received very few votes.