Packaging of Chocolate Halva with Hazelnuts by Halvas Drapetsonas

Chocolate Halva with Hazelnuts by Halvas Drapetsonas

If you got Chocolate Halva with Hazelnuts by Halvas Drapetsonas on the table, most likely your journey in search for the tastiest halva in the world has reached its end. Game over 🙂 This is exactly how I felt on one sunny day while savoring this delight under the large pines by the sea in Greece.

It is hard to tell how you could get enough of this gorgeous and delicious treat. Having in mind all these rich layers of chocolate and crushed sesame seeds, considering the perfect, slightly crunchy texture stunned with chopped huge hazelnuts, it seems that there is no way to resist the craving for this sweet. Therefore, I must say that it is dangerously tasty 🙂

Be sure, this Chocolate Halva with Hazelnuts will definitely chill your sweet tooth in the best possible way. Let’s admit that during one hundred years Halvas Drapetsonas (founded in 1924) gained some serious knowledge in the art of doing the best halva!

Slice of Chocolate Halva with Hazelnuts by Halvas Drapetsonas

Price: 6,70 Eur (450 g package) bought in local gourmet store in Greece

Ingredients of Chocolate Halva with Hazelnuts by Halvas Drapetsonas:

tahini (ground sesame) 53%, sugar, starch syrup, hazelnuts 10%, couverture 8% (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, fat: soy lecithin, vanillin), cocoa powder, vanillin, chuene extract.

Nutrition facts (per 100 g):

Energy: 551 kcal (2316 kj)

Fat 34,2 g (of which saturated 5,0 g)
Carbohydrates 47 g (of which sugars 39,2 g)
Dietary fibers 5,1 g
Proteins 11,4 g
Salt 0,04 g

Chocolate Halva with Hazelnuts by Halvas Drapetsonas
Pros
Rich taste
Perfect texture
Chopped hazelnuts
Cons
Very sugary
Contains cornstarch
Quite expensive (~15 Eur/kg)
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