Danish chocolate: the makers to know
Danish chocolate runs from the old Copenhagen houses, where Anthon Berg began making filled chocolates in 1884, to makers who work from the bean. Friis-Holm, which roasts and grinds its own cacao at Herslev near Roskilde, has won gold at the International Chocolate Awards every year since 2013.
Anthon Berg A Copenhagen chocolate house founded in 1884, best known for its chocolate-covered marzipan bread and made by Toms in Ballerup.
Friis-Holm A Danish bean-to-bar chocolate maker at Herslev, near Roskilde, known for bars made from Nicaraguan cacao.Works: Dark Milk 55%, O'Payo Milk 50%, La Dalia 100%, Nicaliso 70%
Toms Danish chocolate and sweets maker founded in Copenhagen in 1924, known for Skildpadder and Guld Barre and made in an Arne Jacobsen factory in Ballerup.Works: Guld Barre, Skildpadder, Tommelise, Yankie Bar
Peter Beier A Danish chocolatier at Ørsholt Gods near Helsingør, known for filled chocolates, flødeboller and chocolate from its own cacao plantation in the Dominican Republic.Works: Gourmet Flødeboller
Summerbird An organic Danish chocolate maker from Funen, known for its marzipan butterflies in dark chocolate, its Grand Cru flødeboller and its white boxes.Works: Raspberry Red, Amber, Pure Amande, Summerbird Grand Cru