Manufactured by the E. Wedel company, Ptasie Mleczko might win the prize for hardest to pronounce candy I’ve ever eaten. The woman who gave me these pronounced it several times for me, and I still don’t think I can say it.
The candy, made in Poland, luckily has English on the box as well as Polish and a few other languages I don’t know. According to my googling, Ptasie Mleczko literally translates to Bird’s Milk. Thanks to the English translation, before I ate one, I knew that they were vanilla marshmallow covered in chocolate.
Each candy is 1 1/2″ by 3/4″, and 3/4″ high, and they’re pretty good. The vanilla is distinct, instead of just being a hint like some other vanilla candies are. I wouldn’t say they are delicious or anything like that, and I definitely wouldn’t call them a favorite, but they’re pretty good. If vanilla doesn’t interest you, they also make them in Chocolate and Lemon.
For buying these I would rather recommend http://www.chocoladka.com, they have them for 3.49$ each instead of 6.99$ at russianfoods.
April 30th, 2007 at 12:52 amActually, it’s not a marshmallow at all… LOL And they are called Birds Milk, because they are light and fluffy, like a bird’s feather. And are not meant to be “bitten” into, but are meant to slowly melt in your mouth. Being born and raised in Poland until I was 16, these are still my ULTIMATE favorite of all time! (and I am 30 now!) My hubby is Native American, (Cherokee) and these are his favorite too, as well as our 2 kids. Unfortunately, they are hard to come by in the US, so we special-order them from overseas. YUMMY.!!!
August 1st, 2007 at 10:55 pmI have also eaten these since I was a child and have now become so large I cannot leave the house.. Avoid these evil things.
January 15th, 2008 at 11:49 amI think they are bit big and cuboid to comfortably melt in the mouth, so I’m going for the bitey option. Nice chocs, though. I purchased mine in Tesco in St Albans, UK for £1.99.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:18 am