{"id":67852,"date":"2026-05-03T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/?p=67852"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:06:14","slug":"scandinavian-craft-chocolatier-competition-2026-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enter.chocolateawards.com\/nl\/competitions\/scandinavian\/scandinavian-craft-chocolatier-competition-2026-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandinavian Craft Chocolatier Competition 2026 – Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The International Chocolate Awards is pleased to announce the Winners of the Scandinavian<\/strong>\u00a0Craft Chocolatier competition<\/strong><\/em>, which was judged in-person in Bordeaux, France on 30 April and 1 May 2026 at the Show\/Colat Festival.\u00a0<\/p>

The winners’ announcement was held at Show\/Colat<\/strong><\/em> in Bordeaux, France on Saturday, 2nd May during a fun live event where many of our entrants came together to celebrate award-winning European craft chocolate. Our co-founders Monica Meschini and Martin Christy hosted the event together with Grand Jury members and some of our local judges.\u00a0<\/p>

Winners of this rounds will pass through to the World Final organized in October-November 2026.<\/p>

This craft competition awards prizes for craft chocolatier products<\/strong> including filled chocolates\/bonbons, pralines, enrobed fruits and nuts and chocolate spreads made with bean-to-bar chocolate as well as flavoured bars made with couverture.<\/p>

Plain\/origin and flavoured bean-to-bar products from European chocolate makers were judged at the 2026 European, Middle Eastern and African Bean-to-Bar Competition in April 2026.<\/p>

Judges<\/h3>

The judges<\/a> were drawn from local experts, food journalists, our IICCT<\/a> Alumni and members of our permanent international Grand Jury.<\/p>

Prizes<\/h3>

The categories judged included filled chocolates, enrobed fruits and nuts and chocolate spreads, as well as flavoured bars (not bean-to-bar). All judging is anonymized, including at the Grand Jury final session, where Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes are awarded by private voting.<\/p>

** Bean-to-bar chocolatier products \u2013 recognising the growing trend of filled chocolate made by chocolate makers, winning products made with an entrant\u2019s own chocolate are marked with (**).<\/div>

Awards are awarded only to entries that meet the required standard for each prize.<\/p>

The 2026 Scandinavian Craft Chocolatier Winners are:<\/span><\/h3>

(Prizes are shown in score order for each medal)<\/em><\/p>

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Ganaches, palets, ganache pralines en truffels<\/h1>
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Ganaches of truffels van donkere chocolade met toegevoegde smaak<\/h2>

Silver<\/strong>: Friis-Holm Chokolade<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Denmark) – Cardemomme Dark Chocolate Ganache<\/strong> (87.5<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> (**)<\/span><\/p>

Bronze<\/strong>: Friis-Holm Chokolade<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Denmark) – Coffee Ganache<\/strong> (86.6<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> (**)<\/span><\/p><\/div>

Ganaches of truffels van melkchocolade<\/h2>

Bronze<\/strong>: G\u00e5nsviks Choklad<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Sweden) – Anais<\/strong> (86.7<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> (**)<\/span><\/p><\/div>

Ganaches of truffels van witte chocolade<\/h2>

Bronze<\/strong>: Friis-Holm Chokolade<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Denmark) – ABSINTHE<\/strong> (85.9<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> (**)<\/span><\/p><\/div>

Ganaches of truffels met een coating of vulling van gemengde donkere\/melk\/witte chocolade<\/h2>

Silver<\/strong>: G\u00e5nsviks Choklad<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Sweden) – Magnus<\/strong> (87.1<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> (**)<\/span><\/p>

+ Special<\/strong>: Local ingredients<\/span><\/p>

Bronze<\/strong>: Ett kilo socker<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Sweden) – V\u00e4tternrundan<\/strong> (85.7<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span><\/p><\/div>

Noten<\/h1>
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Melkchocolade dragees, omhulde hele noten<\/h2>

Silver<\/strong>: Friis-Holm Chokolade<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Denmark) – Liquorice Drag\u00e9e<\/strong> (87.1<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> (**)<\/span><\/p>

+ Special<\/strong>: Reinterpretation<\/span><\/p><\/div>

Karamels<\/h1>
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Karamel omhuld met donkere chocolade<\/h2>

Bronze<\/strong>: Friis-Holm Chokolade<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Denmark) – Star Anise Caramel<\/strong> (85.7<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> (**)<\/span><\/p><\/div>

Karamel omhuld met melkchocolade<\/h2>

Bronze<\/strong>: Friis-Holm Chokolade<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Denmark) – Winter Caramel<\/strong> (86.6<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> (**)<\/span><\/p><\/div>

Overige – fruit\/suiker\/boter\/cr\u00e8me<\/h1>
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Met donkere chocolade omhulde manon\/boter\/cr\u00e8me<\/h2>

Bronze<\/strong>: Friis-Holm Chokolade<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Denmark) – Jamaica Rum<\/strong> (86.1<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> (**)<\/span><\/p><\/div>

Met witte chocolade omhulde manon\/boter\/cr\u00e8me<\/h2>

Bronze<\/strong>: Friis-Holm Chokolade<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Denmark) – Rhubarb Creme<\/strong> (85.8<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> (**)<\/span><\/p>

Bronze<\/strong>: Friis-Holm Chokolade<\/a><\/span><\/em>  (Denmark) – Sour Cherry Creme<\/strong> (85.5<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span> (**)<\/span><\/p><\/div>

(*)  Declared chocolate maker for private label bars.<\/em><\/p>

(**) Winner has declared the product is made with their own bean-to-bar chocolate or couverture.<\/em><\/p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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