Carambar Caramel

Chewy cocoa-caramel bar · Carambar · Chocolate & candy

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Why it's worth it

The yellow-wrapped Carambar has been a French playground staple since 1954 and is as much a piece of national folklore as a sweet, thanks to the notoriously bad jokes printed inside every wrapper. The caramel itself has a deep burnt-sugar taste that reviewers compare to the crisp top of a creme brulee, and there is no equivalent on Czech shelves.

Taste

A long, chewy cocoa-caramel bar; deep, slightly burnt caramel with a clear chocolate note, sweet and sticky rather than bitter

Why this rating

You can’t get this at homenot sold in Czechia — distinctly local

Reviewers rave about it2 sourced review quotes on file

A local icona national icon

Easy to findstocked in mainstream chains at everyday prices

Scores 10 of 10 on our published rubric.

Nutrition

Nutri-Score EBad nutritional quality

Nutritional values per 100 g

Energy value1682 kJ · 398 kcal

Fats7.8 gincluding saturated fatty acids4 g

Carbohydrates79 gincluding sugars47 g

Protein3.1 g

Salt0.6 g

Source: Open Food Facts label data (may lag pack reformulations).

Where & what you'll pay

Carrefour

E.Leclerc

Intermarché

Auchan€EAN 3664346300780

If you know Czech shelves

No direct CZ analog; a chewy cocoa-caramel bar whose wrapper-joke ritual has no Czech shelf twin

Sources

“a lovely deep, burnt (but not bitter) caramel taste”
www.candygurus.com (review)
“Carambar is famous for the poor quality of these jokes”
en.wikipedia.org (reference)

Curated 2026-07-21. Image: Open Food Facts contributors, CC-BY-SA.