Parade gift tin – non-alcoholic chocolate truffles

Parade Gift Tin by Sawade with filled chocolate spheres

The Parade gift tin by Sawade is a tall, round tin in dark wine red, filled with individually wrapped chocolate spheres from Berlin. Inside, fifteen non-alcoholic pieces lie loosely stacked, featuring seven different fillings ranging from flaky brittle to baked apple and speculoos.

Parade Gift Tin is the Christmas tin of filled chocolate spheres from Sawade in Berlin-Reinickendorf, weighing 244 g and containing fifteen spheres in seven varieties. It stands upright like a little drum, with a girl carrying a white flag marching along the side, followed by a green crocodile in a red uniform jacket.

Seven fillings, from brittle to baked apple

The tin is a cylinder that stands upright on the gift table, immediately drawing the eye. A golden ring runs all the way around where the lid sits, and the company name is embossed in gold on top. This means it needs no wrapping paper and can stand under the tree just as it is.

When you lift the lid, there is a brief sound of cardboard, followed by the rustling of fifteen individually wrapped spheres stacked on top of one another. Each weighs around 16 g, putting it right between too little and too much for a single bite. Once unwrapped, you hold a smooth ball in your hand, and when you bite into it, you first encounter the shell and then the filling.

Seven varieties guide you through this tin, from crunchy to creamy. Flaky brittle and roasted almond provide the crunch, fine marzipan and dark nut nougat offer richness, and vanilla caramel adds softness. The baked apple works with fruit and winter spices, while small cookie pieces add a crunch to the ganache in the speculoos variety.

What a cookie changes in the ganache

Ganache is naturally smooth, which is exactly why every little piece inside it stands out all the more.

The cookie pieces in the speculoos sphere bring wheat and barley malt, along with the roasted sweetness familiar from the oven. Because they are enclosed within the mixture, they remain dry and retain their crunch for weeks, whereas on an open plate they would soften within a day.

The spheres are created as half-shells from the company's own molds, where liquid chocolate is rotated until it coats the walls evenly. Then, they are filled, sealed, and each sphere is individually wrapped by hand in foil at Sawade, which is why no two look exactly alike.

A tin of chocolates for the gift table

The motif comes from illustrator Clare Owen, who drew an entire parade for the holidays: a girl with a flag at the front, a drumming crocodile at the base, and golden musical notes and small white stars in between.

Once the spheres are eaten, the tin remains to store buttons, screws, or chestnuts. Until then, it pairs well with hot chocolate, cold fingers, and a St. Nicholas plate where the spheres can sit individually. Kept cool and dark at 15 to 18 degrees, the coating remains firm, while room temperature will cause it to soften and develop a patchy bloom.

If you prefer only one variety, our flaky brittle chocolate spheres are available in individual bags, and our mixed non-alcoholic chocolate spheres are slightly smaller. You can find everything else from Sawade at Sawade Berlin, as well as in our Christmas selection. Incidentally, the crocodile keeps drumming, even when the tin is long since empty.