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The six everyone orders first
New to Icelandic candy? These are the bags Icelanders actually keep in the cupboard — ranked by what our customers reorder.
#1 sellerChocolate, caramel, mild liquorice — the national candy
ChocolateDark 70% with sea salt — grown-up and moreish
LiquoriceOld-fashioned soft black liquorice — the classic
GiftHandmade artisan bar — the one for gifting
GentleChocolate-covered liquorice bites — gentle entry
AddictiveLiquorice pearls in chocolate — the bag that vanishes
Can't decide?
Boxes we packed for you
Curated from what people actually reorder — and priced a little under buying separately.
Pick your poison
Browse by taste, not by brand
Chocolate
Nói Síríus, Freyja, Góa and the artisan bars — milk, dark, salted, smoked.
Browse chocolate →Liquorice
From soft and sweet to salty salmiak. Iceland's true national sweet.
HEAT ●○○○○ gentle → ●●●●● brave
Browse liquorice →Chocolate + liquorice
The Icelandic speciality nobody else does properly. Þristur, Djúpur, Bingó, Stubbar.
Browse the specialty →Hard candy & gifts
Handmade Kandís boxes and gift sets — travel-proof in any season.
Browse gifts →Chocolate and heat, honestly
In summer we pack chocolate against warmth and recommend DHL for hot destinations. Hard candy and liquorice travel happily in any season. If a bar arrives soft, tell us — we sort it out.
Icelanders take their nammi seriously. Icelandic candy has its own character — above all the marriage of chocolate and licorice, a combination that sounds strange exactly once, until you try it. This is the real thing, from the brands every Icelandic childhood is built on: Nói Síríus (chocolate makers since 1920), Freyja, Góa, Appolo licorice, Sambó and handmade Kandís.
What does Icelandic candy actually taste like?
Expect deeper, saltier licorice than you may be used to, milk chocolate with real character, and combinations like Þristur and Draumur that layer the two. Kókosbollur — chocolate-covered marshmallow puffs — are the crowd-pleaser; Opal and Tópas pastilles are the acquired taste Icelanders defend fiercely. If you're new to it, start with a mixed selection or browse treats under $20 and find your favourite the fun way.
We eat this candy ourselves (quality control, we call it), and we pack every order in Hafnarfjörður.