Estonian curd snack: a fresh-cheese bar dipped in dark chocolate, sometimes with vanilla, jam or coconut in the curd. Found in every Estonian fridge and corner shop, eaten daily year-round.
Kohuke evolved from the Estonian tradition of fresh curd cheese (kohupiim), which farmers made from soured milk and salt for centuries. In the 1950s, Estonian dairy factories began shaping the curd into bars and dipping them in dark chocolate, sometimes adding vanilla, jam or coconut to the curd. The kohuke became Estonia's universal snack: roughly a hundred kohuke per Estonian per year by current dairy industry estimates. Every Tallinn supermarket counter carries five or six varieties at the cash register.
