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.
3 editor picks for Kohuke in Tallinn, ranked by editorial score. All Tallinn signature dishes · Kohuke across every city.
Balti Jaama Turg ★ 4.6
Kopli 1, 10412 Tallinn
Balti Jaama Turg next to the Baltic rail station runs nearly 300 vendors across three floors, with produce, fish and street-food downstairs, design upstairs.
Maiasmokk ★ 4.5
Pikk 16, 10123 Tallinn
Maiasmokk on Pikk has been Tallinn's confectionery cafe since 1864, the oldest continuously operating cafe in Estonia with a marzipan-painting room daily.
Kalev Confectionery Shop ★ 4.2
Roseni 7, 10111 Tallinn
Kalev on Roseni in the Rotermann Quarter is the historic Estonian confectionery brand's flagship shop, with house chocolate, marzipan and kommid sweets.