Polish krówki: cocoa milk caramels

Name: Polish krówki: cocoa milk caramels
Yield: About 1.2 kg
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 kg Granulated sugar; 1 tbsp Cocoa powder; 100 g Butter; 500 ml Milk; 3 Eggs

Homemade cocoa milk caramels made with sugar, milk, butter, and eggs, cooked in a pot, then set and cut into pieces. Makes about 1.2 kg.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: About 1.2 kg
Difficulty: Easy

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Polish krówki with cocoa are homemade milk caramels that many remember as a childhood treat. They can be hard to find in stores these days, but you can make them at home with sugar, milk, butter, eggs, and a tablespoon of cocoa powder. All the ingredients are cooked together in a pot for about 20 minutes, then the mixture is poured onto plastic wrap or into molds and cut into pieces once set. Children can help with the preparation, too.

Instructions

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Place all the ingredients in a pot and cook for 20 minutes.
Pour the cooked mixture onto plastic wrap and smooth the surface, or pour it into prepared molds.
Let the mixture set, then cut it into pieces of your preferred size.
Gently press the caramels out of the molds.

Tip: Whisk the eggs into the cold milk before heating the mixture; adding them to hot milk would cause them to curdle into pieces. Use a heavy, thick-bottomed pot and stir constantly, as milk and sugar burn easily.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per 100 g, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 286 kcal
Protein: 2.1 g
Carbohydrates: 58 g
of which sugars: 58 g
Fat: 6.0 g
of which saturates: 3.5 g
Fiber: 0.1 g
Salt: 0.1 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Poľské krovky s kakaom – domáce karamelky z hrnca