"Quality. Chocolate. Squared."

The history of Ritter Sport begins where most romance films end: marriage. When confectioner Alfred Ritter married sweet shop owner Clara Gottle in 1912- chocolate became a family affair.

Since then, the Ritter family chocolate recipe has continued to propel the company into one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world.

The Ritter Sport store in Berlin houses a cafe, a "Make-your-own-chocolate-bar" Bar, an apparel store, an exhibit on how chocolate is made and, of course, plenty of chocolate.









The name Ritter Sport was introduce along with the invention of the chocolate square in 1932. Clara Ritter's argument: "We'll make a chocolate that fits into the pocket of every sports jacket, doesn’t break, and still weighs the same as a normal long bar of chocolate.”
So the Sport in Ritter Sport refers to the ability to fit perfectly into the pocket of men's sport jackets.

Chocolate production has continued since 1912, except for a brief halt between 1940 and 1950 due to World War II. The company reopened and made non-chocolate sweets from 1946 to 1950.

Ritter Sport is an industry leader in innovation of marketing, environmentalism and diversification for consumer needs. Ritter Sport has led the way for introduction of eco-conscious packaging and production. Furthermore, in 2008, they introduced an "Organic Line" of chocolate.

For those of you watching your waistline, in 1999, Ritter Sport introduced a "Diet" line of chocolate.


If you want to watch it expand, try one of these MEGA sized bars.














Doug attempts to determine whether or not the Ritter Sport bear was white chocolate.

The test, shown here, produced negative results.












Doug enjoys part of the playzone located within the chocolate production exhibit.



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