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What to buy in Croatia? 🤔
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items You're in Croatia enjoying your holidays and you wanna try out some local products? Here's a list of my fav food & beauty products that I as a local here, would recommend you to pick up! ;)
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Food & Drinks
If you want to try out some of Croatia's best food picks and snacks while enjoying your trip, here's what you should pick up at our supermarkets!
You can't go wrong with these chocolate covered cookies! They're a classic in every household, they're also very often a gift we carry for our friends and family while visiting & a delicious treat!
Kraš - Domaćica – Biscuits and wafers
A great sparkling orange juice/soft drink! Much better then Fanta, less sugary, but very refreshing and tasty. Great carefree holiday choice!
Pipi Juice
One of the ultimate gifts from/in Croatia is Bajadera! These chocolate pralines have a unique taste and they come in various sizes. If you're a chocolate & sweets person, you'll love these!
Kraš - Bajadera Boxes of chocolates
Bananko is one of my fav sweets from childhood! It's essentially a banana flavoured filling covered in chocolate. Very cheap & delicious. Comes in various sizes.
Kraš Bananko chocolates
If you like strong alcoholic beverages and want to try something local - Antique Pelinkovac is a must. It's made from natural ingredients and the recipe contains 40+ aromatic indigenous Mediterranean herbs. Give it a try, but be careful! ;)
Badel 1862 Antique Pelinkovac
Need refreshment? Try Cedevita juice! There's multiple choices and variations. Buy it in the bottle and just shake well with water or make your own mixture. It's essentialy a juice powder that mixed with some water and ice makes a great beverage! :)
Cedevita juice
The best pistachio chocolate made in Croatia! This premium line has some very nice flavours, but my absoulute fav is pistachio. The chocolate is very tasty and not too sweet. Great treat with a cup of coffee!
Zvečevo - Mikado Premium Chocolate
This spice/seasoning is a must have in every household in Croatia! It has everything you need for any salty dishes you're preping. It's a wonderful mixture of vegetables, herbs and salt that adds a great flavour to any dish - soup, fried vegetables o...
Podravka - Vegeta spice
Menthol-like toffee candies that aren't overly sweet. They are refreshing and a perfect unique treat to pick up and try!
Bronhi Toffee Gummy Candy
One of the best wines produced in Croatia come from small Slavonian town Kutjevo. Their rose is perfecly formulated without being overly sweet nor dry. It's a great choice to pick up for any summer dinner!
Kutjevo Rosé wine
Beauty
If you love to shop all beauty stuff, you have to go shopping in our drugstores - DM, Bipa or Muller. Whichever you choose, you'll find a wide selection of products!
Great lightweight SPF cream that doesn't leave a white cast. Very creamy & easy to apply. Leaves your skin nicely nourished without the heavy feeling. Doesn't make my combo skin oiler and works great underneath makeup as well!
Olival - Professional Face Cream SPF 50
The best hydrating toner in our drugstores! It has a great mist, it's very refreshing on the skin and it doesn't disrupt anything (even makeup), just adds a little bit of hydration & life back to your skin. Comes in a travel size as well.
Olival - Hydro Toner βG
Melem offers great lip balms and skincare products that are localy produced! They give your lips a richer type of hydration without uncomfortable feeling or a strong scent/taste. Truly a staple product you can buy in Croatia!
Melem Lip Balms
My absolute favourite eye cream! Offers a great hydration to my dry(ish) under eye area. Works great under makeup as well! It's such a nourishing product that I use all the time and always have extra one in my collection. This brend is basically an o...
L'ADRIA Eye cream
My fav hair mask at the moment! It's smells amazing while being very nourishing. Leaves my hair incredibly soft, silky and shiny. It's enriched with Argan & Macadamia oil and it comes in 2 different sizes.
La Croa - Nourishing hair mask
My favourite hair oil and my HG! I use it on wet hair or as a finishing touch while styling my hair. It smells divine and it gives an incredible shine to your hair. It's enriched with macadamia, carrot, linseed & argan oils + it contains vitamin ...
La Croa - Nourishing Hair Oil
The best hair growth serum you can find in Croatian drugstores! It's very liquidy, therefore you have to be careful during application. It has a herbal scent that isn't overpowering. You have to use this one in your roots for about a month or so to s...
Olival - Fenugreek and Rosemary Lotion Against Hair Loss