A story of disappointment in three acts:

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ACT I: Oh cool, they deliver to the USA and their prices are reasonable, let's try it!

ACT II: Sign up for an account in order to check out.

ACT III: Subtotal 16 €; shipping 145 €; total 161 €

Absolutely true. My grandma used to make nougat filled 'bread' and also marzipan 'potatoes' from the raw Niederegger base. The 'potatoes' are little marzipan balls dusted with cacao powder. They can also be found on Amazon.com as "Marzipan Kartoffeln".

The difference between good marzipan and the cheap stuff is the almond to sugar ratio. The cheapo marzipan is awfully sweet, no comparison to Niederegger.

We've made marzipan at home using almond flour, powdered sugar, bitter almond extract and rose water. Never managed to get anywhere close to Niederegger. Nobody knows what their secret ingredient is, like Coca Cola I suppose.

Edit: Cost Plus World Market carries Niederegger before christmas, really the most affordable we've found in the US. Can also recommend their "Schwarzbrot", which is covered with dark chocolate ("Kuvertüre").

It's hard to take anyone's marzipan seriously, if all the marzipan they sell must be flavored with something. 90 percent of their "marzipan" products are covered in chocolate. If your marzipan is good, other flavors aren't necessary.

Chocolate covered marzipan, yuck!

I definitely haven't found anything better which is also relatively available in the US. But I think that Königsberg-style marzipan is way better than Lübeck-style (and would do so even if my mother weren't from East Prussia. :)

I would’ve never believed to see Lübeck mentioned here on HN. I find it super cute how our small, traditional Marzipan company has made it into candy shops of the world.

I was in a small town in the middle of Australia once, and they sold little marzipan bricks in the candy section. Warms my northern heart :)

True. Best marzipan around. Of course there are other copy cat marzipans from Lübeck which are not the real thing.

Seems alcohol is a common ingredient in all their offerings.