Läckerli Huus

In 1903, the young baker and confectioner André Klein set out to emigrate to the United States. While he was taking a break in Basel, a newspaper advertisement drew his attention to Leopold Mosetter, who was looking for an associate for his confectionery. They joined forces and founded Läckerli Huus a year later.[1][2]

The company specialized in the production of Basler Läckerli[3] and a number of other Basel delicacies. Due to a lack of space, the company later moved from its location on Breisacherstrasse in Kleinbasel to nearby Münchenstein, where the former Sarasin & Heusler cotton mill was based. In January 1945, a fire destroyed the entire factory building with the bakery and confectionery, which plunged the company into a serious crisis. A year later, it was possible to move to a new location in the immediate vicinity of the destroyed factory.[4][5]

The company then began shipping the products to customers before opening their first store in 1950. Four years later, Läckerli Huus was represented with a stall at the Mustermesse Basel for the first time. In the early 1970s, Läckerli Huus moved into its current domicile at Gerbergasse 57/Falknerstrasse 34. The origin of the building dates back to 1291. A renovation revealed murals from the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1988, the first shop outside the Basel region opened in Bern, and then one in Zurich three years later. Today, Läckerli Huus also has branches in Lucerne, St. Gallen, Geneva, Lausanne and at the company headquarters in Frenkendorf.

Miriam Blocher, daughter of Christoph Blocher[6] and a trained food engineer and entrepreneur, took over the Dalasta group, to which Läckerli Huus also belongs, at the beginning of 2007.[7][8] Therefore, after more than a hundred years, the company is still an independent, traditional Swiss company in private ownership.

The company has been based in Frenkendorf since 2014, where the production facilities, warehouse and offices are located. The architecture of the building in Frenkendorf represents the long tradition of biscuit tins, as well as the gold tones often used for them. The trademark rights of the Cola-Fröschli, which were developed in Läckerli Huus in 1938, were sold to Egli Import AG in Effretikon in 2015.[9][10]

• Basel Läckerli; derived from this are Läckerli-Liqueur, Läckerli au chocolat and Läckerli Piccolo
• Rahmtäfeli, caramel candies
• Chocolat au Basler Läckerli, Swiss milk chocolate with integrated Basler Läckerli
• Chocolat au caramel, marbled Swiss dark and white chocolate with Basel Rahmtäfeli
• Flûtes de Bâle, various waffle rolls with e.g. Truffle or gianduja filling
• Les pralinés carrés, Les pralinés assortis, Les truffes au läckerli, Les truffes au champagne, Les truffes assorties, the latest chocolatier creations with Swiss chocolate