World’s thinnest chocolate melts instantly in mouth

The world’s thinnest chocolate has a thickness of only 0.03 millimeters and is a creation of Japanese confectioner Matteo. This chocolate named Cortesia is made in the form of a rolled sheet and is considered a unique sweet item.

It was launched in February 2024 at Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza in Tokyo, the capital of Japan after which Matteo’s Bottega del Cioccolato quickly gained fame for producing the world’s thinnest chocolate.

Cortesia which means “tree bark” in Italian is the company’s most popular sweet item. It is regarded as a remarkable feat of engineering because producing chocolate as thin as 0.03 mm is not an easy task.

Inspired by traditional layered chocolates from Italy, Cortesia consists of an extremely thin layer that is pressed and rolled using a specially designed machine. This machine was developed in collaboration with local engineering experts after about one and a half years of effort.

Although many types of machines exist in the world, none of them can produce chocolate as thin as Cortesia.

You might wonder why chocolate needs to be made so extremely thin. The idea, according to Matteo Sanclika, the founder of Matteo was to create a chocolate with an extraordinary melt-in-the-mouth texture. He believed that chocolate is at its best when it begins to melt as soon as it touches the mouth and Cortesia was designed to deliver exactly that experience.

The 0.03 mm thin chocolate layer is wrapped in a cylindrical design resembling a twig covered with irregular tree bark. It is said that this creation melts instantly upon touching the tongue offering a unique taste and sensory experience.