Chocolate fish

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Chocolate fish
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Two chocolate fish
TypeConfectionery
Place of originNew Zealand
Main ingredientsPink or white marshmallow, milk chocolate

In New Zealand, the chocolate fish is a popular confectionery item, and in Kiwi culture a common reward for a job done well ("Give that kid a chocolate fish").[1][2][3][4][5]

Chocolate fish have a conventional fish-shape and a length of 5 to 8 centimetres (2.0 to 3.1 in). They are made of pink or white marshmallow covered in a thin layer of milk chocolate with the ripples or (scales) on the fish created simply by the fish moving under a blower; this slides the unset chocolate back, creating the illusion of scales on the fish. Several manufacturers make the fish; the most well-recognised is Cadbury.[6] Smaller, or "fun-sized" variants of the chocolate fish are colloquially referred to as "sprats".

History[]

For a short period, in the late 1990s to early 2000s, there was a Tip Top brand chocolate fish ice-cream.[7] In 2019, the chocolate fish was added to the Cadbury Favourites box.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "...each presented with a large chocolate fish", 1933, Evening Post
  2. ^ "I'll Buy You A Chocolate Fish If...", 1973
  3. ^ "The food we love – the tastes of New Zealanders"
  4. ^ "...for many years a brand of chocolate fish was known as “Pelorus Jack”.", 1966, A Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
  5. ^ "...Sir Geoffrey Palmer offered the audience a chocolate fish for anyone who could define privacy.", Privacy Commissioner
  6. ^ "Chocfishtory". The Chocolate Fish Company. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  7. ^ "Marshmallow ice-cream conquered", 04/06/2010, stuff.co.nz
  8. ^ Ramsey, Teresa (October 11, 2019). "Chocolate fish added to Cadbury Favourites - how does it rate?". Retrieved October 11, 2019.
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