Chocolate fish

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Chocolate fish
Confectionery

Two chocolate fish side by side
Place of origin:
New Zealand
Main ingredient(s):
Pink or white marshmallow, milk chocolate
Recipes at Wikibooks:
 Chocolate fish
Media at Wikimedia Commons:
  Chocolate fish

The chocolate fish is a confectionery from New Zealand, dating back to at least 1966.[1]

They are fish-shaped, 6 to 8 inches in length, and 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 companies make the fish, but the most well recognised is Cadbury. Smaller, or "fun-sized" variants of the chocolate fish are colloquially referred to as "sprats". For a short period, in the late 1990s - early 2000, there was a Tip Top brand chocolate fish ice-cream.

In Kiwi culture the chocolate fish is a common reward for a small job done well ("Give that kid a chocolate fish").[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "...for many years a brand of chocolate fish was known as “Pelorus Jack”.", 1966, A Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
  2. ↑ "I'll Buy You A Chocolate Fish If...", 1973
  3. ↑ "The food we love – the tastes of New Zealanders"
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