The Confectionery Award finalists include Cadbury Boost Totally Nuts, Croc Chocs, Sweet William Not Nuts Chocolate Bar and Zoogle Jellies. FOOD Magazine congratulates all the finalists in this category.
Cadbury Boost Totally Nuts
This new chocolate bar from Cadbury combines a chocolate centre packed full of peanuts, covered in smooth caramel and surrounded in Cadbury Dairy Milk milk chocolate. Boost Totally Nuts was developed to stimulate category growth through offering consumers a unique combination of chocolate, peanuts and caramel in a chocolate bar. The innovative inclusion of the peanuts into the chocolate centre has allowed the bar to stay true to the Boost brand, delivering a big peanut hit.
www.cadbury.com.au
Croc Chocs
A product line developed as a 20g, portion-controlled, single serve of chocolate in the shape of a crocodile. The Crocs are available in three varieties – Milk Chocolate, Strawberry Cream and Caramel Cream. Croc Choc packs also come with exciting and collectable swap cards of endangered species in their natural habitats, providing consumers with information about the particular species in a fun, informative and accessible format. Croc Chocs is an initiative created by the Incredible Chocolate Company, designed to serve as its contribution to the fight for wildlife protection and conservation. Parents can feel good about providing their children with a treat that is created from the most natural ingredients possible, whilst also providing them with invaluable information on the world’s precious animal species.
noel@watsongroup.com.au
Sweet William Not Nuts Chocolate Bar
A unique combination of deliciously creamy chocolate and roasted soy beans, creating a completely nut free chocolate bar with all the nutty crunch and taste of nuts, Sweet William developed Not Nuts to meet the growing consumer interest and demand for nut free products, especially since the incidence of peanut allergies has increased in the community. Not Nuts is free of peanuts and tree nuts, dairy free, gluten free, lactose free, contains no artificial flavours and colours, no preservatives, and has a low GI rating. Not Nuts is also vegan suitable, Kosher and Halal certified.
www.sweetwilliam.com.au
Zoogle Jellies
A product range consisting of delicious animal shaped jellies, Zoogles come in six different varieties, with each pack highlighting a different animal or group of animals. These are – Aussie Outback Animals, African Safari Animals, Sea Animals, Birds, Snakes and Crocodiles. Zoogle packs also come with swap cards of glossy, colour photographs of endangered species in their natural habitats. Zoogle Jellies are ‘smart treats’, and parents can feel comfortable in this classification. Furthermore, consumers can take pride in the knowledge that with each purchase of Zoogle Jellies worldwide, a significant portion of sales goes directly to Australia Zoo to aide in conservation and wildlife recovery efforts.
noel@watsongroup.com.au
The Confectionery Award is proudly sponsored by Matthews Intelligent Identification.
www.matthews.com.au
Lena Zak is the editor of FOOD Magazine.