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In New Zealand, the chocolate fish or choccy 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

Two chocolate fish
Type	Confectionery
Place of origin	New Zealand
Main ingredients	Pink or white marshmallow, milk chocolate

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

Chocolate fish have been available in New Zealand since at least 1903,[7] though early varieties may not have been made of marshmallow. Marshmallow fish were being produced in Dunedin in 1937.[8] For a short period, in the late 1990s to early 2000s, there was a Tip Top brand chocolate fish ice-cream.[9] In 2019, the chocolate fish was added to the Cadbury Favourites box.[10]

In 1970 RM Barclay, Member of Parliament for New Plymouth, asked a question in Parliament about the price of chocolate fish.[11][12]

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