Diver was employed as starch production manager at Regina Confectionery when the factory was first established in Oamaru. If consumers support locally manufacturedNewZealand-made profits,jobs and products, then yes we might [see sales climb]."

However, the uproar on TikTok was spotted by local TV station 1News, prompting Potter Brothers to issue a statement admitting to covering mass produced lollies and selling them as handmade. Miss these delightful treats, chewy and sweet can’t beat a pineapple lump. My mother’s fav, I try and buy them as a special treat for special occasions. If you’ve never had a pineapple lump I defo recommend them NOTE: the above is for milk or white chocolate. Dark chocolate requires a temperature that’s a few degrees higher. Everyone probably has their own way of getting the chocolate coating on. I drop a piece of the dough into the chocolate, flip it over with a fork, then scoop it up and lift it up with the fork. Let the excess chocolate run off before taking a second fork and scraping the excess chocolate off the bottom. Use the second fork to guide the dough off the fork onto a sheet of baking paper. This recipe makes approximately 24 pieces when you use a standard slice tin (24 x 18cm) however you can also make this slice in a 20 x 20cm square tin too, just make sure you cover the base and sides with baking paper to help you remove it once it has set!

Ingredients

Pineapple Lumps is a beloved candy that has been enjoyed by Kiwis (New Zealanders) for generations. This sweet treat is made from chewy pineapple-flavored candy coated in chocolate and is a staple in many households. His mother and another family member were hit, but he never did complain about headaches. Somebody said the other day he had bad headaches, but we had no idea," she says. "He spent quite a time in hospital. They didn't expect him to live, but we never knew, it was just when we had a family reunion that it all came out how injured they actually were." A decade or so later, the company rebranded its pineapple chunks as pineapple lumps because it was believed to be a more engaging name.

Meanwhile, just up the road at Oamaru, competitorRainbow Confectionery, is eyeing a market where it will be the only Kiwi makerof chocolate-covered chewy pineapple marshmallow. Fahy, Ben (1 May 2013). "Lumps in your milk? Yes please, say Fonterra and Kraft". stoppress.co.nz. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020 . Retrieved 6 January 2020. Tempered chocolate is ideal for coating candies, cakes, and other confectionery. It’s also what’s used for molded chocolates. Diver enjoyed his job and, after rising to the position of confectionery chef, was given the chance to find a use for excess marshmallow at the end of a production run.Once it’s cooled to around 80°F (27°C), return it to the double boiler, and re-heat while continually stirring, until it reaches around 90°F (32°C). The Regina Confectionery Company in Oamaru introduced pineapple chunks around 1952–54. [1] Charles Diver, the confectionery chief and floor production-manager at Regina who would later formulate other classic Kiwi sweets, had the task of using up waste product from other lollies of the time. One sweet in particular — an early version of the chocolate fish with a pineapple-flavoured marshmallow middle — resulted in the most marshmallow left over, which Diver used to create pineapple chunks. [2] [3] The product's name was changed to pineapple lumps by Regina in the early 1960s to give it a more catchy name. [4] If people opt to buy handmade products, Adele said, they should be getting exactly what’s been advertised – especially if they’re paying a premium. “If someone is a boutique chocolatier trying to make pineapple lumps, then they should be getting recognition… not someone who is just covering mass produced products.” The bottom has that hatched kind of texture, like it was made in a big old factory,” she continued.

Place on baking paper and melt the 200g of chocolate for decorating. Drizzle on top allowing it to flow over, and dribble down the sides. The spokesperson also questioned whether their hand made claim meant that “the pineapple filling would need to be made by hand without machinery… or just made in house and not by another company”.

Roughly chop the chocolate, and melt around 60% of it in the top pan of a double boiler, or a bowl placed over a pan of hot water. The sweets now go by many different names, but it came as a surprise to the Diver family to hear that the Australians recently tried to stake a claim to the chewy yellow sweet. Rainbow competes with the original Chunks name. It sells two versions, an original Chunk and a Chunk with 15 per cent pineapple juice sold under the Regina brand. In the New Zealand musical comedy duo The Topp Twins, one of the sisters, Jools Topp, is also a big fan of Pineapple Lumps. She’s been known to pass them out to audience members during their live shows.