Pineapple lumps
Alternative namesPineapple chunks
TypeConfectionery
Place of originNew Zealand
Created byCharles Diver
Main ingredientsChocolate, sugar, pineapple flavouring
Pineapple lumps in bulk

Pineapple lumps or pineapple chunks are a chocolate-covered confection with a soft, chewy pineapple-flavoured middle from New Zealand. They are often identified as Kiwiana.

History

Charles Diver's original recipe

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]

Cadbury obtained the pineapple lumps name and began manufacturing and selling them under its Pascall brand.[4] In 1995, Regina was bought by Nestlé NZ which shut down the Oamaru factory in 2001. Innovex Holdings purchased the factory from Nestlé, and in June 2001, established Rainbow Confectionery.[5][1] Rainbow sells pineapple chunks under its own brand and, in 2013, it also released pineapple chunks based on a slightly-modified version of Diver's original recipe under the Regina brand.[4][6]

Pascall's Pineapple Lumps were the last product manufactured at the Cadbury factory in Dunedin until its closure by Mondelez International in March 2018. Since the sale of all New Zealand-made stock, all Pascall Pineapple Lumps sold in New Zealand have been imported from Australia.[4][7]

As of 2023, Pams markets a product similar to Pineapple Lumps using the name "Pineapple Flavoured Bites". Countdown also sells a similar product as "Pineapple Pieces".

In 2013, Fonterra released a limited edition Pineapple Lumps-flavoured milk in New Zealand after signing a licensing deal with Cadbury [8] In 2017, Jaffas Lumps were released in New Zealand by Cadbury for a limited time.[9] In 2019, Cadbury produced a fusion between Perky Nana bars and Pineapple Lumps called Perky Nana Lumps which were released as a limited edition product in New Zealand.[10] In 2019, Cadbury released a limited edition Dairy Milk chocolate block with Pascall Pineapple Lumps inside. Released initially in New Zealand, it was later also released in Australia.[11] In 2020, Cadbury produced a limited edition mashup of Snifters and Pineapple Lumps, known as Snifters Lumps.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Our Story". Rainbow Confectionary. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Steward, Ian (12 July 2013). "Pineapple: Lumps or chunks?". Stuff. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Ryan, Rebecca (8 May 2012). "Sweet as Kiwi lump story". Hamilton News. ISSN 1170-0777. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Sargent, Ewan (19 March 2018). "Bye-bye Kiwi-made Pineapple Lumps (but the chunks live on)". Stuff. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  5. ↑ Lin, Tao (17 February 2017). "The locally-owned confectionery company that Kiwis don't know about it". Stuff. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  6. ↑ Ashton, Andrew (29 July 2013). "Family marks lolly's 60th". Otago Daily Times. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  7. ↑ Deguara, Brittney (9 April 2019). "Aussie-made Pineapple Lumps not cutting it with lolly-loving connoisseurs". Stuff. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Jaffa Lumps tempt and tease Kiwi candy lovers". Stuff. 16 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  10. ↑ Robertson, Kate (26 June 2019). "Perky Nana Lumps adding to our obsession with fusion food products". Stuff. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  11. ↑ Paine, Hannah (16 October 2019). "Cadbury releases Pineapple Lumps chocolate blocks in Australia". NewsComAu. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Is this the real reason why we can't have the original Snifters back?". Stuff. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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