Duck Island and Wellington Chocolate Factory Have Joined Forces to Create an Ambrosia-Themed Block

Two of Aotearoa's iconic purveyors of sweet treats have joined forces to create a new chocolate bar that's set to bring some serious childhood nostalgia for sweet-toothed Kiwis.

The Willy Wonky-esque brains behind Wellington Chocolate Factory are known for their novelty treats and blocks. Who can forget their iconic Karen Walker collaboration or the ​​'Bean Me Up' mochaccino stout beer they created with Black Dog Brewery a few years back?

Just in time for Easter, they've joined forces with the ice cream experts Duck Island — originally Hamiltonians but now with outposts in Auckland and Wellington — to create a chocolate block modelled on the store's famous ambrosia flavour, which in turn is modelled on the classic Kiwi dessert.

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Duck Island's take on ambrosia uses the dessert's traditional elements of yoghurt, whipped cream, chocolate, marshmallows and cherries and gives it a local twist, with passionfruit yog, chunks of chocolate and berry jelly all littered through throughout.

Then Wellington Chocolate Factory was tasked with turning that flavour combo into a new bar, which co-founder Gabe Davidson says took eight different prototypes to perfect.

It's the first collaboration between the two popular New Zealand stores and has resulted in a creation choc-a-block with raspberry and vanilla marshmallows (no pun intended) all set into a dark 50 percent Vanuatu chocolate, with flavours of cherry and yoghurt throughout.

"We were a bit like kids in a candy store when it came to tasting and choosing - marshmallows were the ultimate star of the show," said Davidson.

Wellington Chocolate Factory's new Duck Island Ambrosia Chocolate bar retails for $12.50 and can be found at the factory's store, as well as in Duck Island stores in Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton.