Raspberry and chocolate mousse delight


It’s birthday month in our bubble and I went all out to make S and J’s favourite dessert. Layers are chocolate pate sable biscuit layers, raspberry jelly layers, chocolate and raspberry mousse, with a cocoa mirror glaze, garnished with freeze dried raspberries and gold (!! I did say I went all out!!). It’s deviously straightforward…

Hokey Pokey Japanese Milk Pudding


Lewis Road Creamery has released yet another new limited edition milk. This time it is a classic NZ flavour – hokey pokey. This is marriage between honeycomb and caramel, and it tastes just like the ice cream Kiwis are familiar with. Of course I am going to make a dessert out of it – it’s…

Banoffee milk and chocolate pudding


Dessert – that was the first thing that came to my mind when I took my sip of the new banoffee milk by Lewis Road Creamery. It had to be with single-origin chocolate so I messaged my friends at Foundry Chocolate for some advice on which of theirs would be great with bananas. Turns out…

Dr Feelgood: Humble beginnings


Have you ever wondered how the ice pop brand “Dr Feelgood” came to be?  We certainly have. Imagine our excitement when we were invited to tour their workplace and see the operations of the humble ice pop brand that launched into the food scene two and a half years ago. As we drove down the…