Chocolate butter is a Willy Wonka fantasy come true
You thought Nutella and sprinkles had the "fun bread topping" market cornered. You were delightfully wrong.
Presenting...*drum roll*...chocolate butter.
This creation comes straight out of New Zealand's Lewis Road Creamery. The company's ingenious creation is made with Whittaker's (another New Zealand brand whose chocolate is also used in the Lewis Road's chocolate milk) 72% dark Ghana chocolate. The butter is ready to spread on toast, croissants, waffles, and even steak (yes, chocolate has delicious savory possibilities).
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Lewis Road Creamery founder Peter Cullinane tells Dairy Reporter the first batch was successfully tested on croissants.
A comment on the company's Facebook page refers to the price of each pot as $9 NZD (about $6.43 USD) and Lewis Road Creamery replies, "[...]we realise it's not cheap! However, quality is our focus, and our Chocolate Butter is made with NZ's best butter and NZ's favourite chocolate. We wanted to avoid loading up our chocolatey spread with palm oil, sugar and other artificial ingredients, as we truly believe Kiwis deserve the best dairy products! The raw quality ingredients do cost more, and we hope this makes sense.:)"
Though there is no mention of the United States, the UK and Australia are both "potential markets for the product." Until that glorious day arrives, the world outside of New Zealand can only dream and drool.
Sarah Spigelman Richter is a contributor to Mashable's Food channel. Sarah covers everything edible, from the food industry to D.I.Y. recipes. She was previously the community manager for Tastemade NYC and her writing has been seen on The Today Show's food blog, Refinery 29, the Food Network, and Gothamist. She has also developed recipes for Tabasco and other nationally recognized brands and has blogged for 5 years at "Fritos and Foie Gras." Sarah is obsessed with "Orphan Black" and chili-cheese Fritos and is still depressed that Loehmann's closed.
