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Our original 1920’s Queen Anne chocolates had their own names – the most famous of those was Kismet (from Persian origins meaning destiny). One of the earliest images comes from the Queen Anne Chocolate guide – see Kismet 2nd from the bottom with its unique chocolate swirl decoration. Kismet was ‘hand-rolled’, which accounted for its round shape, and a delicious blend of milk chocolate and coconut in a fudge centre. Not only could you go into the original Queen Anne, Adams Bruce shops and select individual Kismet chocolates from the glass display cabinets, but Kismet was also packed in its...

This is the amazing story of Queen Anne ‘plastic fantastic’ fake chocolates circa 1950s, as shared by Mrs. W from Hamilton. Mrs. W recalls that she and her family had a trip to Christchurch when she was about 12. She can’t remember where she got these fake chocolates, but we would hazard a guess it was from one of the Queen Anne shops trading at the time – the mystery deepens! When our 12-year-old Mrs. W got home she took them over to her next-door neighbour (Mrs. J) to play a trick on her. Mrs. J was so cross when...

In 1925 my grandfather Ernest Adams, with his partner Hugh Bruce set up the Queen Anne Chocolate ‘Studio’ in College St, Wellington and the rest, as they say, is history...Unfortunately, my grandfather died many years before the relaunch of Queen Anne & I wish that I’d had the opportunity to ask him - why the name ‘Queen Anne’ (on behalf of all of you who have asked me this question over the years)? There is a hint to which Queen Anne as the original boxes have the Lion motif from the Normandy Flag. This would date back to the 1700’s...

Since the 1920’s Queen Anne has been making caramels in all types and flavours. Does anyone remember these gems from the past? Do you remember the famous Queen Anne Turtles? We found this old artwork from the 1960s but didn’t know much about them until Betty messaged to say they were made as circles of caramel, topped with Walnuts and smothered with chocolate (thanks Betty!)  So that’s the past and now to the present - did you know our Caramel & Marshmallow Bars are just the Butter Mallow (see above) in another guise. And our delicious Salted Caramels are made from...