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{{short description|Confectionery}}
{{For|the slang term for Aucklanders|Jafa}}
{{other uses|Jaffa (disambiguation)}}
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'''Jaffas''' are an Australian–New Zealand registered [[trademark]] for a small round [[confectionery]] consisting of a solid, orange-flavoured [[chocolate]] centre with a hard covering of a red [[confectionery]] shell. The name derives from the [[Jaffa orange]]. Jaffas are part of both [[Australiana]] and [[Kiwiana]].<ref>{{cite book |last1= Wolfe |first1= Richard |last2= Barnett |first2= Stephen |date= 2005 |title= From Jandals to Jaffas: The Best of Kiwiana |publisher= Random House N.Z |isbn= 9781869416218}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Sharp |first= Lisa |date= 2012 |title= CultureShock! Australia: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=MfuIAAAAQBAJ&q=%22Australiana%22+%22jaffas%22&pg=PA270 |publisher= Marshall Cavendish Corporation |page= 270 |isbn=9789814408905}}</ref>
James Stedman-Henderson's Sweets Ltd., under their brand Sweetacres,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/jaffas/|title=Jaffas made by Sweetacres - Australian food history timeline|date=18 September 1930 }}</ref> released Jaffas onto the Australian and New Zealand markets in 1931.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nestle.com.au/en |title=Nestlé Australia - Your excursion to the Nestlé World of Food  |access-date=2007-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822011128/http://www.nestle.com.au/schoolprojects/smarties.asp |archive-date=2007-08-22 |url-status=live }}</ref> The confectionery is currently made in Australia by [[Allen's (confectionery)|Allen's]] lollies, a division of [[Nestlé]] and in New Zealand by RJ's Confectionery in [[Levin, New Zealand|Levin]].
A number of Australian and New Zealand amateur sporting groups use ''Jaffa'' as a team name. In [[Dunedin]], New Zealand, every year{{Update needed|date=November 2024}} a vast quantity of Jaffas is raced down [[Baldwin Street, Dunedin|Baldwin Street]] – the world's steepest residential street, according to the ''[[Guinness World Records]]''<ref>Charles Rawlings [https://books.google.com/books?id=B-Q4K748d6UC&dq=baldwin+street+world%27s+steepest+street&pg=PA276 New Zealand's South Island] Lonely Planet, 2009</ref> – as part of the Cadbury Chocolate carnival, which is held in conjunction with the [[New Zealand International Science Festival]].<ref>"[http://www.seenindunedin.co.nz/events/whats_on.html Seen in Dunedin-What's On Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702154841/http://www.seenindunedin.co.nz/events/whats_on.html |date=2015-07-02 }}. July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015</ref><ref name="carnival">"[http://www.chocolatecarnival.co.nz/2010 Chocolate Carnival 2010 ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412010953/http://www.chocolatecarnival.co.nz/2010 |date=2010-04-12 }}", ''chocolatecarnival.co.nz'', Retrieved 26 April 2010</ref> The initial number of 20,000 Jaffas has now been increased to 30,000 Jaffas. Similarly, "rolling Jaffas down the aisle" at the movie theatre is also a piece of Australian and New Zealand folklore, to the point that it was included in advertising in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chx1usqZukY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/chx1usqZukY| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Jaffas chocolate - Television {{sic|Adver|tisment|nolink=y}}|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/city-east/how-sweet-it-is-rosebery-park-to-be-named-after-lolly-manufacturer-sweetacres/news-story/5a24af801165998133cebbd024334a7e|title=How sweet it is — Rosebery park to be named after lolly manufacturer Sweetacres|first1=James|last1=Gorman|date=July 16, 2014|website=dailytelegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Quinn | first=Rowan | title=Unique kiwi lollies may be saved from deportation | website=[[RNZ]] | date=2017-02-17 | url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/324732/unique-kiwi-lollies-may-be-saved-from-deportation | access-date=2020-10-26}}</ref>
The Australian supermarket business [[Coles Supermarkets|Coles]] has a generic version called "Choc Orange Balls"; similar products are made by other manufacturers.
==See also==
* [[Jaffa Cakes]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{Wiktionary|Jaffa|jaffa}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724192047/http://www.chocolatecarnival.co.nz/ Chocolate Carnival]
[[Category:Australian confectionery]]
[[Category:Brand name confectionery]]
[[Category:New Zealand confectionery]]