Jaffas

{{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.{{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}}{{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}}

James Stedman-Henderson's Sweets Ltd., under their brand Sweetacres,{{cite web|url=https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/jaffas/|title=Jaffas made by Sweetacres - Australian food history timeline|date=18 September 1930 }} released Jaffas onto the Australian and New Zealand markets in 1931.{{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 }} The confectionery is currently made in Australia by Allen's lollies, a division of Nestlé. In New Zealand, it was made by RJ's Confectionery in Levin from 2018−2025, when production of the product was discontinued in that country.{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Aimee |title=Kiwi liquorice company RJ's signs deal with Mondelēz to make Jaffas |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/kiwi-liquorice-company-rjs-signs-deal-with-mondelez-to-make-jaffas/AZJZXRETSRTG75TT5GODZ2KLNY/ |work=NZ Herald |date=3 September 2018 |language=en-NZ}}

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 – the world's steepest residential street, according to the Guinness World RecordsCharles 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 – as part of the Cadbury Chocolate carnival, which is held in conjunction with the New Zealand International Science Festival."[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"[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 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.{{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}}|date=14 October 2014 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}{{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}}{{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}}

The Australian supermarket business Coles has a generic version called "Choc Orange Balls"; similar products are made by other manufacturers.

In July 2025, RJ's announced it would discontinue production of Jaffas in New Zealand due to declining sales.{{cite news |last1=Beckett |first1=Tyson |title=Iconic Kiwi lolly Jaffa comes to end, quietly discontinued by manufacturer |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/jaffas-discontinued-by-new-zealand-confectionary-company-rjs/FUEOZO2H65EIZEQLXVTMNCWQ7A/ |work=NZ Herald |date=1 July 2025 |language=en-NZ}}{{cite news |title=Iconic Kiwi chocolate Jaffas are leaving NZ shelves |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/food-drink/360743162/iconic-kiwi-chocolate-jaffas-are-leaving-nz-shelves |work=Stuff |date=1 July 2025}}