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| Product type | Chocolate bar |
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| Owner | Nestlé |
| Country | South Africa |
| Introduced | 1960s |
| Previous owners | Wilson Rowntree |
| Website | nestle.com/peppermintcrisp |
Peppermint Crisp is amilk chocolate bar filled with a multitude of thin cylinders of mint-flavoured 'cracknel' (which is a brittle crystalline/sugar concoction extruded in fine hollow tubes).[1] Invented in South Africa by Wilson-Rowntree in the 1960s, it was eventually bought out and manufactured by Nestlé South Africa. A hugely popular chocolate bar inSouth Africa for many decades, it is now part of that country's culture - not only as a confectionery item, but also as a popular topping used in baking and desserts.
The Peppermint Crisp is sold inSouth Africa as both a 49 gram bar and a 150 gram slab. InNew Zealand it is sold as a 49 gram bar, and inAustralia as a 35 gram bar.
InSouth Africa, it forms the basis of the Caramel-Peppermint Crisp Tart, a hugely popular South African ice box dessert.[2] It is also popular as a topping on sponge cakes and cupcakes. Nestlé South Africa also sells an ice cream containing Peppermint Crisp shards, as well as a Peppermint Crisp dessert topping.[3] Burger King South Africa sells a fusion dessert containing vanilla ice cream and shards of Peppermint Crisp[4] while Krispy Kreme South Africa sells a popular Peppermint Crisp Tart gourmet doughnut.[5]
As in its nativeSouth Africa, the popular chocolate bar is also used as a crushed topping onpavlova cakes or other cakes inAustralia andNew Zealand.[citation needed]
The Peppermint Crisp can be used as an ingredient in mint chocolate cheesecakes and slices, and broken-up to decorate the top ofpavlovameringue or cheesecake. James and Melanie Maddock used Peppermint Crisp on top of their dessert during a food challenge on the cooking showMy Kitchen Rules.[6]
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