Bringing back a little kiwi
Or a lot 
First up, some Feijoa vodka, picked up in duty free when I arrived in Auckland. Had to be able to pack it in my checked luggage for the trip back, because of all the silly liquid rules they have now, even when you’ve just got off one plane and haven’t left the secure area before getting on a new one (yes, I’m talking about you, Brisbane and Dubai).
And on the drink front, at the other end of the scale there is syrup to make lime milk, mmmmmm.
And some feijoa tea. Mmm, feijoa
And now the parade of sweet somethings. First up some original kiwi flavours, though those two cadbury milk blocks were released in Oz at the same time.
And a bundle of kiwi classics: pinky bars, pixie caramels, a choc fish, peppy chew and caramel chew, jaffas, pebbles, pineapple lumps and eskimos. There were two each of the fish and chews but they didn’t survive the trip home. Don’t worry, I gave them a decent burial in my tummy.
And Griffins biscuits. I was only able to pick up a few: sultana pasties, toffee pops, squiggle tops and shrewsbury biscuits.
Dark choc and nuts anyone? Of course Nestle make the real scorched almonds, but I thought I’d pick up some Cadbury copycats just to see if they compare. And when did peanut slabs start coming in dark choc? Better pick up some while I’m at it.
And some classic kiwi treats for easter.
Then there’s the treats you can get in NZ and Oz but seemingly nowhere else unless you want to pay a packet. Like picnic and cherry ripe
And tim tams
And of course peanut butter (haven’t found a comparable one here yet), vegemite and NZ honey.
Of course, no bag full of goodies is complete without the ingedients for the classic kiwi dip
And good ol’ Watties strikes again with yummy savoury must-haves
Since I knew I couldn’t get my favourite chilli sauce in NZ, I asked my brother to bring some with him (he came over my first weekend there). He kindly threw in some Byron Bay sauce as a bonus.
And before you ask, yes, the above is all for my personal stash. I’ll ration it out so it’ll last me at least 12 months. But I did pick up some small bundles for others.
But I know what you all really want to see is my impulse buy in the jewellery store. Here you go, two polar bears hugging.
Told you you couldn’t guess what I’d got 
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February 26th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
oh my that is a lot of yummy food!!! We don’t get any of that here in Canada. However we do have polar bears…lol Lovely necklace!
February 26th, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Yummy!! If I ever see a picnic bar over here I have to buy it as my dad loves them but they’re like gold dust!! Love your necklace!
March 4th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
no wonder you did the jewellery impulse buy it is gorgeous
love your stash..
whittakers dark choc slabs are one of my little secret addictions…
not sure about feijoa tea…..