The Pantry Process

Our Butter Cookies have a special place in our recipe book. The recipe was passed down from Alex’s grandmother, rich in history and nostalgia. Originally served individually at Patagonia Chocolates with a hot chocolate or coffee, customers soon asked to take more home. So we listened, and put our Butter Cookies in jars to you to enjoy at home. Made in small batches using South Island butter, each cookie is hand piped and baked in-house. 

Once a customer gets a taste for our house-made Dulce de Leche, they want more. Spread on toast, mixed into yogurt, or draped over desserts from the comfort of their homes. We make it by slowly cooking sugar and fresh South Island milk, gently stirring it for hours with a traditional wooden baton. Every jar is then poured by hand, so that it can be enjoyed from anywhere, any way you like. 

Our Nocciola began with our desire for a nutty chocolate spread on waffles. So we paid a visit to relatives in Italy where we knew they had a technique that would help us create the smoothest, richest and nuttiest spread. We source the highest quality Hazelnuts from Canterbury, roast them in house, before grounding them into a silky paste mixed with real cocoa powder. 

Our Argentine-inspired treats are crafted with passion and craftsmanship, making them so iconic. Our Alfajores are layered with a base of our butter cookies and filled with our house-made Dulce de Leche, then covered by the couverture chocolate waterfall. Each bite a perfect balance of crunch, creaminess, and sweetness. 

Handcrafted on a marble benchtop, the Rama is a traditional Argentinian-style chocolate known for its light, flaky texture that melts in your mouth. ‘Rama’ translates to ‘branch’ in Spanish, reflecting its delicate and branching shape. Couverture chocolate is melted then spread thinly spread along a marble bench, then very gently scraped together, creating it’s beautiful and unique texture. 

Inspired by our local mountain, Coronet Peak, our Caramel Peaks are made using a butter cookie base. Dulce de Leche is then hand-piped onto the cookie, giving it a peak shape. The gooey dulce de leche is then covered in a layer of 59% dark couverture chocolate, creating a decadent and intense flavour experience for all of our Dulce de Leche lovers.