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Chocolate bullets

Chocolate bullets are a confectionery sold in Australia and New Zealand by companies such as FYNA, Darrell Lea, RJ's Liquorice and Cadbury.

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Chocolate bullets
Packaged chocolate bullets
TypeChocolate
CourseSnack
Place of originAustralia
Main ingredientsLiquorice, chocolate

Chocolate bullets (also known as liquorice bullets) are a confectionery sold in Australia and New Zealand12 by companies such as FYNA,3 Darrell Lea,4 RJ's Liquorice2 and Cadbury (the latter formerly as The Natural Confectionery Company).

The elliptical, oval-shaped, or cylindrical candy consists of a liquorice "bullet" coated with milk or dark chocolate. Traditionally, the bullet is made using black liquorice.5 However, varieties using red liquorice and white chocolate coatings are now also sold.16 Australian chocolate-coated bullets differ from similar liquorice bullets available in Ireland, which have a hardened sugar coating surrounding the liquorice centre.7

Darrell Lea alone produce more than one billion chocolate bullets per year.8 In 2023, the company invested $45 million to expand its Sydney production facilities to export liquorice and chocolate bullets to the United States.9

Raspberry and white chocolate bullets source ↗

In competitive sailing, the term "bullets" is sometimes used to refer to race wins. This is an idiom in Australian English that refers to chocolate bullets.10

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  1. Claudia Poposki (21 February 2026). "$6 item shoppers searching for at Woolies". news.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  2. "Sweet Success". johnbishop.co.nz. Capital Magazine. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  3. Ben McKimm (29 June 2023). "40 Best Australian Lollies, Candy, and Sweets". Man of Many. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  4. Hayley Goddard (5 April 2019). "Darrell Lea releases ruby chocolate bullets in Woolworths". PerthNow. The West Australian. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  5. "Darrell Lea's Top 10 Contributions To Confectionery". Pedestrian. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  6. Bronte Gossling (28 August 2024). "Fresh twist on Darrell Lea's staple chocolate bullets hits grocery store aisles". nine.com.au. Nine Network. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  7. "Matter of Taste:Like it or lump it, the bittersweet history of liquorice takes all sorts". Newstalk. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  8. "Prime Minister celebrates expansion of iconic Darrell Lea factory". Retail World Magazine. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  9. Eli Greenblat (1 November 2023). "Darrell Lea hits licorice and chocolate payday in US as Anthony Albanese opens expanded Sydney plant". The Australian. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  10. John Curnow (19 February 2017). "Brisbane Etchells – Chocolates over boiled lollies anytime". Sail World. Retrieved 13 June 2026.