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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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

James Stedman-Henderson's Sweets Ltd., under their brand Sweetacres,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> released Jaffas onto the Australian and New Zealand markets in 1931.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The confectionery is currently made in Australia by Allen's lollies, a division of Nestlé and in New Zealand by RJ's Confectionery in Levin.

A number of Australian and New Zealand amateur sporting groups use Jaffa as a team name. In Dunedin, New Zealand, every yearTemplate:Update needed a vast quantity of Jaffas is raced down Baldwin Street – the world's steepest residential street, according to the Guinness World Records<ref>Charles Rawlings New Zealand's South Island Lonely Planet, 2009</ref> – as part of the Cadbury Chocolate carnival, which is held in conjunction with the New Zealand International Science Festival.<ref>"Seen in Dunedin-What's On Guide Template:Webarchive. July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015</ref><ref name="carnival">"Chocolate Carnival 2010 Template:Webarchive", chocolatecarnival.co.nz, Retrieved 26 April 2010</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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

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