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In honour of NZ Music Month, Whittaker’s has joined forces with up-and-coming Kiwi musician/ songwriter Jasmine Balmer, also known as BEING, to create New Zealand’s first edible record made of Whittaker’s chocolate.

Balmer, who contributed her new single Fold Into The Sea, says she was hooked by the innovative concept.

‘‘When Whittaker’s originally asked me to be involved, they sent through a teaser video of their prototype and I got goosebumps! I honestly didn’t think it was possible to produce a working record made entirely out of chocolate, but Whittaker’s have done it!’’ she says.

Whittaker’s Jasmine Currie, says the process to create a chocolate record that successfully plays good quality music took months to perfect.

‘‘We used melted Dark Ghana Chocolate which we then poured into a record-shaped mould. The key was to get the tempering and moulding of the melted chocolate just right, which we achieved after a lot of trial and error.

‘‘We think the end result is a great-sounding record that has the warm quality of vinyl – maybe a little scratchier but inherently a lot sweeter nevertheless,’’ she says.

To sample the sound go to: whittakers.co.nz/musicmonth

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