The Aussie Humour Thread

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1937 Earliest known Chocolate Crackles recipe

Chocolate Crackles are small, chocolate-flavoured cakes made from Rice Bubbles, coconut and Copha. The earliest Chocolate Crackles recipe so far discovered was printed in an advertisement in the Australian Women’s Weekly on Saturday 18 December 1937. The advertisement was placed by Edible Oil Industries, a subsidiary of Unilever, who made Copha – a uniquely Australian ingredient made from solidified coconut oil.

Few Australians need an introduction to Chocolate Crackles. They’ve been a favourite for children’s parties and cake stalls for more than 80 years. It’s probably because they’re chocolate flavoured and easy to make – you just melt and mix.

That first Chocolate Crackles recipe seemed to be the property of Unilever. Although it calls for Rice Bubbles, there’s no mention of the Kellogg name. However, Kellogg subsequently asserted their rights to the recipe. In 1953, they gained a trademark over the term Chocolate Crackles – a trademark the company still owns. For the record, the original recipe reads as follows:

5 ozs. Rice Bubbles (4 cups)

8 ozs. Icing Sugar

2 1/2 ozs. Fine Cocoanut

2 1/2 ozs. Cocoa (2 tablespoons)

8 ozs. COPHA

Mix dry ingredients, melt COPHA and pour over same. Thoroughly mix and spoon into paper cup containers and allow to set. The above quantity makes 2 1/2 to 3 dozen.

Here’s the official Kellogg’s® version, with metric measurements:

Ingredients:

4 cups Kellogg’s® Rice Bubbles®

1 cup icing sugar, sifted

3 tablespoons cocoa

1 cup desiccated coconut

250g cophaTM*

Method:

Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl

Melt copha gently

Cool slightly

Pour into dry ingredients and mix well

Spoon into paper patty cases

Chill until set

Makes about 24.

 

[Alpo]

1 hour ago, Buckshot Bear said:

8 ozs. COPHA

>Copha, a registered trademark of Peerless Foods, is a form of vegetable fat shortening made from hydrogenated coconut oil. Copha is produced exclusively in Australia. <

 

From both the recipe and the picture, those appear to be TOS cookies. Top Of Stove. They weren't baked in the oven. You mixed it up in a saucepan and put it on wax paper to harden.

 

Mama's recipe called for both peanut butter and corn flakes to be added to the Rice Krispies. And more chocolate apparently, because hers were dark.

[DeaconKC]

[Rip Snorter]

Goon, Aus slang = Box Wine - some other meanings as well.  I won't go there!

[Alpo]

On 7/20/2025 at 7:11 PM, Buckshot Bear said:

So much of the Australian language is the same as the British language - as opposed to the American language which is all together different - so I would suspect that would be a wing, not a fender.

 

Am I wrong?

[Buckshot Bear]

1 hour ago, Alpo said:

So much of the Australian language is the same as the British language - as opposed to the American language which is all together different - so I would suspect that would be a wing, not a fender.

 

Am I wrong?

Fenders down here. 

[Buckshot Bear]

[Blackwater 53393]

On 7/19/2025 at 6:59 PM, Buckshot Bear said:

SO!! That’s what the urinals look like in a yeast colony!! 🙄 😜

[Rip Snorter]

I did hear Aussies I knew in bygone days to refer to some beers as Pi$$.  Short leap!

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

7 hours ago, Alpo said:

So much of the Australian language is the same as the British language - as opposed to the American language which is all together different - so I would suspect that would be a wing, not a fender.

 

Am I wrong?

 

 

   ............ it's a dang mudguard !

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

3 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

 

 

  ........... no room in that tree for the magpie ....

[Buckshot Bear]

5 hours ago, Rip Snorter said:

I did hear Aussies I knew in bygone days to refer to some beers as Pi$$.  Short leap!

 

Yes, that's the common and oft used colloquial term. 

[Buckshot Bear]

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[Buckshot Bear]

They spelt ‘MINUTES’ wrong

 

[Buckshot Bear]

Adjusting to life in the northern hemisphere can be tough for Aussies

 

 

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[Cypress Sun]

On 7/19/2025 at 7:59 PM, Buckshot Bear said:

 

When I was a kid (1967 mol), I went to Busch Gardens (Anheuser-Busch) with my Dad to see the animals, ride the train around the "wild animal" enclosure and do the tourist kind of thing even though I lived with my mother and step-father about 20 miles away on the other side of Tampa Bay in Clearwater.

 

Back then, Busch Gardens had the moniker "The Dark Continent" and was a completely different place than it is today. They had animal shows with birds, monkeys, hippos, elephants (you could ride them) and all kinds of animals that were supposedly from Africa. There were no rides to speak of except for the train that took you around the grounds.

 

One thing that hasn't changed, as far as I know, is that they always gave away free beer at the beer tent/building/pavilion. Of course my Dad had to visit the free beer pavilion for the free beer. 

 

While he was 'testing' the beer, I made the mistake of asking him how they made beer. He told me that they gave the horses (Clydesdales) special water and had them stand over buckets to collect the urine. Then they took the urine, chilled it and put it in kegs for distribution.

 

I believed him of course, same way I believed him when I asked him why we didn't have any sardines at Grandma's house and he told me that the Sargasso Sea had dried up and all the sardines with it.

 

I didn't drink beer until I left home at 17. I made up for the lost time during my misspent youth however.

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[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

18 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

 

  ........ I thought I had ALL those negatives ....... where'd you get that'n ?  🤐

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[Rip Snorter]

18 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:

Yeah, well, I'd bet you never played The Tractors Christmas album.  ♫ Santa likes to boogie, Santa likes to rock...

 

[Rip Snorter]

34 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:

When my daughter hit that point, no fuss, no pain,  I simply confiscated the door to her room.  Not even a week of rebellion.  BTW, she came out great as an adult!

[Buckshot Bear]

19 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said:

When my daughter hit that point, no fuss, no pain,  I simply confiscated the door to her room.  Not even a week of rebellion.  BTW, she came out great as an adult!

 

We only had sons, but we know a few friends that had the smarts like you and the same outcomes!

[Rip Snorter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2sZC_BAg4o&list=PL50qvt8KoHr5zG7zPbKWhETDE7LG7zr8E&index=1

 

[Rip Snorter]

42 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2sZC_BAg4o&list=PL50qvt8KoHr5zG7zPbKWhETDE7LG7zr8E&index=1

 

Used to drive the kids crazy when they visited at Christmas as adults - I think they were even calmer with Bing Crosby Christmas songs.

[Buckshot Bear]

2 hours ago, Rip Snorter said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2sZC_BAg4o&list=PL50qvt8KoHr5zG7zPbKWhETDE7LG7zr8E&index=1

 

 

Cheers for the link <thumbsup>

[Sedalia Dave]

 

 

 

The train in the video is real. It tours the US in late November and December. It's currently owned by the Canadian Pacific / Kansas City Southern (CPKC) Railroad. Makes stops in big as well as small towns. Stops includes live music performances as well as tours of Christmas themed rail cars. 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 25, 2025 by Sedalia Dave

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