Karen Walker and the Wellington Chocolate Factory have teamed up again, creating a delicious limited-release chocolate bar for 2022, Garden People Milk Chocolate. The bar was inspired by the flavours of an organic tea the iconic designer has developed with artisanal tea brand Storm + India and features dried rose petals and bee pollen, echoing the intricate beauty found in the garden.
Celebrating the delicate balance of flora and fauna, the wrapper design for this year features Walker’s iconic Runaway Girl and is adorned with the much-loved Insects & Fruit print from the Karen Walker archive.
The Storm + India x Karen Walker Garden People Tea used in this summer’s bar is an organic black tea blended with the sweetness of strawberry leaves, rosehip, pink pepper, guarana, and strawberry pieces.
The rich aroma of the tea allows for a “colourful tasting milk chocolate with generous sprinkles of aromatic botanicals,” says Gabe Davidson, co-founder of WCF.
“We wanted to capture the feeling of pure happiness of walking through a sunny garden in full bloom leading to a secret patch of the season’s ripest red berries,” says Karen Walker
Each bar features rose petals, hand sorted by the WCF team before being sprinkled over the chocolate. Alongside the rose petals, tiny pillows of bee pollen are used as inclusions on the back of the bar, creating a bridge between fauna and flora.
Garden People Milk Chocolate is the third annual collaboration between WCF and Karen Walker. It’s available online at Wellington Chocolate Factory, in its Eva Street and Chaffers Street stores and at Karen Walker stores.
