Mámor Chocolates of Melbourne

Mámor in the Media

"Hanna loves to experiment and has developed a range that includes chocolate flavoured with garlic, absinthe, wasabi and even kangaroo salami. So far, her only flavour failure has been attempting to create a beer-flavoured chocolate. She perfected the recipe two years ago in New Zealand but has been unable to replicate it with Australian beers, possibly because the beer in NZ is not pasteurised. Read more.

I hear about Mamor from Michelle Milton, a young tea connoisseur who writes a blog called High Tea Society. ''It's exquisite,'' she tells me. ''Everything [is] home-made and the host is a real character.'' She's right. The Hungarian proprietor, Hanna Frederick, welcomes us like old friends to her baroque ''szalon'' (salon) in the front room of a Victorian terrace, which is decorated with crimson walls, plush antique divans and gilt mirrors. Read more

'One of Australia's Seven Secret Destinations', The Australian Travel Section

One of the most beautiful hidden gems of Melbourne--Momo & Coco, dessert correspondents

Luckily stumbled upon Mamor Chocolate’s Royal Wedding High Tea. Sushi on the Barbie

True chocolate heaven! Weekend Notes

Mámor Chocolates opened six months ago amid the retro furniture stores and grungy pubs of Collingwood in Melbourne. Patrons wear pearls and frocks, mimicking Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's, which often screens as they perch on velvet settees sipping from antique porcelain. MORE

World Chocolate Guide's Jennifer Earl: "These were the nicest truffles I tasted in Melbourne".

I'm not sure quite how she does it, given she appears to be using the same couverture chocolate as all the other Melbourne chocolatiers. he salon is glamourously decorated in gold and red, the perfect private boudoir to book for a civilized (or not so!) party. Hanna herself is a fascinating host with hundreds of stories to tell but, if you prefer, she will stay out of your way, just making sure your cups and trays stay topped up. -- World Chocolate Guide

Press Release: This Valentine’s Day, Ignite your Inner Venus

It's a win win for the boys and girls this Valentine's Day with a new special chocolate release from Mamor Chocolates. The devilish plans of Hanna Frederick, (once a food scientist but now a chocolatiere), are once again put into play with her new chocolate, Pocket Venus, devoted to giving her female customers a little something extra with their customary fix. MORE

The quintessential Hanna. After seeing this you'll get down on one knee and you love Mámor because it is Valentines Day. (Watch)

High Tea Lovers! High Tea Society has ranked Mamor as one Australia's premier High Tea sites. You'll find a review of our baroque boudoir themed chocolate shop. (Read)

Good news stories ... A treat for Chocolate lovers. We are excited to welcome Mámor Chocolates to the Yarra business community. Located on the fast-growing Johnston Street, the Mámor Chocolate Szalón opened its doors to a huge crowd on 24 September. (Read)

Men Love Meat. Even in Their Chocolates. A New Zealand food chemist-turned-chocolatier says her salami-tinged chocolate treats are going over big, especially with dudes. Candy maker Hanna Frederick created venison chocolate truffles that she served to 150 meat lovers at a New Zealand Meat Industry Association conference. testThe treats are made from a blend of dark chocolate and ground-up salty meat. (Read)

Venison Chocolate? Hanna Frederick Takes Chocolate Cuisine to New Levels. She made beer-flavoured chocolate for the Brewers Conference, deer velvet chocolate for the Meat Industry Association conference, recycled orange peel-chocolate for the Waste Management conference and a Pop Rock Sugar chocolate for the Mercedes Benz launch... (Read)

Meat-flavoured chocs hit with men. Meat-flavoured chocolate might not be everyone's idea of delicious, but a Kiwi chocolatier claims her new salami-tinged treats are just that. . . . (Read)

Hanna takes her new "salami chocolate" to Radio Live personalities. Presenters try the taste sensation with varying results. Hillary Barry actually guessed the flavour under a blind taste test. (Listen)

Wine and food columnist Keith Stewart draws the charm out of Dr Hanna in the world of glorious food and superb wines. You can almost taste the chocolate and the wine! (Listen)

Made from a blend of dark chocolate and ground-up salty dried meat, the morsels, shaped like tiny sausages (Read)

This is just the latest in a string of quirky creations from Dr Frederick, a Hungarian-born food chemist who abandoned a corporate career to make chocolate. (Read)

She said the snack, being served as a starter to 150 people at New Zealand's Meat Industry Association conference, had proven a hit with men "who can't get enough of it" (Read)

It was a whole new world of flavours,” said Hanna, whose company Mamor is rapidly becoming world renowned for exciting chocolate ideas. “To use actual meat in the chocolate, but to still make it a desert, yet with the wonderful savoury flavours of venison was a huge challenge,” Hanna said. (Read)

Hanna Frederick has developed venison chocolate truffles, made from a blend of dark chocolate and ground-up salty dried meat. (Read)

NZ men go wild for herbal boost. Food scientist Dr Hanna Frederick said orders have come from throughout New Zealand and overseas since she . . . (Read)

Chocolatier Creates Candy to Stimulate Male Sex Drive. Hanna Frederick has made headlines for her crazy candy concoctions including beer-flavored and deer antler chocolate. Now, the Auckland, Australia businesswoman is hoping to capitalize on Valentine's Day with her Tongkat Ali-infused chocolates.Tongkat Ali is believed to stimulate testosterone production in men, giving a boost to the sex drive. (Read)

Mámor First in Beer Chocolate
Two popular indulgences will be combined into one with beer flavoured chocolates . . . Hanna Frederick said making chocolates that not only contained beer but tasted like it as well was a tricky request, especially for an audience of brewing experts. (Read)

playful chocolates for men this Valentine’s Day. Right in time for Valentine’s Day, a chocolate maker in New Zealand is making a chocolate that she describes as playful for men. (Read)

Hard Candy. A New Zealand chocolate company has created an playful chocolate for men, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The chocolate, called Tomcat Alley, promises to “make you a tiger in the bedroom.” (Read)

These chocolates are hot to trot. A passionate Auckland chocolate maker has a new treat guaranteed to kick-start male libidos on Valentine's Day. Chocolatier Dr Hanna Frederick has created Tomcat Alley, a groundbreaking "chocolate couture" creation which boasts theh playful properties of men. (Read)

Sideline entrepreneurs. Running a business and holding down a full-time job sounds like a guaranteed recipe for burnout, but there appears to be no shortage of takers. A part-time entrepreneur who juggles a small business and a demanding job reckons it’s like being a busker and a priest at the same time. (Read)

“Mámor ” means ecstasy in Hungarian, and apparently with these truffles that bear that name “you only need one to satisfy you”. Well, I had a huge, golden pyramid made of these brandied sour cherry truffles to try and, not having tasted the stuff since I left Hungary ten years ago, it was a pleasure to sample this old favourite of mine.(Read)