Morish Nuts

The Morish adventure has already started for 2013 first port of call the Canberra Show where we once again found us talking to old friends from previous shows and making lots of new friends that we look forward to seeing again in years to come, this was our 6th visit to the show once again this year we gave away our very popular Premium Show Bag to: 

Janine Brimstone – Jerrabamberra NSW, Dave Jackson- Banks ACT and Rebecca Yody- Kippax ACT. 

From there we moved to the Newcastle show and the rain came down, we were some of the lucky ones our stall was inside the hall but everyone outside was closed due to the torrential rain. Saturday was about the same, more driving rain the rides and ring events were cancelled for the day, the weather cleared just in time for the fireworks at 9.00pm. Sunday dawned with more sprinkles of rain which eventually cleared to the delight of the public and the show was extended. 

To the delight of those seeking only the very best of tantalizing tastes to leave you wanting “just one more” the place to be was “Tastes of Sydney”, if you are reading this now you are late so hopefully we will see you there next year.

It’s that time of year again, when everyone begins to wind down after 12 long months of hard work and starts to wind up on end of year celebrations and Christmas cheer.

This time of year is special for many reasons, it’s a time to reflect on the year behind you and look forward to the one in front.

2012 has been another great year for us;

We kicked everything off with a couple of great weekends of Truffle hunting at the Manjimup Truffle Kerfuffle Southern Forest Food Festival and the Mundaring Truffle Festival. Aside from tasting the unique produce, the cute truffle sniffing pooches were great to see.

Another stellar show season saw us travel to nearly every corner of this beautiful country of ours and along the way we met some equally beautiful people. Beginning all the way over in Queensland we soaked up the Sunshine at EKKA. We then travelled far north and ended up at the Karratha FeNaCLNG Festival where we were welcomed with open arms into the community. 

Launching the Decadent Show Bag at Perth Royal Show was a great success. We sold out of the largest and most expensive show bag well before the gates closed on the final day.

We spent all of August day dreaming of competing in the Olympics, living vicariously through our gold winning Australian competitors, taking home an impressive 32 gold medals in the Paralympics.

But while this year has been great, next year looks to bring more exciting adventures and most importantly, meeting more Morish fans and making more Morish Nuts!

From everyone at Morish Nuts, we wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas and New Year. 

We all have at least one person that is impossible to buy Christmas presents for and some of us are just not very good at knowing what to buy those in-laws or Grandma. 

This is where we step in. There is not one person who doesn't love seeing a Morish Nuts Hamper under the tree on Christmas morning. This year we have a truly unique Christmas hamper range available, which can help you pick the perfect gift for any tricky-to-buy-for loved one this Christmas.

Here are a couple of our pre-packaged, gourmet goodies:

Premium Mix 8 Pack

8 elegant gift packs, each containing two individually packed bags of premium caramel coated Morish Nuts.

Jumbo Tote Bag

The value jumbo hamper plus our scrumptious nougat comes in an elegant jute and bamboo tote bag.

Morish-Mondo Nuts and Nougat Feast

A treat of the finest Morish Nuts and Mondo Nougat, to be shared and enjoyed among friends, family and colleagues, toasted with a flute of crisp, sparkling Oakover Pinot Noir Chardonnay. This is a generous Christmas gift that comes in a thermal tote bag.

These hampers are great value and an inexpensive gift idea for the entire family.

You can view all of our hampers in our Christmas Catalogue here. To order, simply call us on 1800 888 184 or place your order on our website here.

And there is no better time to get shopping than now! We have a special running until December 24th 2012 where you will get $10.00 off any orders over $20. All you have to do is quote XMAS2012.

It has been brought to our attention that there are some funny rumours going around about Morish Nuts; Our pop-a-jak is set to be listed as a national treasure, Archie is in fact Santa Clause, and The President of America sent Hillary Clinton to Perth to do a special investigation on how amazing our Tamari Almonds are. While some of these rumours should be true (we are still waiting for a phone call from Mrs Clinton) we have a couple of facts about Morish that we can confirm right now …

1. Morish Nuts can be purchased in bulk

Gone are the days of putting a bowl of boring old candy canes on the table at your work Christmas function. We are the one-stop-shop for Christmas party nibbles.  If you have been assigned the organizing of your work Christmas party; be it 10 or 100, look no further than our ever popular macadamia crunch.

And it doesn’t end at Christmas. Morish Nuts would make a pretty unique snack choice for a wedding reception, birthday party, work function or bar mitzvah.

2. Morish Nuts top the list of most requested gift from Santa

We have it on good authority that after socks and jocks, a packet of Macadamia Crunch or pop-a-jack is the best present you can give to a loved one this year. Already pre-packed in elegant candy striped black and white gift boxes, Morish nuts are the perfect stocking stuffer or addition to the annual Chrissy hamper for the parent-in-laws.

3. Our nuts are basically good for you

Well … in moderation of course. But when you do indulge a little you can rest easy knowing that we are free from gluten, lactose, preservatives, additives and colouring agents, which also makes us certifiably GUILT FREE!

The countdown is on for Christmas. Don’t forget to pop onto our website to order some treats to give away as prezzies, or if you want to know more about buying Morish Nuts in bulk, give us a call. 

Tinsel and fruit mince pies have been lining the supermarket shelves for weeks now, which mean Christmas is creeping up on us very quickly. And a Christmas without Morish is like a Christmas without Santa; so the next month is wall-to-wall shows and events so you can pop along and stock up on Morish essentials, before it’s too late!

We are finishing October with a bang; Brunswick Agricultural Show and the Subiaco Craft Fair are both on this weekend, 27^th and 28^TH October. If you are in WA and in search of something to do on either Saturday or Sunday, you can’t look past these two events.

November reads like the social calendar of Morish fanatic:

2^nd – 3^rd November – Canning Show and Southern District Agricultural Show (WA)

9^th – 10^th November – Albany Show (WA)

15^th – 18^th November – Taste of Melbourne (VIC)

17^th November – Dongara Denison Community Festival and Beaufort Street festival (WA)

17^th – 18^th November – Treasured Craft November Fair (WA)

18^th November – Summer Sunday Markets Joondalup Week 1 (WA)

23^rd – 24^th November – Wanneroo Agricultural Show (WA)

24^th – 25^th November – Margaret River Gourmet Escape (WA)

25^th November – Summer Sunday Markets Joondalup Week 2 (WA)

We suggest you lock one of these events into your calendar. These are some of your last chances to pick up your families favourite Morish treats to use as the perfect stocking stuffers or to fill bowls with for guests to nibble on.

When we say it is your last chance, we of course mean to see us in the flesh while you stock pile on Morish Nuts, because you can always buy Morish from our online shopping system. Even though this option is a little less fun, it is a stack load of convenient.

Speaking of Christmas, our Christmas catalogues will be on their way to those who have signed up to be included On our mailing list, next week. If you’re sitting there kicking yourself for not being part of our mailing list, kick no more! It’s not too late to sign up now and still receive your Chrissy catalogue. To do this just head to our current online competition and enter and you will automatically go on the list. Otherwise you can create a customer account here to also receive your catalogue and updates on any other great deals coming your way.

After eight days of bumper crowds, exceeding 400,000, and a LOT of dagwood dogs, Perth Royal Show is over for another year.

The show was a massive success for Morish. We launched our super indulgent, Decadent Show Bag, the most expensive and extravagant show bag at this year’s Perth Royal Show, and you all went nuts for it (pardon the pun)!

The Decadent Show Bag sparked a lot of interest amongst punters; the reception we received was amazing,selling an impressive 39 Decadent Show Bags, we were completely sold out by the Friday evening. We also had a lot of people just popping in for a bit of a squiz … proving it is a show bag that you needed to see to believe.

The very first Decadent Show Bag was sold as soon as the gates opened on Saturday morning. The very keen Morish Fans were at the Morish Show Bag stand at 9am on the dot! One of the staffers took a photo to commemorate this momentous occasion. 

This was our best year ever with stock and show bags flying out the door. Our factory went into overdrive and sent out in excess of 20 pallets worth of yummy Morish goodness over the week but we still couldn’t keep up with demand. Archie and Marie were sneaking back after hours to pinch even more stock to keep you Morish fans happy. We couldn’t cook and pack it fast enough!

This was also the first year we sold Lindt and Chokeby Road at our Morish stands. We started with 600 + Lindt and Chokeby Road goodies and by the end of the last day we only had 11 left.  

We have a couple of competition winners from the Premium Show Bag competition and Royal Adelaide Show to announce soon, so keep your eyes on our facebook page to see if you’re the lucky one. A big congratulations to the winners of the Sunshine FM's competition to win a Decadent Show Bag. We trust you enjoyed your stash of Morish goodies! :)

A huge thanks to all those who visited us during the show; we love to see your smiling faces each year. However we are starting to understand why Santa takes a whole year off after Christmas … we are in serious need for some R & R. 

With only 2 days left until the 2012 Perth Royal show gets underway, we can finally reveal THE DECADENT SHOW BAG. We have had to keep this gigantic secret under wraps for weeks now, and even though a few whispers got out, we are very excited to let you all know that our Decadent Show Bag is the biggest, most indulgent (and we think you’ll agree, best) at this year’s Perth Royal Show.

Over the last few weeks we have shown you a couple of pieces of the puzzle, trying our hardest to not give the surprise away too much.

Today we can reveal to you the whole thing– sure to take the coveted title of most expensive show bag at this year’s show!

The Decadent Show Bag is the ultimate indulgence at $220….but stacked with $330.40 of gourmet goodies; the Decadent Show Bag is a steal. We have sourced some of the highest quality products available to make this show bag one of the best at this year’s Royal Perth Show, which also makes it the best value for money.

The Decadent Show Bag is jam packed with 38 hand crafted, gourmet goodies, ranging from the delicious to the downright handy. This includes 16 of your Morish Nuts favourites, 11 delectable goodies from Lindt, an assorted bag of Nougat from our friends at Mondo Nougat, a cheeky sparkling Ruby Cabernet (non-alcoholic) from the ever lovable Maggie Beer range, SBS Feast Magazine and 2 Morish stress trucks, all packed snuggly into a wheeled cooler bag that will keep 50 cans of your favourite soft drink ice cold all through summer. That is everything but the kitchen sink!

Here is a list of all 38 indulgences:

• 200g Morish Jumbo Peanut
• 200g Morish Jumbo Almond
• 200g Morish Jumbo Cashew
• 200g Morish Jumbo Macadamia
• 200g Morish Jumbo Hot Macadamia
• 200g Morish Jumbo Savoury Nibbles
• 100g Morish Regal Blend
• 100g Morish Wasabi Macadamia
• 100g Morish Truffle Macadamia
• 100g Morish Tamari Almond
• 60g Morish Soft Nougat Bar
• 60g Morish Crunchy Nougat Bar
• 150g Morish Peanut Brittle
• 140g Morish Pop-a-Jak
• 150g Morish Praline
• 100g Morish Macadamia Crunch
• 150g Lindor Balls Asst. 12 Pieces
• 100g Lindt Excellence Block Almond
• 100g Lindt Excellence Block Caramel
• 100g Lindt Excellence Block Mint
• 100g Lindt Excellence Block Blueberry
• 150g Lindt Swiss Gold Block Milk
• 150g Lindt Swiss Gold Block Fruit & Nut
• 150g Lindt Swiss Gold Block Almond
• 150g Lindt Swiss Gold Block Hazelnut
• 207g Lindt Gourmet Truffles
• 50g Lindt Praline Bag 6 Pieces
• 151g Ghiradelli Squares
• 180g Rocky Road Log
• 35g 2 Pack Choc Echidna
• 35g 2 Pack Choc Mouse
• 500g Assorted Nougat Bag
• 750ml Maggie Beer Non Alcoholic Sparkling Ruby Cabernet
• 2 × Morish Stress Truck
• SBS Feast Magazine
• 50 can Wheeled Cooler Bag
• $5 Discount Voucher
• Win-a-Showbag Voucher

In addition to the Decadent Show Bag, we have all our regular show bags available. Download the full list here. As well as Mondo and Lindt/Chokeby show bags (image below).

Don’t forget to download your Morish Show Bag voucher here and bring it along to get $3 off our Premium, Jumbo or Macadamia Show bag.

Gates open at 9am on Saturday 29^th September and you can find us at three different locations:

• 348 Silver Jubilee Pavilion
• 17/19 Hardy Ave
• Morish Pavilion at 40 Viveash Ave and 19 Waylen Ave

The weather is set to turn it on, so make sure you come along and treat yourself to a Decadent Show Bag. See you all there! 

The Adelaide Royal Show is done and dusted, and to say it went off with a bang is a huge understatement! The weather was amazing; warm and sunny, just how we like it… and we had such a fantastic response from the crowd and were busier than ever. So busy in fact that we sold out of our most popular show bags on the first day! There was a bit of ‘behind the scenes’ scrambling to keep up with demand until the final day, our show bag sellers reported a significant amount of shoe wear and tear after the 9 days.

Where have all the show bags gone?

While we don’t have official attendance numbers yet, it was evident that this year was a cracker and the crowds were out in record numbers. We want to thank all our South Australian friends for their enormous amount of support… It is always fantastic to see hundreds of people enjoying their favourite Morish treats. It is moments like those that make us smile until our cheeks hurt.

And while that is a big enough reward in itself, we also have the exciting news that we won 1^st place for the Best Stand in the Show Bag Pavilion! We have been the bridesmaid (and even the flower girl) for a couple of years, so finally getting first place really made this a show to remember.

The countdown for the Royal Perth show continues, along with our very exciting show bag unveiling (for those who have been good enough to avoid all of the show bag reviews floating around at the moment). Here is the second piece of the puzzle to keep you all guessing, until next time! :)

Spring brings us some wonderful things; the promise of warmer weather, baby lambs frolicking and flowers bursting into bloom (ignoring the hay fever).

It also means the beginning of show season! This is definitely our favourite part of the year and it all kicks off with the Royal Adelaide Show, starting Friday 7^th September.

South Australians will be celebrating their 237^th Royal show this year, making it the longest running event in SA. An impressive feat!

And where better for us to start our annual show pilgrimage. This year you can find us at site 20 in the Wayville Pavilion. This is your chance to pop along and pick up one of our many show bags available. Here is the list of what you can pick up, just to get your taste buds watering. This list includes the Nougat show bag, a brand new edition to our show bag collection; featuring the tasty Mondo Nougat from Swan Valley, WA.

Print out this Show Bag Voucher and take it to the Morish show bag stand to receive $3.00 off any Morish Premium, Jumbo or Macadamia Show bag.

There have also been some whispers around Morish HQ that this year’s Perth Royal Show, 29^th September – 6^th October, is set to produce a BIG surprise for Morish show bag lovers. But we can't give away all the details just yet, so for now we will leave you with a couple of hints; when we say big, we mean literally!! Keep an eye on Facebook for more clues  and start piecing together the puzzle to find out what we have in store for you ....

Happy Show Season!! :)

We like to share the love wherever we can. We have friends all over Australia and visit as many parts of this big red land of ours as we can, regularly. In the last couple of weeks we were lucky enough to send one of our team members, Louis and his wife, to Northern WA to check out a few of the fantastic festivals they have to offer.

After packing up the Morish Van full of macadamias and peanuts, Louis set off on a mini Morish vacation to the Karratha FeNaCLNG Festival (4th & 5th August) held in Roebourne and then about 7 hours South East to the Tom Price Nameless Jarndunmunha Festival (10th – 12th August).

This was Morish’s first time at either of these festivals and to say we were made feel very much at home is an understatement. Rumours about how tasty Morish Nuts really are had trickled their way through the North over the last few years and everyone was very excited to see us there and to find out the rumours are in fact true.

The Karratha FeNaCLNG Festival, its name being a clever play on the chemical symbols of the three main production and export commodities in Karratha and Dampier: Iron Ore - Fe, Salt - NaCl and Natural Gas – NG. The festival, run by the Lions Club of Karratha/Dampier, has been running for 40 years and is so important to the area, a public holiday has been declared in its honour!

Photo courtesy of Elly Lukale 

The Nameless Jarndunmunha Festival is an annual community event and this year celebrated the theme of 'Go for Gold'. A combination of art, crafts, workshops, lantern parade, fireworks, street parade and music, the Nameless Festival is a celebration of community.

A huge thanks to those that made Louis feel so welcome during his trip. We look forward to making these festivals a regular addition to our events calendar.