What is freeze-dried candy?

It is real candy that has been frozen to around minus fifty degrees, then vacuum-dried so all the moisture is removed. The lolly puffs up light and airy with an intense crunch and a stronger flavour, while staying shelf-stable.

What is Dubai chocolate?

Dubai chocolate is a thick chocolate bar filled with roasted pistachio cream and crispy kataifi pastry for crunch. We make ours by hand in Rockhampton with Belgian chocolate, in flavours like Pistachio, Bueno and Biscoff.

Can I order online or get it delivered?

Yes. You can shop the range online for delivery across Australia, order through Uber Eats in Rockhampton, or pick up in store at any of our three Central Queensland shops.

Do you really make treats for dogs?

We do. Alongside the sweets there are freeze-dried, dog-friendly treats, so the whole family gets something from the cabinet.

Handmade in Central Queensland

Freeze it.Crunch it.Love it.

Real candy frozen to minus fifty and puffed into an impossible crunch. Plus the viral Dubai chocolate, made by hand and snapped to order.

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A handmade Sub Zero Dubai chocolate bar on a frosted surface

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A cracked slab of handmade Dubai chocolate revealing a pistachio and kataifi centre

A jar of Dubai pistachio crunch from Sub Zero Treats

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The viral one

Handmade Dubai chocolate

The one that started the queues. A thick slab of Belgian chocolate packed with roasted pistachio and crispy kataifi, hand-poured by our founder Sherre and snapped to order. Rich, nutty, and impossibly crunchy.

Pistachio
Angel Hair
Bueno
Biscoff
Matcha Strawberry (LE)

Shop the Dubai rangeFrom $24.95

The range

Everything in the cabinet

From the viral Dubai chocolate to freeze-dried lollies you can hear from across the room. New drops every week.

Viral$24.95

Dubai Chocolate Bar

Hand-poured Belgian chocolate, roasted pistachio and crispy kataifi. The viral slab, made fresh in Rockhampton.

Freeze-dried rainbow candy puffed up large and crunchy

$6.00

Sub-Zero Rainbow Crunch

Your favourite rainbow lollies, freeze-dried until they puff up huge and shatter on the first bite.

$24.95

Dubai Crunch Jar

All of that pistachio-kataifi crunch, loose in a jar. Spoon it over ice cream or straight from the lid.

Freeze-dried cola bottle lollies, light and crunchy

$6.00

Cola Crunch Bombs

Classic cola bottles, freeze-dried into airy, fizzy little bombs of flavour. Dangerously moreish.

Limited$25.95

Matcha Strawberry Dubai

Ceremonial matcha, freeze-dried strawberries and strawberry cream over a Dubai chocolate base. A limited drop.

New$6.00

Dubai Chewy Cookie

A chocolate-marshmallow cookie with a gooey pistachio and kataifi centre. The new viral favourite.

A bag of build-your-own freeze-dried pick mix

$7.00

Build-Your-Own Pick Mix

200g, mixed your way. Sweet, sour, fruity, clouds or 4D gummies, all freeze-dried fresh in store.

$6.00

Handmade Fudge

Slow-set, melt-in-the-mouth fudge in nine flavours, from pistachio to musk stick to caramel.

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How it works

Crunch is a science. The rest is family.

There is no clever additive and nothing imported. Just real candy, our own sub-zero process, and a family that makes every batch by hand.

01-50°C

Freeze

Real lollies and freshly made chocolate go into a deep sub-zero freeze until they are solid through.

020% MOISTURE

Vacuum

Under vacuum the ice skips straight to vapour, drawing every drop of moisture out and leaving the flavour behind.

03100% CRUNCH

Crunch

What is left puffs up huge, weightless and shatteringly crunchy, with the taste turned all the way up.

PROCESS

Freeze-dried in our own lab

Every batch is frozen and vacuum-dried right here in Central Queensland. Nothing is imported, nothing is bought in and re-bagged.

HANDMADE

Dubai chocolate, made by hand

Our founder Sherre hand-pours every Dubai bar with Belgian chocolate, roasted pistachio and crispy kataifi. Made to order, snapped fresh.

FAMILY

A proper family operation

Ben, Sherre and Ruby run all three shops themselves. The same family that makes the treats is the one that serves you.

FOR EVERYONE

Even your doggies

Sweet, sour, savoury, gift jars and freeze-dried treats for the dog. There is something in the cabinet for the whole family.

Sub Zero Treats handmade Dubai chocolate, made in Central Queensland

“Cool store's sweet success”

Central Queensland Today

Our story

Started in a home freeze-dryer. Now it has its own queues.

Sub Zero Treats began as a family experiment: what happens to your favourite lollies when you freeze them to minus fifty and pull the moisture out? The answer turned out to be magic, and a little bit addictive.

What started at the kitchen bench is now three Central Queensland shops, run hands-on by Ben, Sherre and their daughter Ruby. The local paper even called it a cool store's sweet success, and the queues for the Dubai chocolate agree.

We still make everything ourselves, in small batches, the same way: real ingredients, our own freeze-dryers, and a lot of crunch.

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