Temper Temper

Made in: Cowaramup, Busselton to Augusta
From Busselton: about 35 min by car
Facts checked: 21 September 2026

Drive times from the OSRM router, rounded to 5 minutes. Road data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Two chocolatiers, Roz and Georgia, make hand-tempered bars, coated fruit and nuts, and chocolate roughs, sold from shops in Cowaramup and Margaret River.

Georgia catered Roz's wedding in 2015. That is how the two chocolatiers behind Temper Temper came to know each other, and as beginnings go, it is hard to beat.

Roz had already run a chocolate business, 10 Degrees, in McLaren Vale in South Australia, before she moved to Margaret River. Georgia had worked for six years as a professional chef before joining her. The pair also went to Melbourne together to study chocolate-making further, a sign of how seriously they take the craft.

They have two shops on Bussell Highway, one in Cowaramup and a newer one in Margaret River. Hours change, so check the maker's site before you drive out.

The backbone of the range is the 50g bar, hand-tempered, in milk, dark and white chocolate. From there the flavours head off in several directions: Chilli, Coffee + Almond, Cranberry + Coconut, Fruit & Nut, a dark chocolate with raspberry, and Grapefruit and Fennel, which is not a pairing you meet on many chocolate counters.

Then there is everything that has been coated: almonds, apricots, figs, licorice and Turkish delight. There are roughs in almond, coconut, ginger and hazelnut, a honeycomb, and a Fairy Bread chocolate that will make sense to anyone who went to an Australian birthday party as a child. A chocolate greeting card covers the card and the present in one go.

A chocolatier and a chef make a strong pairing. The flavour list reads like it was written by people who cook, which is what happened.

Where it's made Cowaramup

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In our guides

Journal guides that call in on Temper Temper.

All guides

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The story

Where it's made Cowaramup

What Temper Temper makes

What's new down south

In our guides

Three hours south, and where to stop

End-of-year teacher gifts from WA makers

Stocking fillers made in WA

Secret Santa gift ideas made in WA

Nine stops down the cape, lighthouse to lighthouse

Four mountain bike parks, and where to eat after