Beano link to Dodgers.. & other biscuit nuggets
The teatime shortbread with its heartshaped centre of raspberry jam was first produced in the 1960s by Burtons in South Wales.
Popular with kids, they were named after the cartoon character Roger the Dodger from The Beano comic, who was always getting up to mischief. TV’s Doctor Who is a fan.
GARIBALDI: The currant and dough biscuits were named after the Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi after he visited Britain.
They were invented in 1861 by Jonathan Dodgson Carr, who also created the famous water biscuits for cheese.
It’s thought the design was based on Garibaldi’s troops eating bread with berries in the field.
JAMES MOORE
BOURBON: Launched in 1910, the chocolate and buttercream biscuit was originally named Creola but changed in the 1930s by London makers Peek Freans in a nod to France’s royal House of Bourbon.
Its holes come from their creator Hans Zehnloch, whose name means 10 holes. They were eaten on the moon by astronaut
Buzz Aldrin.
PENGUIN: Known for its 1980s ‘P...P...P...Pick up a penguin! slogan, the treat was first produced by William Macdonald in 1932. The name comes from the colours of the chocolate and cream filling, thought to match the bird. The Aussie Tim Tam was inspired by Penguins. Creator Ross Arnott named them after the winner of the 1958 Kentucky Derby.
NICE: These simple sugary household staples were named after glamorous Nice on the Mediterranean coast. They have been around since at least 1895, and a 1929 advert boasted that they were as “delightful” as the French city. RICH TEA: It’s thought these biscuits were first developed for upper-class folk in Yorkshire in the 17th Century, but only got their name when McVitie’s started using the tag for them in 1891. The Queen is said to be partial to them.
WAGON WHEELS: Australian Garry Weston devised these in 1948, putting two biscuits together with a marshmallow filling and a coating of chocolate. He came up with the name to cash in on the popularity of Wild West movies at the time.
OREO: The American biscuit made its debut in 1912. There are several theories about how the sandwich cookie filled with cream got its name, with some linking it to the
French word for gold and others to a Greek word for mountain after the shape of the prototype.
DIGESTIVE: Originally developed in 1839 by two Scottish doctors as an aid to digestion – and remedy for flatulence.
McVitie’s added baking powder, thought to help fight indigestion, in 1892. They caused a row in the Beatles when John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono helped herself to one of George Harrison’s stash.