Maryland Cookies, named for the US state, are a brand name of cookie produced by Burton's Biscuit Company in the United Kingdom.[1]
Background information
[edit]Maryland cookies were first produced by Lyons in 1956 through its Blackpool subsidiary Symbol Biscuits.[2] At the end of 1994, Lyons Biscuits was sold to Hillsdown Holdings, which in turn was acquired in 1999 by Hicks Muse Tate & Furst. HMTF split off Hillsdown's biscuit manufacturing arm into the Horizon Biscuit Company, and when HMTF bought Burton's Foods in 2000, they merged it with Horizon.[3] Maryland Cookies subsequently took on Burton's branding. In 2021 Burton’s was bought by the Ferrero Group.[4] Today Maryland is one of the UK's best selling cookies.[5] Over 12 billion Maryland Cookies are sold within Europe each year.[6] The recipe for Maryland Cookies resembles a chocolate chip shortbread.[7]
Flavours
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The flavours available for Maryland Cookies are:
- Chocolate Chip Cookies (Also available as Minis)
- Double Chocolate Chip Cookies (Also available as Minis)
- Chocolate Chip and Hazelnut Cookies
- Sugar Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Vegan Cookies
- Minis Chocolate Orange Cookies
- Minis Birthday Cake Cookies
- Big & Chunky Milk & Dark Chocolate Cookies
- Big & Chunky White Chocolate Cookies
- Chunkies White Chocolate Brownie Cookies
- Big & Chunky Triple Chocolate Cookies
- Chocolate & Caramel Cookies
- Minis Caramel Crisp Cookies
- Chocolate Chip and Coconut (Export Only)
- Chocolate Chip and Raspberry Cookies (Jammie Dodgers Collaboration)
- Fudge Brownie Cookies
- Raisin Oat Chocolate Chunk and Maple Syrup Cookies
- Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Strawberry and White Chocolate (Limited Edition 2012)
- Chocolate Gooeys (Discontinued)
- Hazelnut Gooeys (Discontinued)
- Triple Choc Gooeys (Discontinued)
- Big & Chunky Summer Fruit Cookies
- ‘Jaffanator’ Chocolate Orange
- Honeycomb
Package/wrapping
[edit]A standard box is about 22.5 centimetres (8.9 in) × 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) × 6.0 centimetres (2.4 in), and they are packaged in a cellophane wrapper. The packaging claims that Maryland Cookies are "The Nation's Favourite Cookie".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Mason, Tania (13 February 2003). "BRANDING: Burton's relaunches Maryland Cookies". Marketing. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Bird, Peter (2002). "Symbol Biscuits Ltd (Lyons Biscuits Ltd)". Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Horizon and Burton's Biscuits merge". Marketing Week. 2 November 2000. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Our History".
- ^ Burton's Biscuit Company. "Maryland cookies". Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Maryland Cookies wants to pay somebody to taste cookies; Over 12 billion Maryland Cookies are sold within Europe each year. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ "Maryland cookies copycat recipe". allrecipes.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ^ "Maryland Double Choc Chip Cookies".
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Maryland biscuits; Bay Biscuits