Maryland Cookies are a brand name of cookie produced by Burton's Biscuit Company in the United Kingdom. [1]
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]
The flavours available for Maryland Cookies are:
A normal-sized[ clarification needed] 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]
Maryland Cookies are a brand name of cookie produced by Burton's Biscuit Company in the United Kingdom. [1]
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]
The flavours available for Maryland Cookies are:
A normal-sized[ clarification needed] 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]