Arnott's shares its secret recipe for its iconic Iced VoVo biscuits (2024)

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What is the Arnott's controversy? ›

The Australian Biscuit Company was later renamed Arnott's Biscuits Pty Ltd. In 1997, Arnott's Biscuits was subject to an extortion bid by Queenslander Joy Ellen Thomas, aged 72 years, who allegedly threatened to poison packets of Arnott's Monte Carlo biscuits in South Australia and Victoria.

Arnott's Iced VoVo is a treasured golden biscuit topped with pink fondant, a strip of jammy raspberry and a sprinkling of coconut. It's an Australian icon since 1906.

Sugar, Wheat Flour, Raspberry Flavoured Filling (14%) (Sugar, Apple Juice, Glucose, Raspberry Juice, Fruit Fibre, Food Acids (E330, E331), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Food Colours (Allura Red AC, Caramel III), Flavour), Desiccated Coconut (6.5%), Vegetable Oil (Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Antioxidant (E307b From Soy)), ...

Our Iced VoVo biscuits continue to be made by our wonderful team in Marleston, South Australia, who have been delivering the same delicious recipe … for decades. As well as the recipe, the biscuit size of our Iced VoVo has stayed the same in recent years.”

Tim Tam Original: Australia's #1 biscuit

YES! This choccy biscuit is basically the face of Australia so there's no surprise that the OG TimTam has taken out the top spot.

Lattice biscuits were the epitome of elegance in the biscuit world as far as we're concerned. Their lattice pattern, flaky, pastry-like crunch and sweet jammy glaze were very grown up and will be missed. Adora Cream Wafers. A true retro Arnott's bikkie, Adora Cream Wafers were discontinued years ago due to low demand.

Iced Vovos – an Australian classic since 1906 that takes us all back to childhood. This delicious biscuit was an Arnott's invention and is a great choice to share with the uninitiated overseas visitors or friends.

If you're a seasoned consumer of iced vovo biscuits, you may say the Arnotts version, the brand that manufactures iced vovo biscuits, are made with marshmallow as the icing and not regular fondant. Plain fondant is created with icing sugar, egg whites, and food coloring.

Huntley & Palmers is a British company of biscuit makers originally based in Reading, Berkshire. Formed by Joseph Huntley in 1822, the company became one of the world's first global brands (chiefly led by George Palmer who joined in 1841) and ran what was once the world's largest biscuit factory.

Arnott's website states that William Arnott was "gifted a colourful macaw parrot by a ship's captain" on return to Australia from a visit to his native Scotland in the 1870s. The bird would become the "face of Arnott's biscuits for more than 150 years and counting".

What is a substitute for Arnott's Marie biscuits? ›

What are some substitutes for Arnott's Marie biscuits? You can use any type of plain sweet biscuits for the base (like graham crackers in the US, or digestive biscuits). Simply crush until fine crumbs remain (a few chunks are fine!)

But, in a statement to Yahoo, a spokesperson insisted the recipe and biscuit size of the Iced VoVo has not changed.

“These biscuits were deleted based on a huge decline in consumer demand and sales in recent years, which in turn led to them to be unsustainable for us to produce,” Arnott's wrote on social media at the time.

An Iced VoVo is a wheat flour biscuit topped with 2 strips of pink fondant flanking a strip of raspberry jam and sprinkled with coconut. It is a product of the Australian-based biscuit company Arnott's (now American-owned). Previously known as Iced Vo-Vo biscuits, the brand was first registered in 1906.

Arnott's announced on 29 Oct 2010 that it will source ethical cocoa that has not been made with the use of child labour for all of its chocolate-based products, including the iconic Tim Tam biscuit, after being the target of a public campaign by World Vision earlier in the year.

In April 2016, Arnott's altered the Shapes recipe for each of its core flavours, having the flavouring baked into the biscuit rather than as seasoning. Consumer backlash was sparked over the updated formula, prompting the company to backtrack on their decision.

Over time, as the bakeries grew more efficient and demand for other biscuits increased, we needed more baking lines to keep up. That led to the difficult decision to retire them.” Although it has a sad ending, we love a good biscuit story!

She told us they often have to make difficult decisions with retail partners regarding which biscuits to produce at the Arnott's bakeries and which ones to stock at supermarkets. “There is a finite amount of shelf space available, and unfortunately, we've had to retire the production of Lattice biscuits,” she said.