A plate of Iced VoVo biscuits

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.[1] 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.[1]

On 24 November 2007, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a light-hearted mention of Iced VoVos in his election victory speech, jokingly urging his team to have a strong cup of tea with an Iced VoVo before getting to work.[2] This reportedly led to skyrocketing Iced VoVo sales, prompting Arnott's to send a shipping pallet of the biscuits to the Prime Minister's office in Canberra's Parliament House.[3]

A similar product (called Mikado) has been sold in Ireland by Jacob's since 1888. It has pink marshmallow instead of pink fondant.[4] But during the late 1980s and early 1990s there was a square shaped biscuit called Camelot.

References

  1. 1 2 "Iced VoVo". Arnott's. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Rudd claims Labor election win". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. November 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  3. ↑ Crabb, Annabel (8 May 2008). "The Politics of the Archibald Prize". Art After Hours. NSW Art Gallery.
  4. ↑ "Jacob's Mikado". A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down. 12 Feb 2003. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
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