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] It’s one of very few biscuits that has remained exactly the same size as they were. The recipe and size hasn’t change in over 100 years. 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.
- ^ a b "Iced VoVo". Arnott's. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
- ^ "Rudd claims Labor election win". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. November 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
- ^ Crabb, Annabel (8 May 2008). "The Politics of the Archibald Prize". Art After Hours. NSW Art Gallery.
- ^ "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.