Maryland Cookies
Brand of British biscuit
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Maryland Cookies are a brand name of cookie produced by Burton's Biscuit Company in the United Kingdom.[1]
Background information
Maryland Cookies were first produced in 1956 by Lyons through its Blackpool subsidiary, Symbol Biscuits.[2] At the end of 1994, Lyons Biscuits was sold to Hillsdown Holdings, which was acquired in 1999 by Hicks Muse Tate & Furst. Horizon Biscuits, owned by HMTF, manufactured Maryland Cookies, and following HMTF’s acquisition of Burton’s Foods in 2000, the two businesses were merged.[3] Maryland Cookies subsequently took on Burton's branding. In 2021 Burton's was bought by the Ferrero Group.[4] According to Burton’s, Maryland is among the UK’s best-selling cookie brands.[5] According to a 2019 report in Wales Online, over 12 billion Maryland Cookies are sold within Europe each year.[6] The recipe for Maryland Cookies resembles a chocolate chip shortbread.[7]