Jammie Dodgers
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Cookie
In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat, baked treat, usually containing fat, flour, eggs and sugar. In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the most common word for this is biscuit; in many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have...
, made from shortbread
Shortbread
Shortbread is a type of unleavened biscuit which is traditionally made from one part white sugar, two parts butter, and three parts oatmeal flour. The use of plain white flour is common today, and other ingredients like ground rice or cornflour are sometimes added to alter the texture...
and plum
Plum
A plum or gage is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera in the shoots having a terminal bud and solitary side buds , the flowers in groups of one to five together on short stems, and the fruit having a groove running down one...
jam. They are produced by Burton's Foods
Burton's Foods
Burton's Foods is a United Kingdom biscuit manufacturer.The company was formed from the merger of Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits and Horizon Biscuit Company in October 2000...
at its factory in Cwmbran
Cwmbran
Cwmbrân is a new town in Wales. Today forming part of the county borough of Torfaen and lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbrân was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield. Cwmbrân means Crow...
.
Varieties
According to the Burton's Foods web site, Jammie Dodgers are made in the following varieties:- Jammie Dodgers Original
- Jammie Dodgers Lively Lemon
- Jammie Dodgers Berrilicious
- Jammie Dodgers Jam 'n Custard
- Jammie Dodgers Outrageous Orange (no longer sold)
- Jammie Dodgers Minis Lunchpack Berrilicious
- Jammie Dodgers Minis Lunchpack Original
- Jammie Dodgers Minis Share Bag Original
- Toffee Dodgers (new)
- Choccie Dodgers
- Jammie Dodgers Snack Bar
Occasionally, Burton's has produced other limited edition Jammie Dodgers with flavours such as "Vanilla Thriller" and "Vimto
Vimto
Vimto is a soft drink originating from the United Kingdom. It was first manufactured as a health tonic in cordial form, then decades later as a carbonated drink. It contains the juice of grapes, raspberries and blackcurrants , flavoured with herbs and spices...
" and more recently "Lively Lemon".
In popular culture
- It has been mentioned several times in the British science fiction programme Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. Matt Smith, who plays The DoctorEleventh DoctorThe Eleventh Doctor is the eleventh incarnation of the protagonist of the BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. Matt Smith plays this incarnation, replacing David Tennant's Tenth Doctor in the 2010 episode "The End of Time, Part Two"...
, has described Jammie Dodgers as The Doctor's favourite snack. In the episode "Victory of the DaleksVictory of the Daleks"Victory of the Daleks" is the third episode in the fifth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is written by Mark Gatiss and first broadcast on BBC One on 17 April 2010....
" (2010), The Doctor temporarily tricks the Daleks into believing that a Jammie Dodger is actually the TARDISTARDISThe TARDISGenerally, TARDIS is written in all upper case letters—this convention was popularised by the Target novelisations of the 1970s...
self-destruct button. He later asks for a dozen in his list of demands in "The Impossible AstronautThe Impossible Astronaut"The Impossible Astronaut" is the first episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by show runner Steven Moffat, and directed by Toby Haynes, the episode was first broadcast on 23 April 2011 in the United Kingdom, as well as the United States...
" (2011) for helping President NixonRichard NixonRichard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
trace a mysterious phone call. His request was denied. In the episode "Night TerrorsNight Terrors (Doctor Who)"Night Terrors" is the ninth episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC America on 3 September 2011.-Synopsis:...
", (2011) the Doctor asks George's dad, Alex, if he has any Jammie Dodgers. - In the Doctor Who book, Apollo 23 written by Justin Richards, the Doctor says he always has Jammy Dodgers in his coat pocket, but in this case he doesn't.
- On BBC Two's "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of CrispsTwo Pints of Lager and a Packet of CrispsTwo Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps was a BBC sitcom created and written by Susan Nickson. It is set in the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, and initially revolves around the lives of five twenty-somethings, played by Ralf Little , Sheridan Smith , Will Mellor , Natalie Casey and...
", Jonny Keogh's favourite biscuits are Jammie Dodgers. In one episode, Jonny's head gets eaten by a giant Jammie Dodger. - In the 2006 movie Flushed AwayFlushed AwayFlushed Away is a 2006 computer animated British film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. It is a partnership between Aardman Animations of Wallace and Gromit fame, and DreamWorks Animation, and is Aardman's first completely computer-animated feature as opposed to the usual stop-motion.The film...
, Rita's boat was named "The Jammy Dodger". - In the manual of the 2006 Introversion SoftwareIntroversion Software-History:The company was founded in 2001 by three friends, Chris Delay; Mark Morris; and Thomas Arundel, who met when they were undergraduates at Imperial College London...
release Defcon: Everybody Dies, Jammie Dodgers are mentioned as part of a recommended survival kit for a nuclear war scenario. - Often mentioned in the first six seasons of Two Pints of Lager by the character Johnny Keogh played by Ralf LittleRalf LittleRalf Alistair J. B. Little is an English actor, writer and semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He is best known for playing Antony Royle in The Royle Family and Jonny Keogh in the first six series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.-Early life and work...
. - Georgia Nicholson's glossary describes Jammie Dodgers as a, "Biscuit with jam in it. Very nutritious (ish)."