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Jammie Dodgers are a popular British biscuit, made from shortbread with a raspberry or strawberry flavoured jam filling. Bought by Burton Biscuit works in 1960, they are currently produced by Burton's Biscuit Company at its factory in Llantarnam. In 2009, Jammie Dodgers were the most popular children's sweet biscuit brand in the United Kingdom, with 40% of the year's sales consumed by adults.
Jammie Dodgers are a type of linzer biscuit, which is a biscuit-size version of a linzer torte, and they are often associated with the Christmas season in other parts of the world. One commercial example is Pepperidge Farm's seasonally available linzer raspberry cookie in the United States. In New Zealand, linzer cookies are called Shrewsbury biscuits, or just "Shrewsburies"; one example is the Cookie Bear Shrewsbury biscuit from Griffin's Foods. The term Shrewsbury biscuit refers to a different product elsewhere, however. Linzer cookies are also sold as raspberry shortbread cookies.
In Australia, Arnott's sell 'Raspberry Shortcake' biscuits similar to Jammie Dodgers, with a hole and sugar on the top layer.
In Newfoundland, Purity Factories produces apple jam-filled sponge cookies (Jam Jams) and raspberry jelly-filled sponge cookies (Tea-Vees) with a hole in the top layer.
In India, Britannia Industries produces Jim Jam biscuits with jam and vanilla filling sandwiched by soft biscuits with a hole in the top layer.
McVitie's, a competing British brand, produces circular jam-and-cream biscuits under their Tasties sub-brand. "McVitie's launches Tasties biscuits". The Grocer.
In South Africa, Bakers produces Strawberry Whirls, a cream-filled shortcake sandwich biscuit; the hole in the upper biscuit is filled with a strawberry jam topping. Bakers also produces Jolly Jammers which are of a similar construction but feature a variety of faces with jam (or chocolate) eyes and a cream-filled mouth.
Rita's boat in the 2006 animated film Flushed Away was named the Jammy Dodger.
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