Lewis Stickley - PA Images via Getty ImagesWe’ve written before at HuffPost UK about what Twix, Yorkie, and Hobnobs, actually stand for. Usually, the names are a clever twist on the nature and manufacture of the food ― but not so with the beloved Jammie Dodger, it seems. But it seems another source of inspo for Burton’s when naming the beloved biscuit was none other than British comic The Beano. Jammie Dodgers, meanwhile, were first created in 1960. Additionally, originally “the jam glowed red but was made with cheaper plums rather than raspberries,” the book says ― though the classic recipe now features raspberries and apples.
