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]
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..[4]
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- Iced VoVo Arnott's, retrieved 18 January 2012^
- Rudd claims Labor election win Brisbane Times, Fairfax Media, November 24, 2007, retrieved 2007-11-25^
- Annabel Crabb. The Politics of the Archibald Prize NSW Art Gallery, 8 May 2008^