Vienna Fingers is an American brand of cookie made by the Keebler Company, a division of Ferrero SpA. They consist of a sandwich of vanilla flavored outer crust filled with vanilla cream flavored filling. Akin to an Oreo, the surface is textured and embossed with the product name, but Vienna Fingers have a round-ended 'finger' shape. They come in a red and yellow accented rectangular package with the words "Vienna Fingers" in white lettering. Nabisco's Cameo is similar.
History
Vienna Fingers were one of the products originally sold by Sunshine Biscuits.[1] The cookies first were marketed by Sunshine Biscuits in 1915 and trademarked as "Vienna Fingers Sandwich" in November 1947.[2] The popularity of the Vienna Fingers cookies was memorialized by American playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon in his 1965 play The Odd Couple, which was adapted into a 1968 comedy film.[3] In the play, Oscar Madison attempts to distract a depressed Felix Ungar with snack food: "How about vanilla wafers? Or Vienna fingers? I got everything."[4]
In January 1985, the product was renamed "Vienna Fingers".[5]
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References
- Della Femina Adds Sunshine New York Times, July 29, 1982, retrieved 29 October 2008^
- See the U.S. Trademark for^
- Neil Simon. The Odd Couple: A Comedy in Three Acts Samuel French Inc., 1966, retrieved 29 October 2008^