The Kingston is an Australian sweet

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that have been manufactured since 1926 by the American-owned Australian-based biscuit company,

Arnott's Biscuits Holdings Arnott's Biscuits Limited is an Australian producer of biscuits and snack food. Founded in 1865, they are the largest producer of biscuits in Australia and a subsidiary of KKR. History In 1847, Scottish immigrant William Arnott opened a ...

. The Kingston biscuit consists of two individual, rounded, coconut biscuits with a chocolate cream filling. The Kingston Biscuit falls under the 'Delicious Creams' family of Arnotts' sweet biscuits. The Kingston is widely available in

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, sold in most supermarkets in packages of twelve individual biscuits, or as one of the five biscuits in the Arnott's Assorted Creams variety pack. It is commonly believed to be named after a

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located near

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

. The Kingston was ranked as No. 2 on

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's 2019 list ranking in the Arnotts' Family Assorted biscuits.

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