Viscount ( ) biscuits are a classic

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which consist of a circular base of biscuit, topped with a creamy mint or orange flavouring and covered with a layer of

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. They are made by

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. Viscounts have shiny foil wrappers with different colours depending on the biscuit inside—mint biscuits are contained within a green foil wrapper and orange flavoured biscuits (now discontinued) were contained within an orange wrapper. The wrapper features the word ''Viscount'' printed on it. A double chocolate version was also available for a time. Viscount biscuits were redesigned in April 2005, to make the product more appealing to the adult luxury market. The redesign was done by

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. As part of the redesign, Burton's launched a mini version of the Viscount, which comes in a tub similar to those used for packaging

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. However, the coloured wrappers for the two flavours were retained. For a period during the mid- to late- 1990s, double chocolate Viscount biscuits were available, with a chocolate cream filling, and were sold in a purple foil wrapper. In November 2010, Burton's launched

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Festives as part of its Cadbury Christmas Biscuits range, these are essentially the same as Viscount Biscuits, but

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ed under the Cadbury name, with Cadbury

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used in place of the standard Chocolate coating. Burton's customer services department have confirmed (1 October 2014) that they no longer manufacture the orange-flavour Viscount biscuits.

References

External links

Burton's Biscuit Co website Lyon's page
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