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{{Short description|British sandwich biscuit}}
{{Infobox prepared food
| name = Bourbon
| image = Bourbon biscuit.jpg
| caption =
| alternate_name = Bourbon cream, Bourbon, Chocolate Bourbon
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| region = [[London]]
| creator = [[Peek Freans]]
| course =
| type = [[Biscuit]]
| served =
| main_ingredient = [[Dark chocolate]]-flavoured biscuits, chocolate [[buttercream]]
| variations =
| calories =
| other =
}}
The '''Bourbon''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ʊə|b|ən}}<ref>{{cite web |title=BOURBON {{!}} Definition of BOURBON by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com |url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/bourbon#h70148106551860 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810130232/https://www.lexico.com/definition/bourbon#h70148106551860 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=3 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɔːr|b|ən}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Amis |first1=Kingsley |title=The King's English |date=2 June 2011 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-0-14-196191-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eOlgr6f7IzIC&dq=%22the+king%27s+english%22+%22bourbon%22&pg=PT232 |access-date=10 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>) is a [[sandwich biscuit]] consisting of two thin rectangular [[dark chocolate]]-flavoured biscuits with a chocolate [[buttercream]] filling.

The biscuit was introduced in 1910 (originally under the name "Creola") by the biscuit company [[Peek Freans]], of [[Bermondsey|Bermondsey, London]], originator of the [[Garibaldi biscuit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30539196|title=The link between bourbon biscuits and bourbon whiskey|first=Hugh|last=Schofield|date=26 December 2014|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/places+to+go/london/art25801 |title=Museum to remember birthplace of the Bourbon |last=Prudames |first=David |date=25 Jan 2005 |publisher=[[Culture24]] |access-date=11 Dec 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hibbert |first=Colette |title=Biscuit factory makes 'comeback' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4213787.stm |publisher=[[BBC News Online]] |date=8 Feb 2005 |access-date=11 Dec 2009}}</ref> The Bourbon name, dating from the 1930s, comes from the former French and Spanish royal [[House of Bourbon]].<ref name="Chambers">{{cite book|title=Chambers Concise Dictionary|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwWuY9tAVq8C&pg=PA144 |chapter=Bourbon ''or'' Bourbon biscuit |year=2004|publisher=Allied Publishers |isbn=9788186062364|pages=144}}</ref> A 2009 survey found that the Bourbon biscuit was the fifth most popular biscuit in the United Kingdom for [[Dunking (biscuit)|dunking]] in tea.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/4927255/Chocolate-digestive-is-nations-favourite-dunking-biscuit.html "Chocolate digestive is nation's favourite dunking biscuit"]. ''The Telegraph''. 2 May 2009</ref>

The small holes in bourbon biscuits are to prevent the biscuits from cracking or breaking during the baking process, by allowing steam to escape.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bourbon-biscuits-holes-why-mcvities-reveals-reason-steam-escape-food-unwrapped-a8023101.html|title=This is why bourbon biscuits have holes in them|date=27 October 2017|website=The Independent}}</ref>
Many other companies make their own version of the biscuit under the "Bourbon" name, including major supermarkets.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Gi|first1=Melanie|last2=zi|date=2020-09-01|title=The best buorbon biscuits|url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/food/food-reviews/g32995551/best-bourbon-biscuits/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Good Housekeeping|language=en-GB}}</ref>

McVitie's chocolate-coated [[penguin (biscuit)|Penguin biscuits]] are made with the same biscuit mix as their bourbon biscuit, but the filling is different.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=mcvities |number=1037383544602066944 |title=Hi there, thanks for your message. The biscuits within the penguin is the same as a bourbon but the chocolate and filling is different. :) Thanks!}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30539196 BBC News: The Link Between Bourbon Biscuits and Bourbon Whiskey]

[[Category:Biscuits]]
[[Category:Products introduced in 1910]]
[[Category:Food and drink introduced in 1910]]
[[Category:Sandwich cookies]]

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imported>Bearcat at 14:51, 10 March 2025