Tiny Teddy is a brand of sweet
biscuits
A biscuit is a flour-based baked and shaped food product. In most countries biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also be s ...
manufactured by
Arnott's in
Australia, since 1991.
Scott Dewar, son of biscuit designer Robert Dewar is credited with the concept of shrinking the normal "Teddy Bear Biscuit" to a bite sized and cute "Tiny Teddy".
Each biscuit is small and
teddy bear
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-shaped, and variations in facial expression have been given the names Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy, Cheeky, Silly and Hungry.
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] They are similar in appearance to the North American
Teddy Grahams
Teddy Grahams are bear-shaped graham cookie snacks created by Nabisco. Introduced in 1988, Teddy Grahams come in two distinct shapes: bears with arms up and legs closed, and bears with legs open and arms down. When first introduced, Teddy Grahams ...
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Tiny Teddy biscuits are available in seven flavours:
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Chocolate chip
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Chocolate
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Honey
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*Chocolate half coat
*Caramel
*Cookies and cream
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100s and 1000s (released 2010)
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Also available are three "Tiny Teddy Creams" varieties, two larger tiny teddies joined with a cream filling, in double chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavours; and "Tiny Teddy Dippers", a lunchbox portion of a handful of tiny teddies and a dipping sauce of white chocolate, strawberry or chocolate-hazelnut.
In 2004 Arnott's released a range of savoury Tiny Teddy biscuits, but these weren't successful and were shortly discontinued.
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In 2006 Arnott's authorised the release of four story books, aimed at
pre-school
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aged children, published as the 'Arnott's Tiny Teddy Adventure Stories'.
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In
Indonesia
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, Tiny Teddy are sold as Nyam-Nyam Teddy or Good Time Teddy.
See also
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Hello Panda
Hello Panda is a brand of Japanese biscuit, manufactured by Meiji Seika. It was first released in Japan during 1979. Each biscuit consists of a small hollow shortbread layer, filled with crème of various flavors. On some biscuits are printed ca ...
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Koala's March
Koala's March ( ja, コアラのマーチ, Koara no Māchi) is a bite-sized cookie snack with a sweet filling. Made by Lotte, the product was first released in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island ...
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Teddy Grahams
Teddy Grahams are bear-shaped graham cookie snacks created by Nabisco. Introduced in 1988, Teddy Grahams come in two distinct shapes: bears with arms up and legs closed, and bears with legs open and arms down. When first introduced, Teddy Grahams ...
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