Raisin Biscuits
When I was a kid, I loved eating these thin biscuits
filled with raisins - something like a flattened raisin sandwich.
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find them for about 10 years now,
even though I’ve looked for them in nearly every supermarket I’ve spent
any significant amount of time in. I couldn’t even remember who made
them or what they were called. Well, last night I decided to find out
what actually happened to my childhood treat. Off to Google!
Turns out my biscuits were called Sunshine Golden Fruit Raisin Biscuits. When Keebler bought out Sunshine, they discontinued the Golden Fruit line, which explains why I haven’t been able to find them. The Wayback Machine even has a copy of one of Keebler’s old product pages describing them. So sad.
Or maybe not! It also turns out that my raisin biscuits were
actually a variation of a British biscuit first produced in 1861 called
a Garibaldi biscuit.
While not produced in the US, Garibaldi biscuits are still sold in
England and can be found via various importers such as the British Food Shop or the Vermont Country Store. As Bill and Ted would say, “Excellent!!”
I bought 5 packages.
Dear Tyler, I’ve been looking and looking for Sunshine Raisin Fruit Biscuits for years, finally accepted that they were gone with the wind. Whose terrible idea was that? Tart ‘em up a little, why not, change the packaging, sell them in the Health Food Department, y’know? I’d buy ‘em. I’m going right to the Vermont Country Store for Garibaldi Biscuits. Thanks so much for the tip! - Casta
thanks, I hope to eat them soon. maybe we could spam keebler into making them again. especially now when everyone is so health consious, teresa
I live in Osaka, Japan and I found something interesting. A pretty big snack company named Tohato makes a raisin biscut that is exactly the same as the old sunshine brand (though much smaller and in squares) It is wonderful!!! [http://tohato.jp/products/allraisin/](http://tohato.jp/products/allraisin/) is the place to look and maybe you can order in America too.
I found a similar biscuit at a grocery store in Los Angeles' Chinatown. Made in Hong Kong.
I love these fruit biscuits too! I recently spent a year studying in France and those biscuits are at every super market. I was so happy to find them! They were excellent quality and came in several flavors : Apricot (really good), Raisin, and Apple. I have to have my friend ship the apricot ones to me every once and a while. I don't know if you have an Asian markets where you live, but I've found them at many Asian markets (Ranch 99 and others).