Maryland cookies were first produced by Lyons in 1956 through its Blackpool subsidiary Symbol Biscuits.^[2] At the end of 1994, Lyons Biscuits was sold to Hillsdown Holdings, which in turn was acquired in 1999 by Hicks Muse Tate & Furst. HMTF split off Hillsdown's biscuit manufacturing arm into the Horizon Biscuit Company, and when HMTF bought Burton's Foods in 2000, they merged it with Horizon.^[3] Maryland Cookies subsequently took on Burton's branding. In 2021 Burton's was bought by the Ferrero Group.^[4] Today, Maryland is one of the UK's best selling cookies.^[5] Over 12 billion Maryland Cookies are sold within Europe each year.^[6] The recipe for Maryland Cookies resembles a chocolate chip shortbread.^[7]

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