Jacobs Iced Gems are the fortunate result of a biscuit making accident back in the 1850's. Subsequent biscuit giants Huntley and Palmer shrank their biscuits during the cooking process and christened the resulting mini biscuits Gems.
It wasn't until 1910 that they had the master stroke of adding icing to these mini biscuits to create the product we know and love today.
And thank God they did - children's parties just wouldn't be the same without a bowl full of Jacobs Iced Gems would they?
