Aucklanders pick the pink biscuit

Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands have taken the top spot as the country's favourite Griffin's biscuit and the favourite of Aucklanders too.

A purpose-built Facebook application has been collecting results for Griffins for two months and the pink hundreds and thousands biscuits reign supreme, followed by Macaroons, and ToffeePops Original. There were more than 8000 votes recorded at www.facebook.com/griffinsnz

The results were also broken down into regions and Auckland ranked Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands first, ToffeePops second, Macaroons third,

Hokey Pokey Squiggles fourth and MallowPuffs Original.

The results varied across the country with northern regions showing a penchant for Mint Treats, while those in the South favoured Sultana Pasties.

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Top Five overall

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. Macaroon

3. ToffeePops Original

4. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

5. MallowPuffs Original

Top Five by Sex

Female

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. Macaroon

3. Toffee Pops Original

4. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

5. Mint Treats

Male

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. Toffee Pops Original

3. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

4. Macaroon

5. MallowPuffs Original

Top Five by Region

Auckland

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. Toffee Pops Original

3. Macaroon

4. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

5. MallowPuffs Original

Northland

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. Mint Treats

3. MallowPuffs Original

4. Macaroon

5. ToffeePops Original

Waikato

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. Macaroon

3. ToffeePops Original

4. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

5. MallowPuffs Original

Bay of Plenty

1. Macaroon

2. ToffeePops Original

3. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

4. MallowPuffs Original

5. ToffeePops MallowPuffs Collisions

Gisborne

1. Macaroon

2. MallowPuffs Original

3. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

4. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

5. ToffeePops MallowPuffs Collisions

Hawke's Bay

1. Macaroon

2. Mint Treats

3. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

4. ToffeePops Original

5. MallowPuffs Original

Taranaki

1. Macaroon

2. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

3. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

4. ToffeePops Original

5. ToffeePops MallowPuffs Collisions

Manawatu- Wanganui

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. Macaroon

3. MallowPuffs Original

4. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

5. Mint Treats

Wellington

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. Macaroon

3. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

4. ToffeePops Originals

5. MallowPuffs Original

Tasman

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. Mint Treats

3. ToffeePops MallowPuffs Collisions

4. MallowPuffs Original

5. ToffeePops Original

Nelson

1. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

2. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

3. Mint Treats

4. ToffeePops Originals

5. Macaroon

Marlborough

1. Sultana Pasties

2. Mint Treats

3. Macaroon

4. ToffeePops Originals

5. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

West Coast

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. ToffeePops MallowPuffs Collisions

3. Macaroon

4. ToffeePops Original

5. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

Canterbury

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. ToffeePops Originals

3. Macaroon

4. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

5. Mint Treats

Otago

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. ToffeePops Originals

3. Macaroon

4. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

5. Mint Treats

Southland

1. Cookie Bear Hundreds & Thousands

2. Macaroon

3. Sultana Pasties

4. Hokey Pokey Squiggles

5. ToffeePops Originals