Traditional Kendal Mint Cake
Chocolate Covered Mint Cake
Chocolate Covered Cream Bars
Gift Boxes
Rum & Brandy Butters
Fudges
Chocolate Animals
Truffles & Marzipan
Christmas Lines
Novelty Boxes
Herbal Punch
New Lines
Makers of Fine Quality Chocolate and Confectionery for over 150 years.
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Quiggins Kendal Mint Cake has indeed travelled the world. It has provided a source of energy to expeditions through the most gruelling of climatic conditions – from the heat of Zaire along the Congo river, to the bitter cold of Antarctica, and, from the depths of the deepest explored pothole to the top of Everest. Below are just a few of the places to which Quiggins Mint Cake has been taken: |
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“At exactly noon I would take out the Mint Cake ration, break it into portions and place them on top of the sledge load. These portions I would have one at a time, one each five minutes. This gave me enough sustenance to last until lunch time!” Geoff Sommers. Transantarctica Expedition 1990 |
The Quiggin family have a long and illustrious history of fine quality confectionery making which dates back to 1840. In those early years on the Isle of Man, over 60 different kinds of sweets were made including Coconut Ice, Bullseyes, Mona Cough Drops, and Mint Pennents. However, it was a stick of rock which brought fame to the family in 1845 when Mr Quiggin's daughter presented it to Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert when he visited the Isle of Man. This is thought to have been the very first recorded stick of lettered rock and bore the words 'Welcome Prince Albert to Mona' along with the motif of the 'Three Legs of Man' thoughout its centre.
Of the four Quiggin sons who were involved in the business, one moved to Kendal in 1872 and started making confectionery, developing the world famous Kendal Mint Cake in 1880.
The secret recipe behind the success of Quiggin's Kendal Mint Cake has changed very little down the years. Renowned for it's energy-giving properties it has always been sought after by walkers, cyclists, sailors, all kinds of sportsmen and women, as well as famous mountaineers and explorers. In fact Quiggin's Kendal Mint Cake has been taken up the highest mountain in the world (Everest, 1975 by Bonnington) and down the world's deepest pothole, called 'Everestin Reverse', Papua New Guinea 1975.
Quiggin were the first to cover Mint Cake in chocolate and as a result have developed awide range of hand-crafted chocolate products, as well as their famous Cumberland Rum and Brandy Butters.
Demand for Quiggin's superior products has led them to export to countries as diverse as the US, New Zealand, Australia and several European countries.
Today, the Quiggin family continue to preserve their inherent tradition of the finest quality products, efficient service, and personal supervision of the manufacturing process which was established over 150 years ago by their ancestor Mr William Quiggin.
