The Anzac biscuit is a sweet biscuit, popular in Australia and New Zealand, made using rolled oats, flour, sugar, butter (or margarine), golden syrup, baking soda, boiling water and optionally desiccated coconut.

[13] The first recorded instance of the combination of the name "Anzac biscuit" and the recipe now associated with it was found in Adelaide dating to "either late 1919 or early 1920".

[5][14] Another early recipe for the Anzac biscuit dates back to 1921, published in an Australian newspaper called The Argus.

[citation needed] Special collectors old-style biscuit tins with World War military artwork are usually produced in the lead up to Anzac Day and sold in supermarkets, in addition to the standard plastic packets available all year.

[22] Variations of recipes posted on social media or written in cookbooks that merely include Anzac biscuits are excluded from regulations.

[22] As a result of the restrictions on the recipe, the Subway chain of restaurants dropped the biscuit from their menu in September 2008.