Each cookie consists of two soft wafers made with either molasses or brown sugar, sandwiched together with jam filling.

[1] The cookies have a cakey texture and are filled with various jams, including raspberry, partridgeberry (lingonberry), bakeapple (cloudberry), or apple.

[1] Regional variations exist in both recipe and appearance, with some versions featuring a decorative hole in the top cookie to showcase the jam filling.

[1] The cookies gained widespread popularity in the 1950s when Purity Factories of St. John's, Newfoundland began mass-producing them at their new Blackmarsh Road facility.

[2] They remain one of Purity's best-selling products, alongside their Ginger Snaps, Cream Crackers, and Hard Bread.