Quiggin's is a confectionery producer, and the oldest surviving manufacturer of Kendal Mint Cake.
In 1847, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Ramsey, and were greeted by William Quiggin,[2] whose daughter presented Albert with a stick of rock with the words "Welcome Prince Albert to Mona" along with the Manx triskelion throughout its centre, and is regarded by some as the first lettered rock.
[4] Manufacture of Kendal Mint Cake began soon after (although the product was invented by Wiper's in 1869).
[5][6] In 1975 Quiggin's became the first to cover their mint cake in chocolate, and the same year, Sir Chris Bonington took Quiggin's Kendal Mint Cake on his ascent of Mount Everest.
Quiggin's Kendal Mint Cake accompanied the first successful non-mechanised Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1990.