Fig Newtons - they are a brand name - are a type of fig roll manufactured by, these days, Nabisco, although originally they were made by the Kennedy Biscuit Company which later merged with the New York Biscuit Company to form Nabisco.
The Fig Newton was invented in the later 19th century. They are, as mentioned, a brand of fig roll, which is a type of biscuit or cookie - or possibly pastry, as they are made from a cake-like dough - that has been filled with fig paste.
At the time of their invention, figs - a fruit native to and popular in an area stretching from the Mediterranean to Asia - were a solution to the physician's prescription of a daily intake of fruit and biscuits to help with digestive problems; such problems were believed at the time to be the root of all illnesses.
Most fig rolls are made in the distinctive shape of the Fig Newton. The biscuit itself is named after the town of Newton, Massachusetts.
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