Nilla is a brand owned by Nabisco that is most closely associated with its line of wafer biscuits. The name is a shortened version of vanilla, a flavor common to all Nilla-branded products (Nilla wafers have been flavored with synthetic vanillin since their introduction).
Nilla wafers are round wafers that are often eaten with milk as a snack. "Nilla wafer" is used colloquially as a genericized trademark for similar products. The brand was registered in the United States in 1968, having been first used in late 1967.
Several varieties of Nilla wafers are manufactured, including a reduced fat version. Nilla wafers are often used in homemade recipes as an ingredient, particularly for banana cream pie or with banana pudding. A banana-flavored Nilla wafer was also offered at one time. The wafers are also used in icebox cake which is a no bake cake made by layering wafers with cream and pudding. Nabisco also offers Nilla-branded pie crusts designed to save time for cooks who would otherwise have to crush the wafers by hand. The pie crust brand was registered in 1993. Nabisco also sponsored the "B'Nilla Bowl" game in 2001.
Briefly owned by Philip Morris, Nabisco was combined with Kraft Foods and spun off from Phillip Morris in 2007.
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