What’s the best British biscuit?

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Significant_Put_34@reddit

My goodness, you little dare devil, risking putting something like this on reddit! I cna already feel a few fights kicking off!

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Disastrous_Fill_5566@reddit

I had one about an hour ago, thinking that they were basically the pinnacle of human civilization.

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zibafu@reddit

Any hobnob, purely because they are the sas of biscuits, dip them in your coffee and they will never yield!!

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miggleb@reddit

Dip me again or I'll drink the bastard

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stonewallgamer@reddit

It wouldn't surprise me if it was both but now you've said Peter Kay I think you're right

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Good_Ad_1386@reddit

Hell, yeah. Plain Hobnobs, though, are the ideal platform for soft cheeses.

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BillyBlaze314@reddit

Chocolate hobnobs in the red corner, chocolate malted milk in the blue corner. And it's a 12 round match.

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Kian-Tremayne@reddit

Even better - the limited edition sticky toffee pudding hobnobs that need to make a return.

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Redhosky@reddit

Agree. ...unless we're talking individually wrapped biscuits. In which case I put forward Fox's Classic.

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Double-Use4816@reddit

Just got some in today, my absolute fave.

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Pukit@reddit

Could do a milk choc packet in a single sitting right now.

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cyanicpsion@reddit

Isn't that the serving size they come in.

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wosmo@reddit

Chocolate hobnobs dipped in black coffee. Enough that the chocolate gets a little melty, not long enough to lose structure.

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TrackNinetyOne@reddit

And if we're accepting variants the fully coated one was even greater

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jbkb1972@reddit

Came here to say that, there really is no contest.

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Shoddy-Wind-8891@reddit

No love for lemon puffs, in a nice way

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mkeytail@reddit

rich tea, dunk it so it turns to jelly, then you have the parlour game of transporting it from the cup to mouth without it splitting off and causing a splash

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Logical-Track1405@reddit

Mcvities Milk Chocolate Digestive Is the only answer 😋

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CobaltOkk@reddit

These tasty bastards it is. Problem is, I can’t stop at one!

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Dense_Wave9543@reddit

Snacksident* waiting to happen.

*you open the packet and five minutes later…. they be gone. 😳

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Xerothor@reddit

I could eat a pack a day. Tend not to buy them too often now lmao

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bearbfc@reddit

Chocolate hobnobs are the one but been mentioned already

Used to love a good old pack of Maryland cookies when i wqs younger.

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Ulleskelf@reddit

When I give blood, I’m disappointed if that’s not a biscuits choice to have with your post-donation cuppa.

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drifter129@reddit

Custard Creams??? Pah!!! Peasant's biscuit!!

Has to be foxes crunch creams.

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FracturedMoonlights@reddit

Somebody trying to be more posh than what he/she already is 🤣🤣

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robfuscate@reddit

Further down the list than I thought, but, yes! This!

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LoudCar7846@reddit

Sold in the biscuit aisle and classified as Biscuits by HMRC, but subject to zero-rated VAT, refer to section 3.4.2 Biscuits: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/food-products-and-vat-notice-70114

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wosmo@reddit

Curious - the famous 1991 case found that they were cakes. Has that changed?

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LoudCar7846@reddit

A cake is zero-rated VAT even if it is covered in chocolate, whereas a biscuit is standard-rated VAT if wholly or partly covered in chocolate.

So the 1991 tribunal found Jaffa cakes had characteristics of both cakes and biscuits, but the tribunal thought they had enough characteristics of cakes to be accepted as such, and they were therefore zero-rated.

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/vat-food/vfood6260

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Harvest_Moon_Cat@reddit

I once had a job where I paid expenses claims from our regional offices, and I would have to call them and ask if the biscuits they'd purchased for hospitality meetings had chocolate on or not. Then explain I wasn't being petty, or health shaming them, I just needed to know for tax reasons. But if it was Jaffa Cakes, that made a difference.

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balf999@reddit

This is the correct answer (and thanks for the link). You're previous post implied the opposite.

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Fun_Department_7643@reddit

Are we dunking or not? Dunking needs a hobnob, a non dunker is say a dark chocolate digestive

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wineallwine@reddit

Who doesn't dunk? I would never have a biscuit without dunking

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Flat_Tie4090@reddit

So you don't do rich tea then.

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wineallwine@reddit

Indeed I don't

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Flat_Tie4090@reddit

Neither do I. Nobody needs a pile of soggy biscuit in their mug.

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ValidGarry@reddit

Dunking king is ginger nut. Anything else is misinformation.

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Flat_Tie4090@reddit

Dunking king is indeed the ginger nut, but custard creams are good for a quick dunk.

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Fun_Department_7643@reddit

Ooooo yes, I concede, you are in fact correct

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ValidGarry@reddit

I mean, I'm being very specific for the dunking role here. This is a niche application of this biscuit for it to be bestest.

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Internal_Cat_4525@reddit

Bourbon creams

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buzzfrightyears@reddit

Custard Creams

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libertyyyx@reddit

Can’t beat a rich tea 🙂‍↔️

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Flat_Tie4090@reddit

Unsuitable for dunking. Instant mush.

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Jazzlike-Basil1355@reddit

Rich Tea is the unsung hero

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Flat_Tie4090@reddit

Rubbish for dunking.

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calvortex@reddit

Orange Club

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Flat_Tie4090@reddit

Not since they replaced chocolate with chocolate flavour, penguin did it too.

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Double-Use4816@reddit

A standard occupant of my 1980s school lunchbox :)

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skibbin@reddit

Ginger nuts. The cheaper and snappier the better.

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wineallwine@reddit

And you can dunk a ginger nut 3 or 4 times and it will handle it.

A milk tea would melt after a very quick dunk

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GreyStagg@reddit

Ginger nuts are THE dipping biscuit

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Flat_Tie4090@reddit

Dunking is pretty much essential, potential teeth breaker without a good dunk.

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Flat_Tie4090@reddit

M&S all butter sultana cookies.

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Mental_Body_5496@reddit

Foxes Chrunch creams or ginger nuts

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I-am-an-Egg1@reddit

A soggy one

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flinstoneguy55@reddit

Malted milk

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laurelgod@reddit

Anyone who says anything other than bourbon is lying to themselves

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Character_Ad5286@reddit

Chocolate hob nob

Foxed crunch cream

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Lympwing2@reddit

Caramel Digestive is up there

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Dazz316@reddit

I love digestives and chocolate ones, but the caramel ones are all mushy

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Dangerous-Web-1962@reddit

Fox's Crunch Cream, any.other answer will be disregarded...

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Fine-State8014@reddit

Borders dark chocolate gingers

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thickwhiteduck@reddit

Agreed. Also the raspberry one’s a close second.

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D0wnInAlbion@reddit

Elite biscuit.

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MacaroonSad8860@reddit

yup

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Substantial_Hour9500@reddit

I ate a whole pack on a five minute drive back to my house

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Fine-State8014@reddit

I told my wife I got her some as a present and then I ate 5 of them. In my defence she was still left with some

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MarkWrenn74@reddit

Oh, baby, now you're talking 😋

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15926028@reddit (OP)

I’ll go first - Golden Crunch Creams

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Rareboy7500@reddit

Nailed it. First time 👊

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DueInitial2944@reddit

Too sweet

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upstanding_pillar@reddit

Delicious but a very quick dipper. Too quick.

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Longjumping_Hand_225@reddit

I disagree. I think they're the perfect dip for me. Ideal size for a down in one. Dipping transit is rapid, yes, but the saturation level is very satisfying. Just don't dally.

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-MARMITEnTOAST-@reddit

Very nice but too small for dunking. And expensive.

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Nigelb72@reddit

Ooooh they're good but not as versatile as a choccy hobnob...

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Difficult-Post-3320@reddit

Malted milk

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Dense_Wave9543@reddit

I see your malted milk and raise you a chocolate malted milk.

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Difficult-Post-3320@reddit

Not tried those yet, saw some in Aldi so will treat myself.

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MisabelWearsNikes@reddit

A kindred soul

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nick-nic@reddit

Custard cream is my go to but also digestives and milk hobnob

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Tonybeetswannabe@reddit

Boring I know

Ginger Nuts - good dunker nice spicy ginger

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Reasonable_Boot_4167@reddit

Hear me out… M&S Redcurrant Puffs

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missingpieces82@reddit

I’m going out on a limb… nice biscuits. Stark contrast to the usual “chocolate hobnobs” or “chocolate digestive”.

I’m also partial to a custard cream and rich tea.

Quite frankly, if it’s a biscuit, I’ll bloody eat it. Except fig rolls. Fucking hate them.

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Obsidian-Phoenix@reddit

Jesus Christ. Are you trying to start a war!?

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GarageFlower14@reddit

Custard cream

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No-Championship5248@reddit

Dark chocolate digestives that have been in the fridge.

Strong contenders are shortbread, chocolate hobnobs and jammie dodgers.

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FearlessBanana81@reddit

Cadbury Finger, or any cookie you can warm up to be soft hand have melty bits of chocolate.

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crazy_catlady-81@reddit

Fox's butter crunch

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Icy_Meringue_5534@reddit

Abernethy.

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squeakypeaks@reddit

Happy faces. Time to close the comments.

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No-Snow-9605@reddit

Why do the same questions keep repeating?

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Peteat6@reddit

Sainsbury’s taste the difference shortbread.

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Peteat6@reddit

Fox’s pistachio

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Chemical-Grade5137@reddit

Plain digestive

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JCDU@reddit

Bourbons

DARK chocolate digestives

DARK chocolate hobnobs

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Brontosaurus_rider@reddit

Why are custard creams not getting the recognition they deserve?!

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JCDU@reddit

Because Bourbons exist?

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blackiegray@reddit

The humble rich tea.

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Deep_Chemistry_8219@reddit

Ginger nuts or hobnobs!!!

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Massive-Incident-932@reddit

dark chocolate digestives.

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G4HDU@reddit

Dark chocolate hob nob

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FishermanAccurate425@reddit

Why in the fuck did I read this as hair cut?

My answer is still grade zero/skinhead

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masha1901@reddit

Chocolate Custard Cream from M&S

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PossibleGlad7290@reddit

Chocolate Malted Milks

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Dense_Wave9543@reddit

God level

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RaggamuffinTW8@reddit

My favourite is plain digestives

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Dense_Wave9543@reddit

With jan and butter.

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Sparkz1873@reddit

Nice or Nice,however you say it.

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Mindless-Thanks7114@reddit

Hobnobs with no chocolate on at all. Damn you fancy pants chocolate lovers.

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sock_cooker@reddit

Yes, but with dairylea and strawberry jam

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Mindless-Thanks7114@reddit

You have unlocked a memory for me. digestive biscuits with butter on, God level.

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chrishemsworthsvest@reddit

Even better with cream cheese.

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Mindless-Thanks7114@reddit

Oh my, I have to try that.

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sock_cooker@reddit

I make my own strawberry jam with tonka beans, it makes the best cheesecake

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Mindless-Thanks7114@reddit

Good for you!

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Defiant-Eagle-3288@reddit

Yeah I love chocolate on a digestible but it does nothing to improve upon the perfection that a hobnob already is.

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Mindless-Thanks7114@reddit

I love chocolate hobnobs and digestives but not to dip in tea. ')

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FancyAd3942@reddit

Digestives- chocolate Ofc

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Dry-Explanation6521@reddit

Garibaldi

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Paperopiero@reddit

Why I had to scroll this far to find a comment worth upvoting? Of course Garibaldi is the best

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HRHKarlFranz@reddit

Custard Creams.

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Carelink41@reddit

Malted milks

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open-perception4@reddit

Oat and raisin from sainsburys, closely followed by chocolate hobnobs. 👍

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yetichris@reddit

Fig rolls and shortbread with hob nobs third

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waggers5@reddit

Custard cream. Unless you count shortbread, but that's too good to be categorised as a biscuit

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Chimpstrider@reddit

Custard creams. But I'd have to add the simple classic that is shortbread to the list

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retiredblade@reddit

Chocolate hobnob

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cariadbach64@reddit

Chocolate hobnob

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Chibi_Panda2@reddit

Chocolate hobnobs or chocolate shortbread viennese whirls

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Double-elephant@reddit

Barmouth. God, I miss them.

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EUskeptik@reddit

McVities Milk Chocolate Digestives. ✅

(not a HobNobs fan, sorry)

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Wrong_Duty7043@reddit

Try m&s version, blows McVitties out of the water

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EUskeptik@reddit

I shall, thanks for the recommendation! 👍

I’ve been buying the McVities original for 50 years. Perhaps it’s time for a change?

I bought some M&S all butter shortbread fingers yesterday, haven’t tried them yet. 🙏

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Willing-Confusion-56@reddit

Chocolate hob nob. End of.

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HotButteredBagel@reddit

Easter biscuits at primary school in the 80s.

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YorkshireDrifter@reddit

Bpthams of Whitby's "Coconut and Stem Ginger" .

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AndrewHinds67@reddit

Chocolate Hob Nobs.

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LayeredHalo3851@reddit

Idk what they're called but the cream sandwich biscuits you get in the fox's selection box

There's a chocolate variant too but let's be honest, chocolate flavoured stuff is never actually better (digestives and the like don't count because they're chocolate coated, not flavoured)

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BuncleCar@reddit

Marie biscuits + hot tea

Marie is pronounced Marry, btw, not marEE. It does affect the flavour quite a lot, the name :)(

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ozzieowl@reddit

Someone wants to watch the world
Burn

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jampman31@reddit

Custard cream

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wjp666@reddit

Garibaldi!

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Wrong_Duty7043@reddit

Chocolate covered malted milk.

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Toc13s@reddit

Depends why you're eating it.

A good dunker is not necessarily the best eater

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wosmo@reddit

not sure I agree. I can inhale chocolate hobnobs with or without a cup of coffee. Either way, the only thing wrong with them is that they go a pack in one sitting.

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Toc13s@reddit

But they're crap as a dunker. Little bits fall off & sink to the bottom of the mug to make a horrible sludge

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iamBASKone@reddit

As a painter and decorator, I can honestly say, I've never drunk the bottom of a cuppa.

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inide@reddit

Theres a rule in my house.
If you don't finish a cuppa, you don't get another.

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inide@reddit

Shortbread for eating, custard cream for dunking.

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inide@reddit

Shortbread, followed by custard creams.

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Flickywoo@reddit

I’m sat next to a box of broken biscuits, it’s full of crunch creams, custard creams and some delicious chocolate sandwich biscuits.

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Sxn747Strangers@reddit

I’m torn between custard creams and bourbons on any given day but if we’re going all out then it’s jammy dodgers.

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Prestigious_Fix_5948@reddit

Garibaldis

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DesperateAlfalfa2751@reddit

Milk chocolate digestives followed by Bourbon biscuits

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W00GA@reddit

there isnt 1

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biggooner1989@reddit

Custard Creams - final answer

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feeb75@reddit

McVitties Dark Chocolate Digestives

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shinymcshine1990@reddit

Trying to invite a civil war over here

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fsanotherone@reddit

Tunnocks Caramel Wafer.

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wineallwine@reddit

Absolutely fabulous but not a biscuit

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Spooky_L@reddit

Cadbury chocolate fingers - there I said it.

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skibbin@reddit

I think the problem there is if you allow something totally covered in chocolate into the biscuit category, that allows a Tunnocks Teacake in.

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wineallwine@reddit

It would allow a twix in. Ludicrous.

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wineallwine@reddit

Doesn't count. I - as someone with absolutely no authority - declare that a biscuit requires at least one free edge of biscuit

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Green_Sprout@reddit

Farley's Rusk... If you haven't had one as an adult I implore you to go treat yourself.

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Old_Bean_72@reddit

2 or 3 of these in a bowl, add milk, devour.

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wineallwine@reddit

This is my plan for dinner tomorrow

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Green_Sprout@reddit

Break em up into cereal sized bites... Bliss.

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CarrotBusiness6255@reddit

Them foxes ginger crunch creams , superb

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ValidGarry@reddit

Wisdom and an educated palate right here.

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CarrotBusiness6255@reddit

Has to be the ginger ones too , not any other variation

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wineallwine@reddit

Nah nah nah, the golden crunch creams are good too (perhaps not as good but still good)

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ValidGarry@reddit

I agree, but could be swayed in the moment.

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CarrotBusiness6255@reddit

Pretty sure it was foxes who also did a very large ginger biscuit at one point and they were break your teeth hard , big fan of those too but I’ve not seen them in a while.

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fairenufff@reddit

Scottish Shortbread is the best biscuit I have ever tasted. There are other good biscuits but not in the same league as shortbread I think.

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mearnsgeek@reddit

Abernethy biscuits

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freebiscuit2002@reddit

McVitie's Milk Chocolate Digestive is the only correct answer.

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NorthWishbone7543@reddit

Ringtones Ginger Snap Biscuits.

The immortal dunker, you can dip them into your tea for a week and they won't break.

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Sonarthebat@reddit

Omg, yes!

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CosetElement-Ape71@reddit

That's a very limiting game ... and one that you should not play!

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Hando_88_@reddit

Chocolate Hobnobs the king of biscuits.

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fanacapoopan@reddit

Ginger snaps.

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pattybutty@reddit

Custard cream. Case dismissed

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Longjumping_Hand_225@reddit

M&S Almond biscuits. Ludicrously addictive.

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Inevitable-Debt4312@reddit

Custard Creams (Morrisons)

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SportingGamer@reddit

McVitie’s chocolate biscuits with caramel. Then chocolate hobnobs Then custard creams

If McVitie’s were to create a hybrid of a chocolate hobnob with caramel, I may have to rethink my list

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No-Beautiful-1700@reddit

Fruit shortcake

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Cannibal-Xerox@reddit

Fig roll

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Brontosaurus_rider@reddit

Who hurt you?

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MisabelWearsNikes@reddit

😂

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MisabelWearsNikes@reddit

Malted Milk

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Jemima_puddledook678@reddit

I’m a big milk chocolate digestive man.

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Coolnamesarehard@reddit

Dark chocolate digestive

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-MARMITEnTOAST-@reddit

Oaties, knock-off hobhobs, plain ones >>> chocolate because palm oil, they taste weird.

Superior dunking abilities as well.

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Srddrs@reddit

Dark chocolate digestives

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Xenozip3371Alpha@reddit

Either Chocolate Bourbons or Custard Creams

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Wonderful_Falcon_318@reddit

Can't be a chocolate biscuit, if you want chocolate, just buy a var of chocolate. Should be plain Hob Nob or Abbey Crunch if they still did it.

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Slight_Jello1012@reddit

Jammy dodger its not up for debate

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zeprfrew@reddit

Caramel digestives. Sheer heaven.

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South-Bottle-3737@reddit

Malted milk or Maryland cookies are elite chocies

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Intelligent-Ear-6292@reddit

I love Fox's milk chocolate Viennese. I could demolish a pack of those in minutes.

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grandmasterbester@reddit

Custard cream

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OverCategory6046@reddit

Borders dark chocolate ginger biscuit.

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cheeseismyname@reddit

Recently tried a chocolate coated custard cream, best biscuit I have ever had

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Nervous_Tourist_8699@reddit

Depends on whether it is for dunking or plain eating

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Greatgrowler@reddit

You can always rely on a Garibaldi.

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heidivodka@reddit

For dunking ginger nuts, for decadence short bread

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Ill_Ad_791@reddit

Dark chocolate digestives

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AuroraDF@reddit

Jaffa cakes. 👍

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Monochrome247@reddit

Scotch Abernethy for me.

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SidratFlush@reddit

Free biscuits with a high quality cup of tea and conversation.

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SupervillainMustache@reddit

Others have said chocolate hobnobs. I think chocolate digestives are about as good.

I also like a classic Bourbon creme.

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mrshakeshaft@reddit

I’m struggling to pick between dark chocolate hobnobs and dark chocolate digestives

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SupervillainMustache@reddit

Depends on how long you wanna dunk.

Hobnobs will take a longer dunk, but then there is a lot more biscuit crap at the bottom of your cup.

Digestives will not last as long in a dunk, but you'll get less debris.

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chez2202@reddit

Unfortunately the best ones are no longer available.

They were called something like Butter Thins. Very thin sweet butter biscuits. If I ever find the joker who decided to discontinue these bad boys I cannot be held responsible for my actions.

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weedywet@reddit

Hobnobs.

No contest.

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