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The only way to eat a tunnocks teacake

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thebitchinghour · 16/09/2024 18:03

Is biscuit first, take a slow lick out of the inside and then smash the rest all at once.

My husband says it's indecent.

This is the only way, surely?

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thebitchinghour · 16/09/2024 21:52

canwestopwiththenameshaming · 16/09/2024 21:50

I do a variety depending on my mood. Sometimes biscuit last, sometimes biscuit first, but always lick out the marshmallow!
I shape the wrapper into a turtle shape when I'm done and never eat my teacake in one bite cos then it's gone too soon.
At Christmas top with a little melted white chocolate and add fondant berries and leaves then set in the fridge to make little Christmas pudding teacakes! Or cover in melted white chocolate and add blobs of melted milk or dark choc to make little snowman teacakes. Halloween variants possible too. I want teacakes now.

Yes! A teacake for all seasons 🎅🏻 ☃️ 🎃

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canwestopwiththenameshaming · 16/09/2024 21:50

I do a variety depending on my mood. Sometimes biscuit last, sometimes biscuit first, but always lick out the marshmallow!
I shape the wrapper into a turtle shape when I'm done and never eat my teacake in one bite cos then it's gone too soon.
At Christmas top with a little melted white chocolate and add fondant berries and leaves then set in the fridge to make little Christmas pudding teacakes! Or cover in melted white chocolate and add blobs of melted milk or dark choc to make little snowman teacakes. Halloween variants possible too. I want teacakes now.

EdithStourton · 16/09/2024 21:46

Entire top in one go, then the biscuit.
And then another one.

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thebitchinghour · 16/09/2024 21:39

BugBugTheTornado · 16/09/2024 20:59

Smack it whilst still in the wrapper, squishing it flat - bonus points if you can also smack someone else's 😁

They're called 'squashies' in our house

What the fuck. It's not a chocolate orange for Christ sake. Treat it with dignity.

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thebitchinghour · 16/09/2024 21:37

InMySpareTime · 16/09/2024 21:06

Tunnocks tea cakes are (anecdotally) on the "no fly list" of banned substances on RAF aircraft because of explosion issues.

I'm team "Teacake lick" biscuit first, lick out the marshmallow then break off bits of chocolate.
Fold the foil into an aeroplane shape and throw it as far as possible.
I don't care who's watching, if they serve tunnocks teacakes they deserve to watch how I eat them. The more shocked they are, the more I look them in the face while I lick out every last morsel of marshmallow.

🤤

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Wonkywinky · 16/09/2024 21:37

Open mouth... Throw it in ..gone

User050105 · 16/09/2024 21:34

BruceAndNosh · 16/09/2024 19:20

I can't remember the name of the Northern Irish 'tunnocks' we had as a child but way my sisters and I ate them was...
Use left hand to lift fringe clear of forehead.
Use right hand to firmly knock dome of tea cake on forehead. Hard enough to crack the chocolate shell but light enough to avoid mallow explosion.
Pick off chocolate.
Then eat mallow second, and biscuit last.

You're welcome

My pal from Belfast eats them this way too. I thought she was the only one

AyrshireTryer · 16/09/2024 21:24

You freeze them, of course?

tsmainsqueeze · 16/09/2024 21:24

Two bites in polite company , in whole when alone , could probably eat at least 6 in one session.

HappiestSleeping · 16/09/2024 21:10

Youwantoborrowit · 16/09/2024 18:10

Several bites in company. Stuff it all in in one of on my own 😂😂😂

This 👆

UhHuhHuH · 16/09/2024 21:10

InMySpareTime · 16/09/2024 21:06

Tunnocks tea cakes are (anecdotally) on the "no fly list" of banned substances on RAF aircraft because of explosion issues.

I'm team "Teacake lick" biscuit first, lick out the marshmallow then break off bits of chocolate.
Fold the foil into an aeroplane shape and throw it as far as possible.
I don't care who's watching, if they serve tunnocks teacakes they deserve to watch how I eat them. The more shocked they are, the more I look them in the face while I lick out every last morsel of marshmallow.

I think their tagline should be t’ick’le a teacake.

UhHuhHuH · 16/09/2024 21:08

You want to know about the psyche of a nation, ask people to describe how they eat snacks.

I’m shocked at some of the disclosures.

notacooldad · 16/09/2024 21:07

Chocolate first
Then the mallow and then give biscuit to the dog.

InMySpareTime · 16/09/2024 21:06

Tunnocks tea cakes are (anecdotally) on the "no fly list" of banned substances on RAF aircraft because of explosion issues.

I'm team "Teacake lick" biscuit first, lick out the marshmallow then break off bits of chocolate.
Fold the foil into an aeroplane shape and throw it as far as possible.
I don't care who's watching, if they serve tunnocks teacakes they deserve to watch how I eat them. The more shocked they are, the more I look them in the face while I lick out every last morsel of marshmallow.

oObyeOo · 16/09/2024 21:05

I just shove the whole thing in at once

AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 16/09/2024 21:02

@thebitchinghour thank you for entertaining me with your posts 😂 I particularly liked the dog reincarnation one but all of them have made me properly LOL. Or maybe SOL (snigger).

I should have said eat the chocolate dome after levering it off, obviously. Skilled gourmands will do all this with their tongues.

BugBugTheTornado · 16/09/2024 20:59

Smack it whilst still in the wrapper, squishing it flat - bonus points if you can also smack someone else's 😁

They're called 'squashies' in our house

PineappleRingpiece · 16/09/2024 20:54

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H0rseCulture · 16/09/2024 20:51

Leave unwrapped on a super sonic jet fighter

The marshmallow will expand

AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 16/09/2024 20:49

I have no problem with your way but mine is:

  1. Make a small breach in the chocolate and then lever off the whole dome.
  2. Lick off the dome of marshmallow.
  3. Eat the biscuit layer.
Gowlett · 16/09/2024 20:47

All elements together, bite in from the side.
Must be cold & crisp fro the fridge.

M&S, lovely as they are, aren’t comparable.
Tunnocks Teacakes are uniquely delicious!

MotherOfVizslas · 16/09/2024 20:47

I'm with you OP!

Ohshandy · 16/09/2024 20:47

I wish they made a full chocolate bar with the soft bit inside a Tunnocks tea cake I absolutely love it.

same with walnut whips I bite the bottom off and lick all the good stuff out 🤣

BiscuitlyBoyle · 16/09/2024 20:46

TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 16/09/2024 18:08

Yabu. The M&S ones are FAR superior.

The M&S ones aren’t vegetarian, tunnocks are. So it’s Tunnocks only for me and they don’t sell them on Ocado.

HansHolbein · 16/09/2024 20:44

I just put the whole thing in my mouth.