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Do you remember this 80’s biscuit ?

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DustyLee123 · 05/05/2023 21:43

It was in a tin, the type you get at Xmas. It was a round shortbread type biscuit with a disc of pink icing in the middle ?
Does anyone remember what the brand was ?

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MyEyesAreBleeding · 06/05/2023 07:29

DustyLee123 · 06/05/2023 06:57

Maybe it was this as it’s the right type of bis, and the icing is sat inside the biscuit.
We had good biscuits back I the day ! Do you remember the oblong biscuit with marshmallow, jam and coconut on top ? Loved them.

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Kimberly mikado jam mallows. Although I'm in Belfast so you might know them as a different name

www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/272322934

Bigminnie1 · 06/05/2023 07:34

Maybe my mum bought the bran biscuits in Asda- although I am sure we didn't get that until the late 80s. I am known for liking weird food😂

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DustyLee123 · 06/05/2023 08:20

MyEyesAreBleeding · 06/05/2023 07:29

Kimberly mikado jam mallows. Although I'm in Belfast so you might know them as a different name

www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/272322934

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I can’t remember what they were called, but that’s them !

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LadyPenelope68 · 06/05/2023 08:50

DustyLee123 · 06/05/2023 08:20

I can’t remember what they were called, but that’s them !

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You can get them in Tesco!

pyjamalife · 06/05/2023 10:11

That's weird. I was thinking of them when I read your post but they're nothing like you describe so wouldn't post them.

pyjamalife · 06/05/2023 10:12

(I also obsess over these from time to time, was so happy when I remembered them)

tregunamekoidestrecorumsatisdee · 06/05/2023 10:24

You can get Mikados in most shops in ROI still

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DustyLee123 · 06/05/2023 11:38

pyjamalife · 06/05/2023 10:11

That's weird. I was thinking of them when I read your post but they're nothing like you describe so wouldn't post them.

If you’re talking about the oblong biscuit with the marshmallow/jam/coconut, that’s a different biscuit

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TheApplianceofScience · 06/05/2023 11:43

Mik a doos…….IYKYK.😀

Modda · 06/05/2023 11:44

Evenstar · 05/05/2023 22:28

They were in Family Circle biscuit assortments, the one on the left of this picture. They were delicious, my brother would try and take them all.

It's this one! I remember it. It wasn't hated like icing. You could scrape the pink stuff with your teeth.

Thirdsummerofourdiscontent · 06/05/2023 11:50

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iced_VoVo
Ive seen copycat recipes for this

Iced VoVo - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iced_VoVo

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DustyLee123 · 06/05/2023 13:50

Modda · 06/05/2023 11:44

It's this one! I remember it. It wasn't hated like icing. You could scrape the pink stuff with your teeth.

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I think you’re right, but why can’t I remember the coconut 🤷🏼‍♀️

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pyjamalife · 06/05/2023 13:59

Ahh ok yeah I meant them. I love them! Have you tried it?

MyEyesAreBleeding · 06/05/2023 14:24

BunnyFun · 06/05/2023 11:46

It's gonna be stuck with me for days 🎶 😂.

jabbajabbafunday · 06/05/2023 16:22

@DustyLee123 I'm confused now! Did you identify them in the end?

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DustyLee123 · 06/05/2023 17:28

Evenstar · 05/05/2023 22:28

They were in Family Circle biscuit assortments, the one on the left of this picture. They were delicious, my brother would try and take them all.

The closest biscuit is this one on the left, but I don’t remember it having coconut on it.

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Picoloangel · 06/05/2023 17:41

@DustyLee123 i don’t remember the coconut either but that’s the biscuit I was thinking of you when I saw your post.

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DustyLee123 · 06/05/2023 21:39

Picoloangel · 06/05/2023 17:41

@DustyLee123 i don’t remember the coconut either but that’s the biscuit I was thinking of you when I saw your post.

So it’s not just me !

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DustyLee123 · 07/05/2023 17:09

They aren’t the same, but I’ll have to try them !

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Mamette · 07/05/2023 17:18

We had good biscuits back I the day ! Do you remember the oblong biscuit with marshmallow, jam and coconut on top ? Loved them

They are in my cupboard right now. Kimberley Mikados. Real name Mikados (I think).

They jam is different in them these days though, well it still was the last time I had one 4 years ago
<shakes fist at gluten intolerance >

ComputerInitiateJump · 07/05/2023 22:44

I've had nearly a whole pack of Toffypops today. Best biscuits ever and quite underrated I think!

PriamFarrl · 07/05/2023 22:48

minisoksmakehardwork · 05/05/2023 22:31

I've circled the one I think it is. I have fond memories of these. They came variously as a 2 or 3 stripe if I remember correctly. Crawfords has been taken over by Mcvities and they've changed a lot of their biscuits. I can no longer get the pink wafers I like :(

That’s the one I thought of. Same hard icing as a party ring.

BillyNighysWife · 07/05/2023 22:50

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