What madness is this (biscuit related)

[Sprogonthetyne]

DH of many years, who I previously believed was an entirely sensible person, has today described chocolate digestives as have chocolate on the bottom & writing on top. To me this is madness, and the chocolate is clearly on the top.

Who is eating their biscuits upside-down?

Absolutely!

I don't!

Chocolate is on top and the writing is on the bottom!

For the purposes of eating the chocolate is uppermost.

HOWEVER

If you were putting plain digestives on a plate wouldn’t the side with the writing on be the top? In which case where does the chocolate go? On the bottom.

You are a GENIUS!

The way they're packed suggests the chocolate is on the top. That's certainly how I eat them.

I like to pile blue cheese on to the plain chocolate of the digestive,

Ok Heston Blumenthal, calm down!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sooo . . . .do the rules change if you hang upside down suspended by your ankles? Does the chocolate top/bottom eating method reverse?

I'm not up to the experiment but younger fitter people could carry this forward.

Tricky to drink your brew mind,

It’s been two and a half weeks since I read this thread and I’m still thinking about it. Every time I have a chocolate digestive (like right now) I don’t know what the top is anymore. My whole life is a lie 😂

It's OK. There is a solution. Just move to a proper biscuit (custard cream) and it's absolutely obvious which way up it goes.

The days of bad digestives will soon be behind you 😉

I actually don’t even love chocolate digestives. They’re ok.. They’re just what’s in the cupboard and I’m so sleep deprived due to my 15 month old’s hand foot and mouth that anything carby and chocolatey is a winner right now😂

a PROPER biscuit is those Borders dark chocolate gingers. God‘s own biscuit.

You're supposed to, to avoid crumbs...

My apologies

Someone online emailed Mcvites with the same question, this was their answer ⬇️

so LTB and boycott digestives because they are both wrong

Chocolate is clearly on the bottom. The writing is on the top. The mumsnet consensus has never been more wrong.

Fully covered is the way to go.

Oh, you're raising the stakes.

I will see your Borders dark chocolate gingers, and raise you a Fox's Golden Crunch Cream!

I actually wrote to mcvities years ago about this. They say you should eat them with the chocolate facing down. This is because your taste buds are on your tongue and you get instant chocolate hit. I thought it's madness, but it makes sense.

@HappiestSleeping also a classic. You have good biscuit taste my friend

Oh my god! I'm sat here now having an existential biscuit crisis from reading your post and some replies. Initially I would have agreed with you, choc is on top. But now my mind is blown as a plain digestive is eaten writing side up! I need time to process all of this.

Take that time. Make tea, and eat biscuits during said time. If possible, without interruption, so that full reflection can take place.

Chocolate on top!

According to my DP....after some deliberation ...it's all on how you hold them. Apparently if you hold them chocolate side up you run the risk of getting chocolate on up to three fingers....chocolate side down...only your thumb . I suppose it all depends on how many digits you want to lick.😃

Christ - biscuit eating must be fraught in your house if he's needing to grip them with 3 fingers! I either hold the sides (cos I'm a lady), or just use one finger and thumb.

And the chocolate is a topping. It's irrelevant that they put it on the bottom of the biscuit. Once they become a combined entity, the chocolate is obviously the top. Next they'll be suggesting that party rings and iced gems should be presented icing side down.

I think this is the best mumsnet thread in a while