What is the most miserable biscuit in existence?

[noblegiraffe]

DH and I are not eating sweet stuff for January and today he commented that he was so fed up with it he would even want to eat a really crap biscuit, so we were debating what that would be.

He reckoned the worst biscuit would be a Nice biscuit, but I think I would much rather eat one of those than a Garibaldi.

Is there a biscuit even more disappointing, that you would be less likely to accept an offer of than a Garibaldi biscuit?

@CurryandSnuggle
Seriously? Party rings are magical in my opinion. They help me with my migraines. The pink and yellow ones are particularly effective.
Can't believe you don't like party rings. I have an emergency packet by my bed in case migraine strikes at night.

I’m going to have to leave. I can’t understand what you are all saying. I love all biscuits.

I feel out of my depth here. I absolutely love Garabaldis. Squashed fly biscuits we call them. What’s going on, is this thread a prank?

Biscuits are amazing!!

Biscuits just taste of unfulfilled potential - they came so close to being cake

It's clearly rich tea

Butter the Rich Teas and come back then and tell me what you think.

Rich Tea. They're the passive aggressive biscuit, the "I'm obligated to put a biscuit on a plate but you don't deserve anything better than this" biscuit. If Disappointment were a biscuit, it would be a Rich Tea.

Those rectangular sports biscuits with a raised border. Dull, dull, dull.

Bourbon.

Miserable - Rich Tea. They taste like sweet dust.

The worst - 2nd place is Hobnobs. Vile, sickly sweet things. 1st place goes to Chocolate Hobnobs. Even sweeter, just looking at them could give you type 2 diabetes.

I love rich tea biscuits 🙈

I hate hobnobs ( don’t come for me)

Me too !

Rich tea - the bane of my childhood. Good now in some ways as husband likes them so I can buy biscuits for him knowing I won’t snack!!

This thread has cheered me up immensely. Thank you for starting it. My nomination is a stale Bourbon cream.

Another for bourbon- ugh!

Supermarket or branded digestives.

Used to be a lovely tasting biscuit, now with new palm oil etc.. recipe just taste like disappointment.

I’m starting to see why I’m so fat - I’d happily eat any of the biscuits mentioned here, and actually can’t think of one I’d turn down 🤣. If I had to vote I’d go with nice but I’d still happily eat half a pack of them!

This is the most British thread I've read in a while 😃

So I'm going to have to call on any Saffers present. Is a Rich Tea the same as a Marie biscuit? (I am assuming so as they are pretty boring on their own).

They are the best to make a Smore though (toasted marshmallow and two biscuits squished either side)

I can't say I buy biscuits all that often. But then I really also only drink tea in winter.

But I still vote for Rich tea aka Marie as the most boring.

Bourbon and custard creams are also disgusting 🤢. Even the smell of a bourbon eww

Rich tea, yuck. Nothing rich about it. I’d rather go without. Garibaldis are even worse. I hate raisins though.

Absolutely love a chocolate hob nob. Never buy them because I can’t trust myself with them 😢

Oreo's I loath them and the freaky foamy middles. And totally disappointing due to heavy marketing a few years back.

Lemon puffs - who thought that putting lemon cream between soft cream crackers was a good idea.

What's with the Bourbon hatred here? They are the King of Biscuits.

I really like Rich Tea, there’s something about the plainness and dryness that suits my palate! Mine would be those thin round biscuits with the bits of current in. I don’t dislike them per se, but they’re a bit blah.

Anything supermarket own brand, they never taste the same as originals

I remember arrowroot biscuits from my childhood. Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down describes them as "a really hard, dry and generally hostile Rich Tea." Also "Adding arrowroot to biscuits seems to act a bit like adding cement, or perhaps plaster of paris." This tallies with what little I recall as my main memory is of turning them down.

Close behind would be, in no particular order, lincoln, marie and shorties.

The Hovis digestives need a really salty cheese and then they're perfect!