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How many biscuits do you eat a day, on average?

191 replies

SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter · 24/11/2025 16:05

I'm trying to be healthy(ish) so stick to 2 these days, but I've been known to clear a pack a day of the really addictive ones, like Maryland cookies, or Oreos. I don't know what they put in those things but it's very hard to stop once I start on them! Anyway, I'm intrigued to know what the national average is, roughly!

OP posts:
2old4thispoo · 24/11/2025 17:11

AFavourPlease · 24/11/2025 17:04

None, never been a huge biscuit lover. Haribo type sweets on the other hand…

I'm deeply ashamed of my absolute love of Haribo, my grandson calls them Nannys Sweets!
Grin

Yourinmyspot · 24/11/2025 17:11

Usually 2 with my one cup of tea that I have in the afternoon after work.

Unless i visit my parents when I have about four during the day.

Instructions · 24/11/2025 17:13

On an average day, 0

On a day a packet of biscuits gets opened in my presence, as many as I can before I feel sick

CarolCave · 24/11/2025 17:13

Biscuits I’ll regularly scoff the whole packet in one sitting. Ditto chocolate, crisps or cake - I’ll demolish them all. My waistline keeps getting thicker and I keep purging clothes to buy a new wardrobe the next size up, and I know I need to do something about it.

Yourinmyspot · 24/11/2025 17:13

I’ve had to stop buying the Rocky stacked ones though as they are just like the Fox’s classic ones and I love them!

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 24/11/2025 17:16

Probably something between 0.1 and 0.25.
I try to eat proper meals so I don’t feel tempted to snack. If I was polishing off whole packets I would take that as a sign that there was something terribly out of whack with my eating routine, I’ve been like that with crisps in the past.

Booksandsea · 24/11/2025 17:19

I can’t remember the last time I ate a biscuit! We have tons in the house for the kids but I genuinely never even want one. I’m massively overweight so it’s not a dieting thing; I just don’t even think about them!

whatisforteamum · 24/11/2025 17:21

Probably 4.
Rich tea or shortbread.
I don't eat lunch or breakfast though.

Pinkelephant66 · 24/11/2025 17:22

Once I eat one, the whole pack will be gone in a few hours. So if I’m trying to be good I just don’t buy them

AgnesMcDoo · 24/11/2025 17:24

None.

WellyBellyBoo · 24/11/2025 17:34

None, I do have them occasionally and will have 2-3

Tubbyinthehottub · 24/11/2025 17:37

Usually two. And a piece of cake/mince pie/similar as well as a few pieces of chocolate.

RampantIvy · 24/11/2025 17:39

SnugglyJumpersMakeItBetter · 24/11/2025 16:05

I'm trying to be healthy(ish) so stick to 2 these days, but I've been known to clear a pack a day of the really addictive ones, like Maryland cookies, or Oreos. I don't know what they put in those things but it's very hard to stop once I start on them! Anyway, I'm intrigued to know what the national average is, roughly!

None. I just don't keep biscuits in the house.

I never used to put on weight, but now I do, so I just make sure there is no temptation in the first place. I am quite greedy and if I had a packet of biscuits I particularly liked I wouldn't be able to just stop at just two biscuits.

HartleyH11 · 24/11/2025 17:40

I’ve never been into biscuits. I doubt I’ve eaten more than half a dozen in the last decade. It’s years since I last had one. The last packet of biscuits we had got thrown away because they went out of date.

PigeonsandSquirrels · 24/11/2025 17:40

I maybe have a biscuit once or twice a year tbh. It’s just not something I ever buy in and nobody in my family does either.

ChristmasTimeChristmasJoy · 24/11/2025 17:40

None. Crisps are my bad habit 😂

Ghostsghoulsteenagers · 24/11/2025 17:41

None - if bought I eat them - I make flapjacks for the kids lunches and have just eaten one of those though … so that went well

henlake7 · 24/11/2025 17:41

I usually eat between 2-4 at work but I rarely buy them at home.
TBH if I do buy a pack at home then I plan on eating the whole pack!

Spacesthatsing · 24/11/2025 17:42

None

Crystallllll · 24/11/2025 17:46

Don’t buy them. Empty calories.

luckylavender · 24/11/2025 17:47

I can’t remember the last time I ate a biscuit

Sarah2891 · 24/11/2025 17:48

None. I'm diabetic.

JLou08 · 24/11/2025 17:49

I don't eat them every day but I have also ate a full packet in one evening. So many calories in them too!

muddyford · 24/11/2025 17:51

Two, mostly plain chocolate digestives. But if I get the munchies before bed, four shortbread fingers and half a pint of cold milk.

Mabiscuit · 24/11/2025 17:52

2 biscuits usually but today I had a snack size Lidl own brand twix and kitkat in addition to my 2 jaffa cakes so I didn't do well.

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