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To ask for your biscuit recommendations?

209 replies

JontyDoggle37 · 14/10/2018 20:49

I have realised I am in a biscuit no-mans land, having eaten, but not loved many a biscuit in my time. I’m now in search of ‘the one’, the lifetime partner biscuit that only death or removal from manufacture will see us parted. I do love a proper highland shortbread, but at the same time they are just a little too plain. Chocolate covered/filled/chips is good (but please don’t recommend hobnobs, I do not have the spare time available to remove those from my teeth). Any kind of fruit filling/coating could also be interesting. In particular, these biscuits are required to go with my last tea before bed at night, and also with a coffee or two during the week when I’m working from home. So
A) AIBU to ask, and
B) what do you recommend?

OP posts:
RiverTam · 15/10/2018 07:29

Really? My aunt tried this and she said the waffle simply went soggy.

Original poster
JontyDoggle37 · 15/10/2018 07:41

Wowsers. Just checked this thread and stunned to see the breadth and depth of selection out there...my eyes have been opened. I think I may now have to embark on a year long taste test using this thread as my guide....

OP posts:
Loopytiles · 15/10/2018 07:56
Grin
MitMopse · 15/10/2018 08:11

Co op do amazing fruit oaty ones which are lush but do not stand up hugely well to dunking!

angieloumc · 15/10/2018 08:22

Borders butterscotch biscuits are amazing! I also like the milk chocolate Leibniz.

Ariela · 15/10/2018 08:33

Life has not been the same since they stopped making Abbey Crunch.

I have memories of Saturday mornings in my student years spent tinkering with bikes in a friends double garage underneath the house they all lived in, with big mugs of coffee to wash down half a packet. Abbey Crunch were tasty, crunchy and dunkable without falling to bits.
He used to smoke a pipe (because it was cheaper), so anytime I get a waft of Old Holborn I think of tinkering with bikes and Abbey Crunch biscuits. ... ... ah, nostalgia!

Well I found this recipie, and can honestly say they're just like the real thing.

LaDameAuxLicornes · 15/10/2018 08:58

Borders dark chocolate gingers, M&S extremely chocolatey in milk or white, Jules Destrooper florentines, or if I'm feeling dirty then an occasional mint Viscount.

Alicatz66 · 15/10/2018 11:00

Boasters .. The big chunky nut ones .. next ever biscuit 🍪

Alicatz66 · 15/10/2018 11:00

Best !!

YetAnotherSpartacus · 15/10/2018 13:42

I like Walker's shortbread. I know this is dull, but there you go. The homestyle ones are the best, but Petticoat Tails do remind me of my Grandma.

Stormwhale · 15/10/2018 13:43

Marks and Spencer extra chocolatey biscuits. They come in a tin, and the chocolate to biscuit ratio is just perfect in every variation contained in the tin. Man i want some now.

soveryfeckless · 15/10/2018 13:48

@forthelifeofpomme "scandal tin" has it a rude picture in the lid? Grin

I love Lotus biscuits and shortbread (all-butter only!).

shockedballoon · 15/10/2018 14:01

I've skimmed the whole thread and I don't think anyone mentioned Grandma Wilds biscuits - in particular the stem ginger and lemon. They are so, so good. Satisfyingly big as well. Crumbly, buttery, lemony and a little bit of a chew from the stem ginger. I get them from Morrisons but not sure where else has them. [http://grandmawilds.co.uk/Products/stem-ginger-lemon-cookie-5-pack/]

Tighnabruaich · 15/10/2018 14:21

Choco Leibnitz
Choco Leibnitz
Choco Leibnitz
The BEST biscuit in the whole wide world.

trippingup · 15/10/2018 14:27

Those Echo bars were wonderful. Can you still get them? Are the a biscuit or chocolate bar though?

BayTrees · 15/10/2018 14:29

Any Bahlsen but especially dark chocolate First Class. Best biscuits ever. Or possibly their Choco Liebnitz with mint chocolate topping
I am trying to lose weight and DH is not helping cos he brings me home packs of these. Lovingly meant but evilly tempting.

WorriesGalore · 15/10/2018 14:33

Elizabeth Shaw Raisin and Hazelnut.

powkin · 15/10/2018 15:38

Choco Leibnitz ARE great but can be perilous for dunking.

Waitrose 1 Belgian Dark Chocolate Ginger Thins - could eat about 1000 of these but too few in a pack, too expensive and too addictive for me to buy regularly

Used to love the M&S ultimate milk chocolate ones but I feel M&S has gone downhill in recent years with their chocolate - it seems MUCH sweeter and less cocoa-y than it has in the past. I treated myself to one of their selection boxes and everything was too sweet. I am not a big snob and bloody love a kitkat or a digestive but when I'm paying for something expensive I want to taste the difference!

Can never go wrong with a 2 finger kitkat in it's lovely foil and paper. So reassuring. You could always eat one finger and come back for the other later.... or just scoff two.

Tomatoesrock · 15/10/2018 15:40

I love the new wispa biscuits but end up finishing the pack.

NecklessMumster · 15/10/2018 15:41

Malted Milk...especially the half choc covered ones

Tinkobell · 15/10/2018 15:52

Caramel filled stroop waffles. Or any Millie's cookies.

Areyoufree · 15/10/2018 15:57

@JovialNickname Oh my God, Jaspers! I hadn't even thought of those in years, but now, if I don't get my hands on one in the next twenty minutes, I may have to start destroying my office. What have you done?!?

adaline · 15/10/2018 16:10

I'm currently demolishing some dark chocolate chip Maryland cookies!

Gigis · 15/10/2018 16:12

The wafer cigar ones in the m and s Christmas Belgium selection box!

rhuzzle89 · 15/10/2018 16:32

Another vote for choco leibniz...which maybe tells you I prefer chocolate to biscuit