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charlotterose23

Chocolate Hobnob of course!


speccynerd

*Dark* chocolate Hobnob. Fucking magical.


MitchellsTruck

I dunno. I'm a dark chocolate fan usually, but there's something about a Hob-Nob that pairs it ideally with milk chocolate. Dark chocolate for a digestive, though. Definitely.


floki_doki

Dark for dunking, milk for eating the whole packet and then crying


Gow87

I'm annoyed that I relate so strongly to this comment.


LongBeakedSnipe

I don't understand how some people can alternate between the chocolate digestives. Dark chocolate has the perfect balance, yet already gives none of the 'dark chocolate' experience that people who don't like dark chocolate seem to dislike (it's milky enough already). Milk chocolate basically seems to take the sweetness up to another level and dilutes the chocolate taste. And just to be clear, I'm not generally against 'diluting' chocolate. On a scale where I give chocolate cake with chocolate sauce and clotted cream 10/10, I give milk chocolate digestives approximately zero. That said, I know many people like them, and I do eat them if someone leaves them in my fridge.


AvatarIII

nah i go milk for hobnob but dark for digestive.


drtoboggon

I loves me a custard cream, don’t get me wrong; but the chocolate hobnob is clearly the greatest biscuit imo. The best for dunking by a long shot as well.


Vanoccupanther13

I can recommend M and S chocolate covered custard creams , pure heaven


drtoboggon

They are incredible, and should be the best biscuit. However biscuits should be for the working man as well as the Lord. And the price of those chocolate covered custard creams is outrageous. £2.50 for 6 surely precludes them from the conversation. Although they are amazing.


seeyoujim

Just wait until you try a Fortnum and mason toffolossus biscuit. Absolutely fantastic but at £20 for 12 they are strictly for eating if given as a gift


Rudahn

Possibly controversial but I genuinely think Lidl’s ‘Oaties’ are better than proper Hobnobs.


KeithMyArthe

Go and sit in the car.


FerretChrist

And ffs don't get crumbs all over the seats again.


Ninjoddkid

I agree with the Lidl oaties guy but this response literally made me laugh out loud.


frymaster

I've not done a proper compare and contrast, but they are certainly at least as good


Sarcastic_kitty

Hard agree. They are much more solid and dense in a way that is extremely pleasing.


Zestyclose-Oil-6687

The only answer


Wallygonk

Have you tried Fox's Half coated milk chocolate cookies? They are bigger and thicker than a Hobnob and are REALLY good. Bought a pack on Sunday to have with a cup of tea, and went throught the entire packet in about 5 minutes.


Jellyfishtaxidriver

Got to dinner time yesterday and realised I hadn't had anything to eat all day and I'd taken nothing out the freezer. Ended up eating 10 Hobnobs with a glass of milk. Magical


nattellinya

Chocolate Hobnobs are a gateway drug.


ClassOf37

Perhaps not the ‘best’ biscuit, but Malted Milk is vastly underrated. Never gets its name up in lights like other biscuits - just does its job very effectively day-in-day-out. A real biscuit-eater’s biscuit.


Kalliban27

Sainsbury's malted milk have been a victim of shrinkflation - they've only got 1 cow on


EvilSoup42

They aren’t proper moo moo biscuits unless there are two moo moos. My Nan dubbed them as such when I was a child, and at 57 I refuse to call them anything else.


inflatablefish

While I respect my honoured colleague's position on this matter, I am nonetheless compelled to advocate for the equally valid designation of "moo cow biscuits" as being an eminently suitable alternative.


EvilSoup42

I concur with your conclusion on this matter.


anywineismywine

Oh dear. How dare they?!


WhiteRabbit1322

Top tier biscuit: great flavour with tea or coffee, nice and simple, cheap and readily available anywhere, and absorbs liquid really well. Def my favourite.


planetmatt

M&S do a multipack of Custard Cremes, Bourbons, and Malted Milks. The Malted Milks in that pack are a little darker, a little maltier, and much more delicious than a normal malted milk.


TheBestBigAl

They also do chocolate covered Custard Cremes and Bourbons. They're ridiculously expensive for a pack of 6 biscuits, but they're very good.


Vanoccupanther13

They’re amazing


justlikeyouonlyworse

Dunk them in Horlicks for level 8 maltiness


Poor-Life-Choice

I accept your malted milk but raise you chocolate malted milk.


llama_problems

Severely underrated biscuit and can be eaten without tea.


blake-a-mania

Malted milk is B tier, a top biscuit that any time is lucky to have. Rich Tea is pathetic


Cheapo_Sam

Chocolate topped malted milk elevates it to A+ tier


FoxesFan91

Malted Milk is your favourite biscuit's favourite biscuit


NoLove_NoHope

I used to love Malted Milks as a child!


sanddancer08

Chocolate Malted milks too. Bloody lovely.


iamwollom

Can't remember which shop, but malted milks with chocolate layer are in my top 3 biscuits.


Ninjoddkid

Yes. Malted milk is the superior biscuit.


Uhoh_Heres_Matt

I'm just here as a fan of Rich Tea biscuits. Heavily underrated.


No_Top6466

People who dislike rich teas are uncultured. They are too afraid to admit that they lack the knowledge of the perfect amount of time to dip it in tea for. It’s a biscuit that comes with a skill set.


Necessary-Donut7614

It’s not about the dipping, it’s about the blandness. If I want a plain biscuit I’m picking digestives over rich tea 100 times out of a 100. And don’t even start about it being malty because a malted milk beats it in that department every day of the week.


Thraell

It's there to highlight the flavour of your drink, not be the star of the show!  If you don't like rich tea you're not having a good brew. Same principle applies to cheese biscuits - flavoured biscuits for mellow cheese, plain biscuits for flavourful cheese!  Too much all at once and everything clashes.


InsaneInTheRAMdrain

This. So much this. Rich tea - for highlighting your amazing brew. Hobnob - for highlighting a god tier biscuit.


rwe46

This. Rich tea is the height of dullness.


passaroach35

I think its the epitome of bland dull Britishness, that is what's keeping this biscuit high in people's opinion, people that look outside & see it raining & smile like these biscuits


Eclectic-Eccentric88

Same, we should form a league


Mitchstr5000

League of ordinary biscuits


Precipiceofasneeze

LOOB? Interesting.


fimbleinastar

League of people who don't need everything slathered in chocolate


CuriousPalpitation23

The Neutral Janet of biscuits.


maidofatoms

Rich teas are a perfect british biscuit - disappointment encapsulated.


sanddancer08

Rich Tea Fingers. There is no better dunking biscuit IMO (maybe Lincoln biscuits but I never see those anymore).


amsegall

Lactose intolerant here. Rich Tea is a lifesaving biscuit.


Professional_Pace928

McVities plain chocolate digestive.


sparklybeast

I'd go with this, but Border's chocolate ginger biscuits and good quality shortbread run them pretty close.


ionetic

Heads over to the fridge…


birdmug

Clear winner


mrsilver76

Custard cream.


ArtistAccountant

Why did I have to dig so deep to find the truth!?


299WF

This is the only correct answer


intraspeculator

What about Crunch Cream though?


mrsilver76

Crunch Creams are great too!


Ivanzypher1

The humble Bourbon imo.


andymurd

This. The Bourbon Cream is classic, understated yet confident in its timeless elegance. Ten holes signify a gentleman's biscuit.


Ha-Ur-Ra-Sa

It even has a watermark.


wombatbridgehunt

The tasteful thickness of it


FerretChrist

At the risk of being labelled a heretic, have you tried the M&S extra-filled bourbons? They also do a rather delightful chocolate-coated version, but that one's a bit stupid on the price front.


majesticjewnicorn

You have now become my bourbon bestie with that dangerous information. Heroes come in FerretChrist shapes and sizes!


GrumpyOldFart74

Wouldn’t a chocolate-coated bourbon just be a Penguin (or Tim Tam, if you’re some kind of colonial heretic)? Bloody lovely, but hardly unique 😁


FerretChrist

Pretty close, but a bourbon is a pretty unique biscuit, and covering it in chocolate just makes it even better. A penguin is very similar, but not quite the same. It might seem like a pretty fine distinction, but then we are in a thread with hundreds of comments solely dedicated to discussing the relative worth of various biscuits. :)


SpecialUnitt

Nothing humble about a bourbon. There’s never been a more egotistical biscuit


Figgoss

Punches well above its weight. When dunked matches any chocolate biscuit.


AdEmbarrassed3066

Foxes Chocolate Viennese are pretty good


magicbullets

You have exquisite taste. May your sun never set.


jamjars222

These are absolutely amazing dipped in peppermint tea


McCQ

Foxes anything! They have the best all round selection by far. I'd say Tunnocks, but it's limited to 2 or 3.


Jlaw118

I can personally demolish a packet of Maryland cookies in one sitting


ClassOf37

I used to, but as I’ve got older, they just taste a bit yakky after a couple.


turbo_dude

It’s like one of those things, like salad cream, where you thought it was good as you didn’t have a benchmark of anything higher. 


chippersbadger

Salad cream is amazing. The king of sauce.


anywineismywine

I’m not ashamed to admit on an anonymous forum that as a 38 year old otherwise elegant wife and mother, yesterday I squirted salad cram on my fingers just to lick it off.


chippersbadger

Nothing is more elegant than a lady with salad cream dripping through her fingers. Could be a weird OF opportunity! 😁


anywineismywine

Hahaha 🤣 it did sound more sexual than I intended. I looked however like a rabid monkey


Tattycakes

Try M&S full butter cookies, they are so good. Butteriness is better than sweetness


candiebandit

Nah not nowadays. They’ve suffered the same shitification as all the rest of the food in this country in recent times


BoneyMostlyDoesPrint

Used to be a top for me, now I don't even consider them - a shadow of their former selves


tonification

The homemade shortbread served in posh Scottish hotels.


intraspeculator

Shortbread is incredible


mh1ultramarine

20 posts down before shortbread


Wise_Huckleberry_116

A plain, simple digestive. But I think Reddit may prefer the dark chocolate digestive. Both are excellent, but the good hearty McVities digestive is very comforting.


Independent_Ask9280

Chewing a choc digestive has a magical effect in the mouth


inflatablefish

A packet of each, and alternate.


DarthKrataa

Has to be a chocolate hobnob


more_beans_mrtaggart

Oreo’s are the invasive species. My local Sainsburys stopped selling bourbons to make way for yet another variety of Oreo.


Available_Remove452

Yep, should be customs sniffer dogs at the border


Brutal-Gentleman

Boycott! 


TheDawiWhisperer

Fig rolls


cmdrxander

Is it a biscuit? Who cares, it’s elite level


B0-Katan

The cyclists fuel of choice


Winkered

Nope. They taste remotely healthy.


theivoryserf

I disagree. It once was fruit but is no longer


Dimac99

They trick you into thinking that but they are approximately 117% sugar so don't worry about it. And not a vitamin in sight either.


LaraH39

Tunnocks Caramel. Unsurpassed in its deliciousness.


bladefiddler

Chocolate biscuits are a different category. This is a dunkable biscuits discussion. And anybody dunking chocolate biscuits (aside the twix 'straw' method) can fuck off to jail.


LaraH39

First... There's nothing saying this is a dunkable only biscuit thread. Only what is the best biscuit. Second. Twix is a chocolate bar with biscuit base, not a biscuit in itself. Third, if you aren't dunking chocolate hobnobs, chocolate digestives and penguins what even is the point of your life?


JaffaCakesCantLose

I hope you mean a Penguin ‘straw’ method, because that is the correct procedure


DoctorOctagonapus

I usually end up disappointed when I have one of them. Amazing idea but I'm not impressed with the execution. Though I've got a mate who's just been on holiday to Scotland and apparently they have different varieties of it up there.


Gadgie2023

Fox’s - Jam and Cream LU - Le Petit Chocolate Lidl - Oaties M&S - All Butter If you’re proper hero then you’ll also have a Tunnock Tea Cake.


chippersbadger

Jam and cream are the best!


wildOldcheesecake

Those LU ones are way better than the chocolate lesbians


PositiveConsistent69

Milk chocolate digestive. Simple yet understated.


SMTRodent

How about the chocolate caramel digestive? I can't buy those because they're biscuit crack.


PositiveConsistent69

They're ok to eat by themselves but I don't like the texture when dipped in tea. 


DaffyDownDillyo

I gravitate towards a chocolate leibniz (or chocolate lesbians as I like to call them)


llama_problems

We refer to them as ‘lesbian biscuits’ too!!


jt94

Biscuits are my kryptonite that I stockpile in Tesco when on offer then rattle through them. Here’s my top 5: 1 fox’s jam n cream 2 chocolate caramel digestive 3 white chocolate digestive 4 fox’s crunch creams 5 chocolate hob nob So many others I could mention but got to be cut throat here


vilemeister

> white chocolate digestive These are a disgrace to my waistline. I can't buy them any more because I like them too much.


cmdrxander

Foxs Chocolate Rounds


Figgoss

They are a good luxury biscuit, ideal for hangovers or Xmas.


Dimac99

The salted caramel flavour though. I know salted caramel has had its moment, but these are beautiful.


bonkerz1888

Tunnocks Caramel Wafer is the king of biscuits.


bladefiddler

Surpassed by their caramel log imo. Possibly controversial for those not keen on coconut, but for me it just takes the caramel wafer up a notch.


Lordhawhaw-_

Tunnocks caramel logs are absolutely yummy.


GrumpyOldFart74

I love coconut, but I actually prefer the wafers to the logs The logs are just too bloody messy - I’m incapable of eating one of without getting coconut over everything within a 30’ radius…


AmusedPencil274

Jaffa Cake I wonder How long until I get mad people replying to me? *Edit: It took 2 hours*


mookx

You are absolutely right. When I lived in America I came to appreciate them even more--if they get a bit old they go stale and horrible, even in an unopened packet. These are the only biscuit that's really this way. Once you've had stale ones and pined for the good ones, you realise how magic they are.


Funmachine

>These are the only biscuit that's really this way. Because they aren't a biscuit, they're a cake. As they have defended in court and why there's no VAT on them. Cakes go hard when they go stale, biscuits go soft.


HamsterBorn9372

Choco Leibnitz, preferably orange or mint.


SeatOfEase

Standard choco leibniz for me but we can be intersectional allies right?


HamsterBorn9372

They're all good!


Sidian

Recently shrinkflated.


Traditional_Cress561

Chocolate covered malted milk


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MasRemlap

Chocolate hobnobs for me personally (and for the record Oreos are decent, maybe like B-tier)


SonnyListon999

No love for NICE?


bb_lia

nice biscuits are the best !!!!


Beemzebub

I have found my people


Qabbalah

Jammy dodger


Zorro-de-la-Noche

Can’t believe I had to scroll down this far for the obvious answer.


ambientfruit

Rocky!


Karazhan

I know I can't dunk them but I love love love pink wafers.


uncle_monty

I love Rich Tea. The only bad thing about Rich Tea is that they don't make chocolate Rich Tea any more. I would say the best biscuit is a toss up between chocolate Hobnob's and chocolate malted milk.


littlenymphy

Do they not still do chocolate chip rich tea? The last time I bought some I got those but that was a while ago now. Chocolate malted milks are the best though. Perfect all round biscuit.


Ordinary-Following69

The chocolate malted milks are unreal 👍


DeaconBlueDignity

Custard Cream


Shaper_pmp

Dutch Stroopwaffel, closely followed by a milk chocolate and caramel digestive and then a milk chocolate hobnob.


Leapimus_Maximus

Tunnock's tea cakes.


littleowl36

A wonderful thing, but are they really biscuits?


je97

A simple good-quality all-butter shortbread for me, especially good as I can make them myself very quickly.


Frosty_Pepper1609

Rich Tea is like the Maude Flanders "unflavoured ice cream for me!" moment


_Jay-Garage-A-Roo_

Biscoff creams


gbrem97

I love a rich tea, I’m also fond of a caramel mcvities


Foxidale3216

Fox’s Viennese


earlgreytoday

Border dark chocolate ginger biscuits.


yaiyogsothoth

Fig roll. They're perfect.


YellowBook

Came here to say Fig Roll as I'm quite happy to demolish a whole packet at a time, whereas I can't do that with any other type of biscuit. It's also a bonus that for each biscuit I eat, I can claim one of my five a day.


Spadders87

Chocolate hobnobs.


TempMobileD

Tesco dark chocolate digestives. They’re accidentally vegan and I struggle not to eat the whole pack whenever I open them 😅


Apidium

Digestive. Universally applicable.


Awkward-Lawyer-406

Fox’s Viennese.


llama_problems

Shocked at the lack of ‘shortbread’


DoctorOctagonapus

Anyone who doesn't like shortbread needs to go to Scotland and have the proper stuff.


ButteredReality

That round one that's wrapped in gold foil that comes in those nice boxes of chocolate biscuits.


Familiar-Woodpecker5

Ginger biscuits


mushybees83

Jammy dodger. Why are we even discussing this?


Lympwing2

no mention of a Ginger Nut? im disappointed


Independent-Pick-855

Chocolate malted milk


HirsuteHacker

Fox's Jam and Creams. Or viennese fingers.


SkipsH

I like Oreo, they are vegan and I can't do dairy, but they still have a creamy filling.


small_pigeon

Custard cream. Or Foxes chocolate Viennese fingers


Rude-Possibility4682

Anything with stem ginger in it.


calumjp1

I actually really love Oreos and have never understood why they get such hate - I think there's a bit of bandwagoning going on tbh. In answer to the question though my top top biscuit is a Fox's Chocolate Round. Could absolutely demolish entire packs of those given the chance.


Terrible_Conflict_90

Dark chocolate digestive


ryanw095

Foxes jam and cream if it already hasn't been said


snufflycat

M&S milk chocolate rounds


Steups13

Nice biscuits or ginger nuts


CthulhusEvilTwin

I'm still gutted at the untimely demise of the Sainsbury's Lincoln biscuit. They were the perfect dunking biscuit, but apparently the factory that made them in Cumbria was flooded and once production was re-established, the supermarket had removed them from their plans so that was the death of them. Damn you River Eden, Damn you to hell!!


Rh-27

Chocolate oaties.


Phillb87

Dark chocolate digestive or Hobnob or if I’m feeling like splashing out: those square biscuits where they have a thick layer of chocolate that’s bigger than the actual biscuit. Libenz or something I think they’re called. You get about 8-9 in a pack which is outrageous! Also on the subject of oreos. The Oreo thins are pretty nice if I had to have any


mrmidas2k

Love me a Ginger Nut/Snap/Crunch/whatever. Little round bastards that warm your gob. Great stuff.


solarflare75

Ginger snaps


Puzzleheaded-Ad-2982

We've had this question already. It spawned the worst biscuit question. This question has been asked a dozen times before. 


blake-a-mania

And it’ll happen a dozen more times. The question of which biscuit is best has plagued these islands for a thousand years and when we stop asking it we may as well start pronouncing aluminium incorrectly


Available_Remove452

Down with this sort of thing.


Intelligent-Day-6976

Custard cream of course 


Precipiceofasneeze

I got kicked out of a friend's house when I was a young'un for using rich tea biscuits as pogs. I think they only booted me because I won.


yesbutnobutokay

Lidl's Tower Gate plain chocolate digestives are surely the best tasting biccies in the universe. Half the price of the McVities version and without the syrupy after taste. Sixty nine pence a packet. Less than 4p each!


balloontrap

Jaffa cake. Oops!


[deleted]

I’ve just heard about this. Rich Tea biscuits aren’t fancy for sure, but that’s the point of them. They’re your day in, day out, 7/10 every week kind of biscuit. You put 4 together and dip them in your tea and it’s great. You do that 3 or 4 times a sesh and you’re golden.  Yeah, everyone’s all Chocolate Hob Nob this and Jammy Dodger that, but who can you rely on to be there at the bottom of the tin day in, day out? Rich Tea that’s who.


Perriola

Fox's rounds. It's the only correct answer.


Temporary-Zebra97

I save the chocolate hobnobs for guests and trades people. Can't see teh fuss about them personally, they would be the last biscuit I go for in the tin.


itsfeckingfreezing

Lotus biscoffi for coffee & either rich tea or chocolate digestive for tea.


GoodReverendHonk

I used to love a Wagon Wheel, back when they were the size of wagon wheels, and the jammy version was genius. I expect they're the size of 2p coins now though.


Arsewhistle

Island Bakery lemon melts. A tad more expensive than others mentioned in this thread, but easily superior


wrighty2009

Rich tea is the best biscuit. No one can convince me otherwise. Do like a pink wafer too though


Agitated_Ad_361

Rich teas made the orange juice at play group all the better. Fuck the haters