hobnobs

IM0

best biscuits evar! **** its like a whole meal!

nom nom nom!!

so many packets so little time

Korvanica

Nope, Chocolate Hobnobs are the best.

dodderangler

More of a Jaffa cake man myself

IM0

Korvanica wrote: »

Nope, Chocolate Hobnobs are the best.

in winter? maybe

not so much summer ick!

same goes for jaffa cakes

Boasters ftw

Gambas

IM0 wrote: »

best biscuits evar! **** its like a whole meal!

A whole meal of salty chipboard?

jimgoose

Mmmmm - so many delicious biscuits, so little time! :cool:

IM0

Gambas wrote: »

A whole meal of salty suggary chipboard?

fyp. and a meal is about the equivilant of about 5 or 6 biscuits!

The Backwards Man

Too many crumbs:(

Hard to beat a plain rich tea.

Madam

Jaffa cakes are not biscuits:p A Viennese whirl gets my taste buds all a tingle, although if I want something to dunk it has to be a dark chocolate digestive:)

franktheplank

I used to love Hobnobs, then the wife ran off with a McVite's salesman....

I should've seen it coming, where were those crumbs in the bed coming from?

jimgoose

Madam wrote: »

Jaffa cakes are not biscuits...

IM0

urbanledge wrote: »

Boasters ftw

Ill raise you a tesco chocolate cookies http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=256564003

or foxes extremely chocolate cookiers http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=273942043

gregers85

Peter Kay:

"Rich Teas should be called one dips. Hobnobs are like Marines, hobnobs!! They're like the bloody S.A.S. of the biscuit world, hobnobs!! You dip a hobnob, it's like, 'Again! Again! Dip me again, I'm going nowhere me, son, dip me! Is that all you've got? Come on!"

:pac:

jimgoose

Mind you, the local Centra shop has these chocolate butter-biscuit things lately for a couple of Euro a packet, and they are puuure daycint:

Clicky linky for picture of biscuit

IM0

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Too many crumbs:(

that is their downfall alright

Sergeant

Hobnobs? Far from them you were raised. Couple of Crawford's Custard Creams and a mug of milky tea.

PizzamanIRL

Malted Milk all day.

Ava_e

Any lovers of Toffypops, very nice when dipped in a lovely cup of tea, nice soft chocolate and toffee melts together washed down by your cuppa.

seven_eleven

Chocolate Digestives & Bourbon creams (and not those little farty ones) are the best biscuits, hands down.

gobnaitolunacy

We used make lots of biccies in this country, once.

Kerrydude1981

Ava_e wrote: »

Any lovers of Toffypops, very nice when dipped in a lovely cup of tea, nice soft chocolate and toffee melts together washed down by your cuppa.

Sister used put them in the frezzer,break your teeth trying eat them,only problem with Toffypops and another favourite biscuit of mine Viscount is that you have them gone in no time.

Cant beat the Chocolate Hob Nobs though.

Crooked Jack

Ava_e wrote: »

Any lovers of Toffypops, very nice when dipped in a lovely cup of tea, nice soft chocolate and toffee melts together washed down by your cuppa.

Was just about to mention them. Fu(kin delicious. I dont know about the tea dipping because I dont drink it but they go lovely with a glass of milk for dipping.

petes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCIlAkeS4Y

Vicar in a tutu

Hobnobs taste like dirt in comparison to toffy pops

Spudmonkey

I like hobnobs but I have to say custard creams would be my favorite.

Dravokivich

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Too many crumbs:(

Hard to beat a plain rich tea.

There should be an achievement award of some sorts for not wasting any of one.

Sunhill

Used to love Chocolate Polos. Bought packet the other day after a long absence. Dismay and disappointment; the chocolate coating is now so thin that it is literary transparent in places. Feel cheated.

rubadub

Madam wrote: »

Jaffa cakes are not biscuits:p

Yep, there's a very sneaky clue in their name as to what they are.

There was a legal case about them in the UK, in the end they said along the lines of "when biscuits go stale they go soft, when cakes go stale they go hard, so jaffa cakes are cakes". Cakes & biscuits go under different VAT rates so McVities had to argue that they were indeed cakes.

In Ireland the legal distinction is
Value of moisture content for a biscuit is up to 12% per State Chemist. Over that value products are considered cakes.

Jaffa cakes even have their own page
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vat/rates/decision-detail-02208.jsp

jimgoose

rubadub wrote: »

...In Ireland the legal distinction is
Value of moisture content for a biscuit is up to 12% per State Chemist. Over that value products are considered cakes.

Jaffa cakes even have their own page
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vat/rates/decision-detail-02208.jsp

I find it strangely comforting that there is a legal distinction between cakes and biscuits. That should hold things in check until the loodramawns get their act together. :cool:

Ciaran_B

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Too many crumbs:(

Hard to beat a plain rich tea.

The rich tea with the Cadbury chocolate on top are amazing.

Miseryguts

Hard to bate a fresh Fig Roll?

Thundercats Ho

I'm starving now.

Itwasntme.

IM0 wrote: »

best biscuits evar! **** its like a whole meal!

nom nom nom!!

so many packets so little time

I love hobnobs!! Putting chocolate on them ruins them in my opinion. Chocolate should be savoured separately.

Side note: I now hate you because I wasn't thinking about eating them until I saw this thread. May the fat gods generously bless you.

Ace Attorney

cant beat a custard cream biscuit and a cup of tea

Adamisconfused

It's tough keeping them together after a dip in a mug of tea. I find smearing them with smooth peanut butter before the dip increases the structural integrity and calorie content just the right amount. Mmmm...

Staff Infection

Hobnobs are the go to biscuit for dunking in delicious tea day in day out.
When I'm feeling fancy/want more sugar and e numbers I plump up for some party rings delicious but only as a treat couldn't do them everyday.

SuperGrover

I always had a penchant for the lemon puff when they were rectangular and had a sugar varnish thing going on.

Now they're circular and dull, I'm not so keen.

PS - never understood why Club Milks exist when purple Snacks are widely available and exactly 864% better quality.

The hobnob never really did it for me, too British.

Ihatecuddles-old

Chocolate hobnobs are the best. I can only eat 2 before I want to barf, they are just so rich!

jaffacakesyum

Thanks AH, you've now made me go to the shops just to get hobnobs :mad:

At least I walked there I supposed :pac:

FizzleSticks

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123 LC

anyone else really hate hobnobs? :mad: they make me feel sick-biscuits should not be all soft and yocky.

mojesius

I'm partial to a hob nob but feel like they go stale too easily.

Mcvities caramel digestives. Now there's a biscuit!

marshbaboon

Ava_e wrote: »

Any lovers of Toffypops, very nice when dipped in a lovely cup of tea, nice soft chocolate and toffee melts together washed down by your cuppa.

Toffypops are like heroin. I can't buy them as I'll eat the entire packet in one sitting with mugs of tea, and feel like a dirty, dirty whore.

zenno

The last time i had hobnobs was about 13 years ago, but i picked some up last week, they are the business i have to say, will be on my shopping list from now on.

PS: the crumbs falling off i don't mind, that's what your left hand is for, catching them.

IM0

123 LC wrote: »

anyone else really hate hobnobs? :mad: they make me feel sick-biscuits should not be all soft and yocky.

I have a solution for you. try eating fresh ones instead of stale ones

Joe0873

A mc vities Carmel is a personal favourite

Mr.Prodston

I just went and had a look in the cupboard.


Half a packet of Ryvita crackers. Disaster!