Best and worst biscuits.

[pwsincd]

The mother off all biscuits though ,, Highland Shortbread utterly buttery

 

[tbgtbg]

Biscuits & gravy make me a man.

 

[pyromaniac123]

I don't see that at all....Snowballs in a sweetshop?

But you're dead on about the dead-fly biscuits.

Well they're just marshmallows covered in chocolate so it would make sense that they're classed as confectionery.

 

[FAST6191]

Highland Shortbread

I usually eat enough of it around Christmas (stuck for something to buy for me? shortbread usually works) to be sick of it until about the next Christmas. Never had that problem with my top three (and tunnocks), or if I have it has passed in about 20 minutes/by the time I feel partially hungry again.

 

[Arras]

Spoiler

<3
I dunno what they're called in English though.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I can't really tell the difference between cookies and biscuits, so I just count them as the same thing I'm not sure there even is any real difference.
That said, american cookies are god-tier. They're the perfect texture and they're so tasty.
Thumbs down to popeyes biscuits though. They are bland, sweet and buttery cake-things that don't even taste good enough to be worth all the butter they put in it.

I think a lot of cookies/biscuits in general are rather lacking in flavor, especially store bought ones. It's not that they don't taste good, they just don't taste as good as they should considering how much butter and sugar is probably inside them and I'd rather eat something that tastes great.

I would count jaffa cakes as biscuits, because according to a quick google, a biscuit is a "small flat sweet cake" which means even if jaffa cakes are indeed cakes they still count. And they are awesome.

 

[mightymuffy]

God almighty, pink wafer biscuits! I'm the manager of pink wafers at my place, and we own 98% of the worlds pink wafer market, so you're probably talking about the stuff I make.... Shite stuff by the way lads! (I spit in 'em!) (...not really!)
Otherwise the factory is predominantly wafer based, with individually wrapped choc wafers (Montana, various supermarket brands...) which don't count here. We have started making actual biscuits, but the market is tough to walk into with your own brand - so aye, it's supermarket branded stuff again! Mainly dry, or half coated - we do a mini HC digestive which are nice, but not exactly McVities! (Christ I hope my boss isn't a member on here hehe!)

As a result of my job, personally I try to avoid biccies like the plague , however, out of the OPs list, you can't beat a bit of hob nob (especially chocolate!)

 

[Paarish]

Chocolate Bourbons are beautiful.

Oh my god yes! And those Cocoa cream thingies that they sell in Asda <3
And I love those rich tea finger biscuits as well.

 

[Deleted User]

Oh my god yes! And those Cocoa cream thingies that they sell in Asda <3
And I love those rich tea finger biscuits as well.

I developed this weird coping mechanism to our hot weather spell- dunk the rich tea fingers into iced tea or water :3
Also, I hate those pink wafers. Could you get less taste into a biscuit?

 

[DinohScene]

You hit the nail on the head with Hob-Nobs. The milk chocolate variety have a moreishness rivalled only by heroin.

Worst? Rich Tea. They're crap.

I fully agree with you.

Second to Hob-Nobs are Jaffas.
Rich Tea biscuits are dry as fuck.

 

[Paarish]

I developed this weird coping mechanism to our hot weather spell- dunk the rich tea fingers into iced tea or water :3
Also, I hate those pink wafers. Could you get less taste into a biscuit?

I'll have to try that some day

 

[Danny600kill]

There are too many to choose from ....

Custard Creams ( and all variations such as strawberry creams ect ) have got to be one of my all time favourites , and as Fast said shortbreads but only at Christmas

But sometimes you just can't beat a good ole digestive with a brew

 

[FAST6191]

But sometimes you just can't beat a good ole digestive with a brew

That would require me to not consider tea to be a vile liquid though.

Still digestives and milk have a place for me.

God almighty, pink wafer biscuits! I'm the manager of pink wafers at my place, and we own 98% of the worlds pink wafer market, so you're probably talking about the stuff I make.... Shite stuff by the way lads! (I spit in 'em!) (...not really!)

We discovered in the tuna thread that the tuna made for in country sales in the US was of a lesser quality than that made for export/foreign markets. Is there anything like this for pink wafers? I normally do OK with them (going back to my dislike of party rings they are usually flanked by pink wafers so that is all good) but tried several different ones in the US and they were not half as nice.

 

[EyeZ]

I like the Custard Creams, but Fruit Shorties are me fave.

Nothing can beat a dunk of a Fruit Shortie, for me anyway.

 

[mightymuffy]

We discovered in the tuna thread that the tuna made for in country sales in the US was of a lesser quality than that made for export/foreign markets. Is there anything like this for pink wafers? I normally do OK with them (going back to my dislike of party rings they are usually flanked by pink wafers so that is all good) but tried several different ones in the US and they were not half as nice.

Very good question! Yeah we export to the US (limited market for our biscuits mind, as can be seen in this topic!), and yes as a result extra preservatives are clod in to make up for the extra shipping time.... I wouldn't say they taste that much 'worse' (hah!) straight off the line though, but after transporting it.... it's like Guinness really - you can ship a few barrels from Dublin overnight to us in the UK for us to try the day after, and it'll still taste like shite compared to the same stuff in a Dublin pub...

 

[the_randomizer]

Loved these when I was living in Japan

Weird name, but boy howdy are they good

 

[FAST6191]

it's like Guinness really - you can ship a few barrels from Dublin overnight to us in the UK for us to try the day after, and it'll still taste like shite compared to the same stuff in a Dublin pub...

Though there is undoubtedly lesser stuff outside the countries in question wherever I have been in the world someone has been able to find a Guinness done properly. Granted most of this is places like liverpool (though it is usually regarded as east belfast) and places with a large collection of ex pats/an Irish bar that means it but not exclusively.

Back on the pink wafers though the same brands also seemed to have chocolate and vanilla varieties and something else I think they called raspberry and the vanilla one was actually quite nice. That said sub par pink wafers on top of sub par Ritz crackers did not make for the most enjoyable time.

 

[mightymuffy]

Oooo, being half Irish, and living 20 miles or so away from Liverpool (East Belfast - good un by the way! We call Liverpudlians something VERY different here though hehe!) I might disgree a little bit with you there! You make a fair point though, but even after doing the rounds in Lpool I still say there's nowt like a Guinness in Dublin! I was being a bit harsh calling it shite from anywhere else though, search round here in the North West for instance and you can easily find a decent pint of it just about anywhere!

Most of the pink we make does now have vanilla flavour, it's definitely the most popular. Flirted around with raspberry & strawberry (ugh! They were to be avoided like the plague!). The chocolate ones we make are 'apparently' (again, hope the boss doesn't read this!!) chocolate milkshake flavour and are quite popular too now (right bastard to make, but that's my problem I suppose!)

 

[koimayeul]

Common cookies, chocolate & nougatine, +1

 

[FAST6191]

Oooo, being half Irish, and living 20 miles or so away from Liverpool (East Belfast - good un by the way! We call Liverpudlians something VERY different here though hehe!) I might disgree a little bit with you there! You make a fair point though, but even after doing the rounds in Lpool I still say there's nowt like a Guinness in Dublin! I was being a bit harsh calling it shite from anywhere else though, search round here in the North West for instance and you can easily find a decent pint of it just about anywhere!

Depending upon which 20 miles that is (and if I am allowed to countrify those miles up a bit) it either makes you a manc, a woollyback or something else equally disliked so I am sure the feeling is mutual. If I am floating around up there again I might have to sample things in short order/make it a bit more scientific, trouble is if we end up doing a little boat ride some fool invariable says pochine and it is downhill from there. All I can really say is Guinness from Pogue Mohone (rather nicely always within staggering distance from 90% of the nice restaurants in Liverpool) always slid down a bit too easily and usually got those that partook to break from their "Guinness is a winter drink" concept and I have found similar things in a lot of places.

On the flip side I will also have to concede that compared to actually being there it is rarely whatever the equivalent of pitch perfect is for booze and usually sits at "ever so slightly off night".