Britain's Best Biscuit?

Wednesday, July 23. 2008

One of my aims in this blog is to find out what the best biscuit in the world is.

I thought it would take years. But this week I found a website that reckons it has the answer.

On MoneySavingExpert.com, Martin Lewis’ (smug daytime TV financial ‘expert’) website, in between offering such valuable advice as ‘don’t waste food’ and ‘find a cheap petrol station’, they conducted a poll to find the best biscuit.

Nearly 11,000 people answered the poll and as the votes were being counted it became a two horse race. Bourbons fell by the wayside. Custard creams couldn’t keep up with the pace. Even the Jaffa Cake (see, they think it’s a biscuit too) was left eating dust.

When it came to the crunch the two biscuits that the nation loves, with almost 30 per cent of the poll between them, and just 105 votes separating them, were the Hob Nob (chocolate and otherwise) and the Chocolate Digestive (regular digestives languished way down the rankings).

Choosing between the two is normally a dilemma but the good people of Martin Lewis’ Britain managed. The winner was……the Chocolate Digestive!

As well as crowning the top biscuit (which I hope will cause a bit of debate) the poll also threw up some (to me at least) shocks.

People prefer Viennese Whirls to Teacakes. Shortcakes are more popular than the Jammie Dodger. And almost everything is better than a party ring.

Morbid curiosity lovers among you will be wondering what came last. What biscuit do money savers like the least? The soggy last biscuit in Martin Lewis’ barrel was the world famous Hit Biscuit.

So, what do you think? Are chocolate digestives the best biscuit? Should teacakes, jaffa cakes and party rings have got more recognition? And, importantly, what the hell is a Hit Biscuit?

To see the full results of the poll for yourself go to http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/poll/08-07-2008/what-s-your-favourite-biscuit.

Posted by Mike Pyle in Mmmm! Bracknell's best biscuits at 16:22 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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The worst biscuit is the pink wafer, it's the same colour as travel sickness tablets and that can't be a coincidence.

The best, by some way, is a Jaffa Cake. Or a Timeout? Are they biscuits?

#1 Snuffles the Biscuit Hungry Hound on 2008-07-23 20:37 (Reply)

A Timeout is not a biscuit, it's a chocolate bar. It's like saying my favourite biscuit is a Snickers..
Anyway, the worst has to be the oxymoron of biscuits, the Nice. That horrible granulated sugar sets your teeth on edge.

#1.1 So Salad Crew on 2008-07-24 14:04 (Reply)

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