Important investigation - dunking biscuits

13 Dec 2009

What, if any, do you consider the best biscuit for dunking? Does it matter if it is on tea or coffee or hot choc?
My personal preference is for a Bourbon dunked in coffee or hot choc - NEVER tea! - for just long enough to soften the biscuit so I can suck that off the creamy middle. A second dunk is generally ill-advised.
Jaffa cakes are generally rubbish for dunking.
So, over to you people of taste. biggrin

Oh and have you seen these mugs?

13 Dec 2009

Not Rich Teas... they are a travesty. Grrr!

13 Dec 2009

cadburys chocolate rich tea biscuits.

13 Dec 2009

it probably easier for me to list biscuits i don't like and wouldn't dunk, which usually fall into the catagories of
1. sponge type items such as Jaffa cakes (which is a cake, not a biscuit) or those wafer things on a sort of waffle base
2. solid biscuits, such as rich tea...the chav of biscuit snacks, poor texture and no decent level of capillary action to soak up the liquid.
3. coffe biscuits, mainly cos they taste of coffee, which is nasty and which doesn't really go with tea.
in summary, i tend to go for custard creams, bourbons, chocolate/ choc chip digestives or coconut rings based on their taste and their ability to soak up a beverage without breaking and dropping into the drink coffee

13 Dec 2009

try this .....
buy a penguin
remove wrapper
nibble off one corner of said penguin
nibble off opposite corner of said penguin
dunk one nibbled corner of penguin into favourite drink
place other nibbled end into mouth
suck
once your drink hits your mouth from the penguin "straw" remove from drink and stuff the lot in your mouth
wait for lushy slushy taste explosion
orgasm

13 Dec 2009

oh and highland shorties for general run of the day dunking smile

13 Dec 2009

Quote by leatherednperky
try this .....
buy a penguin
remove wrapper
nibble off one corner of said penguin
nibble off opposite corner of said penguin
dunk one nibbled corner of penguin into favourite drink
place other nibbled end into mouth
suck
once your drink hits your mouth from the penguin "straw" remove from drink and stuff the lot in your mouth
wait for lushy slushy taste explosion
orgasm

Yes - or locate a store that sells Double Choc Tim Tams. It's an Aussie biscuit but has thicker chocolate and works fabulously. Then it's called a Tim Tam Fountain biggrin

:D:D:D

13 Dec 2009

Always, always, always ginger nuts, for any drink. They stay together and don't fall in your drink, but go deliciously mushy on the outside. Best ultimately in coffee, obviously. The next best quick dip for tea is Rich Tea. The best quickie for Hot choc is chocolate hobnobs (we took a vote).

13 Dec 2009

What an excellent thread question!
We've now been sat here for nearly 2 hours argueing this one!!
The consensus is
Hot Chocolate
Any buscuit with chocolate or for an early morning 'dunk' a croissant or madeline.
Tea
Herbal Tea - why waste a good buscuit?
Standard Tea (PG etc) - plain Hob Nobs, Rich Tea or plain Digestive.
Proper Tea - (Earl Grey etc) - it's not socially acceptable to 'dunk'.
Coffee
Instant - who cares!
Latte - Coconut buscuits of course!
Expresso - Can't find a buscuit small enough to dunk in the stupid cup!
Americano - gotta be Oreo's
Freshly Ground Beans - Digestives or Ginger Nuts
We're now off to see what's best 'dunked' in a selection of wines and beers.

13 Dec 2009

Chocolate digestives in pairs, chocolate face to chocolate face so you don't get sticky fingers -- plate held underneath in case of load induced structural failure (alternately borrow grand daughters bib)

13 Dec 2009

ginger bisuits dunked in tea lol

13 Dec 2009

I don't drink tea or coffee but on the odd occasion I find a good enough friend to let me dunk my biccies in their tea (or visit Nellie and he makes the tea) then it would have to be Hobnobs! Yum! biggrin

13 Dec 2009

Scrap the biccies- I have seen the future.
Take a Terry's chocolate orange bar, dunk in tea, suck/nibble, repeat...
Hmm, I think I have a damp patch...

13 Dec 2009

Quote by Witchy
Scrap the biccies- I have seen the future.
Take a Terry's chocolate orange bar, dunk in tea, suck/nibble, repeat...
Hmm, I think I have a damp patch...

With a gob that size? How'd you miss? :giggle:
bolt

13 Dec 2009

Quote by Dirtygirly
Scrap the biccies- I have seen the future.
Take a Terry's chocolate orange bar, dunk in tea, suck/nibble, repeat...
Hmm, I think I have a damp patch...

With a gob that size? How'd you miss? :giggle:
bolt

Oh, funny ha ha. Get a joke book for xmas did we?
:kick:

13 Dec 2009

Quote by Witchy
Scrap the biccies- I have seen the future.
Take a Terry's chocolate orange bar, dunk in tea, suck/nibble, repeat...
Hmm, I think I have a damp patch...

With a gob that size? How'd you miss? :giggle:
bolt

Oh, funny ha ha. Get a joke book for xmas did we?
:kick:
:mrgreen:
You smiled though... didn't ya?! :giggle:

13 Dec 2009

Don't be ridiculous...smiling is for wimps... flipa

13 Dec 2009

Quote by Witchy
Don't be ridiculous...smiling is for wimps...

Thought so! kiss

14 Dec 2009

got to be hob nobs......biscuit marines lol

14 Dec 2009

dry doughnuts (ring)
coffee.
Lincoln Biscuits
Cocoa
lp

14 Dec 2009

Quote by HJ
Chocolate digestives in pairs, chocolate face to chocolate face so you don't get sticky fingers -- plate held underneath in case of load induced structural failure (alternately borrow grand daughters bib)

That's how it should be done

14 Dec 2009

...would that be one of those plastic bibs that turns into a drip-tray at the bottom?
In which case can I recommend a spoon too?
(this may be dependant on the quantity of biscuits to dunked)
lp

14 Dec 2009

Jaffa Cakes are not biscuits!!! :taz: Grrrrrrrr... duel

:taz::duel:
n I shud know... I choff enuff o the damn things! :thrilled:

14 Dec 2009

Quote by redpantherman
Jaffa Cakes are not biscuits!!! :taz: Grrrrrrrr... :taz::duel:
n I shud know... I choff enuff o the damn things! :thrilled:

They are classed of cakes by law
Biscuits are classed as a luxury item and are subject to VAT. Cake is classed as a basic foodstuff and is therefore exempt from VAT. Mr greedy Vatman wasn't happy about missing out on some extra wedge from all those packs of Jaffa Cakes being sold to Orangejaffaman so he reclassed them as biscuits and therefore liable for VAT.
Mcvities didn't like the thought of this as it would put up the price of a box by 17.5% and maybe cut down on the number of boxes sold, so they took Mr Vatman to court.
They argued that when biscuits go stale they go soft, when cakes go stale they go hard....as Jaffa Cakes go hard (fnarr fnarr) they must be cakes and based on this argument they won the case so therefore they are legally cakes.
and they're also called Jaffa Cakes which sort of gives you a big hint too wink

14 Dec 2009

Quote by meat2pleaseu
They are classed of cakes by law
Biscuits are classed as a luxury item and are subject to VAT. Cake is classed as a basic foodstuff and is therefore exempt from VAT. Mr greedy Vatman wasn't happy about missing out on some extra wedge from all those packs of Jaffa Cakes being sold to Orangejaffaman so he reclassed them as biscuits and therefore liable for VAT.
Mcvities didn't like the thought of this as it would put up the price of a box by 17.5% and maybe cut down on the number of boxes sold, so they took Mr Vatman to court.
They argued that when biscuits go stale they go soft, when cakes go stale they go hard....as Jaffa Cakes go hard (fnarr fnarr) they must be cakes and based on this argument they won the case so therefore they are legally cakes.
and they're also called Jaffa Cakes which sort of gives you a big hint too

Geek!!! :haha:

14 Dec 2009

Quote by Staggerlee_BB
Chocolate digestives in pairs, ....... alternately borrow grand daughters bib)

That's how it should be done
I'm glad I'm not alone -- thanks Staggerlee
Yes lp the plastic ones with a tray are great -- just remember to clean out the baby-drool first !!!

14 Dec 2009

Quote by foxylady2209
try this .....
buy a penguin
remove wrapper
nibble off one corner of said penguin
nibble off opposite corner of said penguin
dunk one nibbled corner of penguin into favourite drink
place other nibbled end into mouth
suck
once your drink hits your mouth from the penguin "straw" remove from drink and stuff the lot in your mouth
wait for lushy slushy taste explosion
orgasm

Yes - or locate a store that sells Double Choc Tim Tams. It's an Aussie biscuit but has thicker chocolate and works fabulously. Then it's called a Tim Tam Fountain biggrin

:D:D:D
oooooooooooooo i love tim tams not had any for yonks will b gettin some real soon thats for sure
also fox's crunch creams r fab to dunk in tea

14 Dec 2009

Quote by Dirtygirly
They are classed of cakes by law
Biscuits are classed as a luxury item and are subject to VAT. Cake is classed as a basic foodstuff and is therefore exempt from VAT. Mr greedy Vatman wasn't happy about missing out on some extra wedge from all those packs of Jaffa Cakes being sold to Orangejaffaman so he reclassed them as biscuits and therefore liable for VAT.
Mcvities didn't like the thought of this as it would put up the price of a box by 17.5% and maybe cut down on the number of boxes sold, so they took Mr Vatman to court.
They argued that when biscuits go stale they go soft, when cakes go stale they go hard....as Jaffa Cakes go hard (fnarr fnarr) they must be cakes and based on this argument they won the case so therefore they are legally cakes.
and they're also called Jaffa Cakes which sort of gives you a big hint too

Geek!!! :haha:
I wanna call him summat else... But I cant find the fecking ships anchor icon!!!
bolt

14 Dec 2009

A toasted cheese sandwich dunked in a mug of hot marmite. bolt

15 Dec 2009

Well.. I love most biscuits, so much so I've banned them at the moment (it helps keep the weight down), I dunk all of them. Love to dunk Ginger snaps, Digestives, Hob Nobs, Bourbon, Pink Wafers, Nice, Coconut Rings, Jammie Dodger and Custard Creams for example! I always dunk in tea, don't like Coffee, and biscuits taste weird after a dunking in chocolate. smile