They say you should steer clear of talking about sex, money and religion if you want to avoid an argument, but it's Britain's favourite biscuit that's causing controversy today.
Namely because there are so many factors to take into consideration. Is it good for dipping? Does it have chocolate bits? How many do you get in a packet?
Channel 5 surveyed thousands of UK viewers for its show, Britain’s Favourite Biscuit, which aired last month to find out not only how many biscuits they eat, but what their favourite biscuit is.
Brits eat 52 biscuits per second on average, and the favourite 20 are as follows:
- Chocolate Digestive
- Chocolate Hobnob
- Jammie Dodger
- Custard Creme
- Shortbread
- Bourbon
- Jaffa Cake
- Ginger Nut
- Digestive
- Wagon Wheel
- Kit Kat
- Caramel Wafer
- Double chocolate chip cookie
- Rich Tea
- Fig Roll
- Milk chocolate chip cookie
- Malted Milk
- Chocolate Finger
- Hob Nob
- Chunky Cookie
JUSTICE FOR MALTED MILK. And can we talk about the fact Kit Kats are chocolate bars, not biscuits? Other shockers include a Fig Roll coming in a 15 (15?! More like 150), a plain Digestive making the top 10, and the lack of Party Rings in the list at all.
Dusty Baxter-Wright is an award-winning journalist and the Entertainment and Lifestyle Director at Cosmopolitan, having previously worked at Sugarscape. She was named one of PPA’s 30 Under 30 for her work covering pop culture, careers, interiors and travel, and oversees the site’s Entertainment and Lifestyle strategy across print, digital and video. As a journalist for the best part of a decade, she has interviewed everyone from Louis Theroux and Channing Tatum to Margot Robbie and Ncuti Gatwa, while she has also spoken on Times Radio and BBC Radio. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram here.
