My new favourite biscuit..

Merlin5 · 4 Mar 2018 at 23:21

I've been eyeing these for ages thinking, hmm, might be nice but probably a bit boring.

But they're amazing. Lovely crispy snap to the biscuit and the taste of the chocolate in between is so nice. I can't stop eating them. Well I can, but I could eat packetfuls very quickly

I'll have to try some more Bahlsen snacks.

Minibiker · 5 Mar 2018 at 00:28

I usually get the missus to get me these but with Dark chocolate :cool:

Merlin5 · 5 Mar 2018 at 01:11

Minibiker said:
I usually get the missus to get me these but with Dark chocolate

Nice, didn't see any dark choc ones yet. I've also tried milk choc and caramel. Not bad, but the regular milk choc are great. There's also a choco and milk I'd like to try and a black and white which look like rectangular oreos.

jpaul · 5 Mar 2018 at 09:14

my bible kev says they have the same biscuit as leibnez,
they look like an inverted version of those, in sandwich form, with less chance of getting chocolate on the keyboard,
but there, the Aldi imitations, are better value and very close.

-now need a treble layer one - it is like the hamburger market

Dava · 5 Mar 2018 at 13:41

they have black ones with white chocolate in the middle - they are the best

Merlin5 · 5 Mar 2018 at 14:57

jpaul said:
my bible kev says they have the same biscuit as leibnez,
they look like an inverted version of those, in sandwich form, with less chance of getting chocolate on the keyboard,
but there, the Aldi imitations, are better value and very close.

-now need a treble layer one - it is like the hamburger market

Does Aldi do a Pick Up clone then? I'd like to try that.

It might be the same chocolate and biscuit as Leibniz, but It's the sandwich form of Pick Up that makes it so nice.

But I love the biscuit, it's so buttery.

Mobius 1 · 6 Mar 2018 at 22:42

Bahlsen biscuits are amazing. Pretty much all the variety’s.

I like putting pickup’s in the fridge !

HoneyBadger · 7 Mar 2018 at 08:46

Tauren said:
I like putting pickup’s in the fridge !

Yeah I do this as well!

jpaul · 7 Mar 2018 at 09:30

Merlin5 said:
Does Aldi do a Pick Up clone then? I'd like to try that.

no - did not see one yesterday - pickups do seem a premium product though.

chocolate in the fridge ? it looses it's taste versus room temp, and google seems to confirm it changes structure ... each to his own (but if you live in tropics)

jsmoke · 7 Mar 2018 at 10:09

Can'r beat custard creams dipped in coffee.

BennyC · 7 Mar 2018 at 21:50

They were giving away packs of these at my local Tesco's when they launched last year.

Their Hazelnut Wafers from Waitrose are tasty.

bsoltan · 8 Mar 2018 at 00:21

I tried these today as the pack was on offer on the end of an isle in Tesco.

It's OK.. too much biscuit to chocolate, and the biscuit was a bit too crumbly, chocolate was nice though and there is the crispy snap.

I think I prefer these though.

Flibster · 8 Mar 2018 at 14:41

When we moved house, the estate agents sent us a care package of things as a welcome.
Couple of mugs, tea bags, nasty coffee, creamer, cleaning supplies and a few other things, and about 6 packets of the Pick Up's... Milk and dark chocolate...

Mugs went into the flat, as did the tea, coffee and creamer. Biscuits never made it... somehow...

Kainz · 10 Mar 2018 at 16:21

Just 'picked up' 4 packs of Pick Ups from Waitrose as they're 2 for £2. The Bahlsen chocos are BOGOF atm!

Pick ups aren't bad I confess and the biscuit definitely tastes very similar to the Bahlsen stuff, though a bit harder/crispy imo.

ThestigGT999 · 10 Mar 2018 at 16:25

those vs fox's viennese?

Dis86 · 31 Mar 2018 at 22:37

bsoltan said:
I think I prefer these though.

Top bloke. They rock.

DarkHorizon472 · 31 Mar 2018 at 23:36

bsoltan said:
I tried these today as the pack was on offer on the end of an isle in Tesco.

It's OK.. too much biscuit to chocolate, and the biscuit was a bit too crumbly, chocolate was nice though and there is the crispy snap.

I think I prefer these though.

I know what you mean, the orange ones are really good and the wafer ones they do too. Nice with a good cup of coffee.

Ancientpencil · 4 Apr 2018 at 09:03

You can't beat an old-fashioned bourbon. Not latest product on the market but better than the rest.

Merlin5 · 4 Apr 2018 at 18:44

Ancientpencil said:
You can't beat an old-fashioned bourbon. Not latest product on the market but better than the rest.

I like bourbons but the biscuit texture is fairly dull, same with custard creams. However, I recently tried some budget brand of custard creams, and also a budget chocolate version which effectively could be a bourbon (although still square shaped like the standard custard cream) but the biscuit on both had a really good snap making them really nice to eat. It really goes to show that texture in food is everything.

BennyC · 5 Apr 2018 at 20:37

Custard Creme's will always have a place in my gob, as will Bourbons.

Most recently I'm finding Double Stuffed Oreo's quite superior...