WHAT IS IRELAND’S favourite biscuit, you ask?
Well, biscuit sales figures have just been released by Tesco – laying Ireland’s what-to-have-with-a-cup-of-tea habits bare for all to see.
In reverse order, Ireland’s biggest-selling biscuits are…
10. Custard creams
Your grandmother’s favourite. A staple of the disappointing biscuit selection. Munster was the only place where Custard Creams didn’t make the top ten – and for this, frankly, Munster deserves recognition.
9. Digestives (own brand)
Reliable, safe, not unexciting. Good choice Ireland.
8. Ginger Nuts
Bit of adventure in at number eight with the spicy Ginger Nut. Interestingly, the play-it-safe Dubliners were the only region that didn’t have Ginger Nuts in the top 10.
7. Kit Kat
(A controversial choice as a biscuit, admittedly. We’d have had it down as more of a bar. But hey.)
6. Bourbon Creams
Classic fakeout biscuit. They look like chocolate, but they don’t taste like chocolate.
5. Rich Tea
The continuing popularity of Rich Teas is inexplicable, except for the purpose of chocolate biscuit cake.
4. Digestive (McVities)
Are these really much better than the own-brand versions? Really? Whatever, Ireland.
3. Oreo
Fancy American imports. Notions.
2. Chocolate chip cookies
A familiar classic.
1. Chocolate digestives
A fair choice for number one. Unbeatable when dunked in a cup of tea.
What’s your favourite biscuit? What can account for the continued popularity of Bourbons, in the face of their lying ways? Let us know in the comments – or alternatively, read our own definitive ranking here.
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