Inevitable. Can you make the ends thicker again then even if it isn't really chocolate. Oh and bring the raisin one back.

It truly is.

This is the worst time to be a chocoholic.

Please don't it's too horrifying to contemplate

Is this the beginning of the Carobpocalypse?

That seems pretty reasonable. I'm going to go with calling them "barscuits" for now.

Is nothing sacred?

You'd better not touch marmite!

A good response, and an excellent example of how difficult it is to create a truly robust taxonomy, and how futile it often is to try to pigeonhole a diverse range of options.

But this is the internet, so for the sake of argument I will arbitrarily declare that they are chocolate bars masquerading as biscuits.

This is a good question.

Where do you stand on a "Fox's Chocolatey Milk Chocolate Round"?

It's fully enrobed in chocolate, but its pack layout (loose in a pack, not individually wrapped), shareability and dunkability says "I am a biscuit".

It does, however, lounge in twos or threes inside a plastic tray inside its packet, rather than the Digestive/Hobnobs who simply accept that they will sit directly on top of one another, all the way down.

Is it in its own category as "fancy biscuits"?

(I'm sure some biscuit VAT man has already been through all of this, after the Jaffa Cake tax issue)

This is good. Cocoa is pure slave labour harvest 99% of the time.

I love a mint Club but I’ll pass on that.

I would agree with you. They are a lunchbox treat, not a biscuit per se.

Am I the only one who doesn’t really think of Club, Penguin, and similar as biscuits?

Sure, there’s biscuit in there, but they’re clearly not in the same category as digestives, hobnobs, or rich teas.

I think once you completely enrobe a biscuit in chocolate, it becomes a chocolate bar.

Posting is open again!

Yes peanut butter, maybe potato chips, no pistachio cream (but only due to the recent salmonella recall).

Bag clips from ikea have become a way of life, can't imagine going back.

me:

1. twist end and fold down tail
2. slide open box down over biscuit sleeve
3. flip box so gravity holds twist & tail
4. forget
5. remove sleeve, it untwists, biscuits dump unceremoniously into box

don't be like me

Yep!

As moderator I approve the second strategy

Yes, like doing a tracheostomy with a pen. In an emergency, you’re a hero. As standard of care in a hospital, suboptimal.

I combine this with the twist and tuck. The wall helps it stay in position.

I'm a fold-and-hold fan too. But often will end up using the "just eat them all" strat.

I usually carefully fold the end so it's tight, then place it against the wall or another item in the pantry so it can't unfurl (assuming it's too short for clips)

I'd be lying if I said I'd never done this, although usually it's the side of the cupboard. I think if you twist it first, you get a good enough seal that it works well.

I'm torn. In an emergency it may be your only option... however it is clearly not good biscuit care. I vote ingenious in an emergency, travesty in all other situations

Oh that looks good thanks 😊