What is your favourite biscuit?

The most popular biscuits in the UK:

• Biscoff – 34,000.
• Shortbread – 29,000.
• Bourbon – 26,000.
• Jaffa Cake – 16,000.
• Jammy Dodger – 11,000.
• Custard Cream – 10,000.
• Party Rings – 6,800.
• Digestives – 6,600
• Malted Milk- 5,500
• Wagon Wheels- 5,100

Did you know:

• The earliest evidence of the invention of biscuits were from the Romans, which was bread that was re-baked to make it crisp.
• Biscuits were first introduced in 1588 to the rations of ships and found their way into the New World by the 1700s at the latest.  Ship’s biscuit is the earliest surviving example of a biscuit from 1784.
• The word biscuit comes from the Latin “biscotus,” which means twice-baked. The Romans called these rusks.  Biscuits were originally created as a practical solution to preserve food
• Britain’s eat 52 biscuits per second on average.
• The fig roll was invented as a health food.

What is your favourite biscuit?