Rolo Biscuits

Hang on, Rolo "BISCUITS"? Are you sure? Because the last time I checked*, a biscuit was defined as:

bis·cuit/ˈbiskit/
Noun: A small, typically round cake of bread leavened with baking powder, baking soda, or sometimes yeast.

not: 'big squashed rolo'

They are small, and they are round, but to call these 'biscuits' is a down right lie. To prove it, I dissected one:

Yes, they do contain six tiny biscuit balls, lost in amongst a sea of caramel, but there's definately no yeast in there.

You could make a more accurate Rolo Biscuit by getting a rolo and putting it on top of a biscuit and then eating it.

In reality, 'Rolo Biscuits' are merely large, individually wrapped, flat Munchies. Which is fine. BUT WHY ARE NESTLE TRYING TO CLAIM THEY ARE BISCUITS?


A wise old man once told me "The proof of the biscuit is in the dunking" - well it might have been a wise old man or it might of been the coco-pops monkey, I can't remember.

But let's see if you can dunk a Rolo Biscuit in a hot cup of tea:

The hot tea disintegrates them in seconds, leaving a chocolately gloop waiting for you at the bottom of your mug when you've finished. You might as well just chuck a couple of Rolos in your cuppa - and what right minded person would do that?


Just to rub it in, I carried out the Dunk Test on two new (proper) caramel biscuits that have hit the supermarkets:

 

CADBURY'S CARAMEL BISCUITS: 

An extremely plain chocolate covered biscuit covered with a large pocket of caramel inside. Crucially, the biscuit forms a sort of well for the caramel, containing it and thus preventing leakage when dunked. Sadly, the protective shell of the thick chocolate means the tea cannot permeate the biscuit, meaning dunking does little but wet the outside. (These Cadbury's Caramel Biscuits appear to be completely unendorsed by the Caramel Bunny. Maybe she hates them.)




FOX'S CHOCOLATEY ...CARAMEL

Fox's Chocolately Caramel have an exposed shortcake biscuit covered with a plate of chocolate sandwiching a layer of caramel in between. Would the biscuit suffer from not having a protective chocolate shell? Well, they do get a bit drippy, and the shortcake gets quite soggy, but this only adds to the flavour. The better quality of biscuit really shines through here.

* I checked five minutes ago