When you pop off the lid to the biscuit tin, what’s the first thing you search for? A digestive? A custard cream, maybe? Or perhaps a malted milk? For me, it’s often a chocolate bourbon I find irresistible.
The sandwich biscuit sees two thin rectangular dark chocolate-flavoured biscuits with a chocolate buttercream filling, and according to a 2022 survey, it’s the third most popular biscuit among Brits, behind Biscoff and shortbread.
So popular, in fact, that it’s reported to have been the first biscuit on the moon, enjoyed by Buzz Aldrin shortly after Apollo 11 landed.
