McVitie's Hobnob's Dark Chocolate - 262g

In the British biscuit pecking order, a Hobnob sits near the top. It is not the Rich Tea you put out for anyone who drops round. It is the packet kept at the back of the cupboard for yourself.

The dark chocolate ones have their own loyal crowd. People who find milk chocolate a bit too friendly go looking for these by name, usually after a week of wanting a proper cup of tea with the right thing beside it.

It comes as a 262g packet, the standard size you would grab in a British supermarket. Keep it somewhere cool in the cupboard so the chocolate stays glossy, and use a clip once it is open, if you can manage to stop. Then there is the great dunking question: chocolate side down or chocolate side up. Families have split over less.

McVitie's is also behind the digestive and the Rich Tea, so a Hobnob habit often comes with company. Most people add a box of proper British tea bags to the order, because a Hobnob without a cuppa is only half the job.