McVitie's Iced Gems Chocolate - 5 Pack

Iced Gems belong to a very particular corner of British food: the lunchbox, the school trip and the children's party table, sitting somewhere between the sausage rolls and the jelly. Small bag, small biscuits, enormous importance.

Try describing them to someone who did not grow up with them. Tiny biscuits. A blob of icing. In a little bag. It sounds made up, which is exactly why people end up searching for the real McVitie's ones rather than explaining any further.

The pack holds five individual bags, so they go straight into lunchboxes, coat pockets and glove boxes with no decanting required. Kept sealed in the cupboard, they sit quietly until someone remembers they are there, which is usually within the hour. They also make a good bribe on a long car journey.

McVitie's is the same name behind digestives, Hobnobs and Jaffa Cakes, so the Iced Gems rarely travel alone. People tend to pick up a packet of something for the grown-ups too, and then eat the Iced Gems anyway.