I think Thorntons still make coffee creme chocolates or a variation thereof - can’t say for certain because I <gulp> don’t like chocolate…
We cannot have chocolate violations in a biscuit thread!
Chocolate covered biscuits are as far as we can go.
"STOP 0x0000B15C INVALID_SNACK_ITEM" Error Message during Snack Upgrade
The information in this article applies to:
[ul][li]Chocolate coated crunchy comestibles.[/ul][/li]
**SYMPTOMS **
When you first eat your snack item after installing the Chocolate Service Pack 1, you may receive the following error message:
STOP 0x0000B15C (0x aaaaaaaa ,0x bbbbbbbb ,0x cccccccc ,0x dddddddd ) INVALID_SNACK_ITEM
Where aaaaaaaa , bbbbbbbb , cccccccc , and dddddddd are currant hexadecimal numbers that may vary.
NOTE: If you receive this error message when you open the packet of biscuits for the first time during an upgrade to Chocolate Service Pack 1, your original biscuits are still edible. In some cases, a message appears on the chocolate coating that states that the wrong filling is in use, but you may not see this message on biscuits that are especially crunchy.
**CAUSE **
This behavior can occur if:
[ul][li]Your biscuit uses an Ultra Direct Munching Accessory (UDMA) hard biscuit controller. [/ul][/li]RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, eat a banana instead.
MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH
Cheese
Desmostylus, are you telling me they are no longer in the large, flat “Assorted Cream” collection put out by Arnott’s here in Australia?
Damn. I quite liked them. I hope this is only a UK thing.
Nope, they’re still there
Hijack: whatever happened to the delicious “Squashed Fly” biscuits of my childhood?
They’re still around - Garibaldis are alive and well and living in my supermarket.
I was rather worried the Garibaldis had gone to the great supermarket in the sky so it is with some relief I find they are alive and well somewhere.
What of ‘something figs’ ? Cheap, gooey allegedly fig-related filling surrounded by a questionable semi-faux shortbread casing. Mildly addictive and they did tend to, in sizable quantities, keep one regular. The were more flat than round … anyone remember them ?
L_C, they were kind of like small pillows or something…
You’re right that they were strangely addictive despite the fact that they didn’t taste too good. Had a strange grittiness when you’d almost finished one.
You mean Fig Rolls? Fantastic biscuit concept, far too addictive for me though!
*Fig roll *! Well done, **Felonious Mink **. And I absolutely agree with Andy about that grittiness. I never understood the addictive quality, almost as if they’re so bad you can’t believe someone thought to manufacture them … so you have to try another to make sure.
Having said that, I could have gone my entire life without knowing the taste of fig … not that I’m sure the ‘fig’ in a fig roll is even an approximation of the real thing …
Vey cheap and dirty little biscuit, though. Thoroughly naughty …
I should point out that, though the biscuits are alive and well, the flies within them came to a nasty end.
What I find appealing about Fig Rolls is how soft the biscuit is. Is it normal biscuit that’s gone soggy, or is it some kind of sweet suet pastry?
BTW, what’s a Fig Newton? Is that an American fig roll?
Another one that sprang to mind was the Jaffa Cake. In theory, a marvellous marketing idea; part cake, part biscuit … but, somehow, ultimately let down by the utterly non-descript goo between the spongy base and the chocolate crust. From a personal pov, I also always found the spongy base a little disappointing as well but I’m sure others would disagree. Reminds me of the Hovercraft, really; Great idea but lost its way…
Never felt dirty with a Jaffa , though.
L_C, I’m calling you out.
Let’s see what Nicey has to say about Jaffa Cakes, shall we? Hmm? Hmm?
My emphasis. “NO THE’RE (sic) NOT”.
Maybe I should take this to the Pit.
fig rolls, FIG ROLLS. But how do they get the figs into the fig rolls?
They’re a staple in the Pergau household - that is to say that I’ve used them to hold pieces of paper together.
Guys i believe i know a way to satisfy all your needs, both that for some orange gunk stuff and some coffee gunk stuff. Unfortunately not in the biscuit form but if you get a packet of ‘Revels’ (probably next to the maltesers) these contain both amongst its assortment. They are my favourite flavours but of course the rest of the packet does have to be eaten.
While i am thinking about it, is there still an orange creme flavoured box of poppets? Regardless orange gunk is still manufactured and apart from these chocolates, can only be found in the very cheap packets of biscuits. Why? I dont know.
But having had a part time job in a supermarket throughout the 90’s i did notice a distinct rise in the ‘quality’ of biscuit. Posh biscuits such as Foxes classic. Perhaps society has just decided it wanted more from its biscuits!
Ever play Revel Roulette? Like Russian Roulette, but there are 3 chambers filled. The participants face each other, and slowly take turns eating them blind, one by one. No spitting out. There’s a chance you might get a toffee, a peanut or a maltestery thing. BUt there’s an equal chance you’ll end up with coffee cream (“ack”), orange cream (“urgh”) or, worst of all, strawberry cream (“spluuuurgh”).
Revels, the droppings of Satan’s pet rabbit.
Okay, I’d say, for example, a cup cake is a cake, and a biscuit is a biscuit but a Jaffa café …. bestrides the divide like a colossus.
Anyway, I don’t care what Nicey has to say, he can make his subjective judgement and I’ll make mine. In my world, if I’m inclined to dunk it, it’s biscuit. Not a naughty biscuit but, nonetheless, a member of that diverse family and we shouldn’t turn our faces against it just because its different. Think; mint tea.
Jaffa cake not Jaffa cafe … idiot !
I worked in Jacobs one summer. The first thing I did was go over to the fig roll machine to find out.
I signed a NDA so tuff 