BOTW #2: Club Milk

(Sorry for the delay today in posting this, I had a longer-than-normal day at school and then got wrapped up in writing my final paper for archaeology that it sort of slipped my mind.)

Name: Club Milk
Producer: Jacob’s Biscuits, Jacob Fruitfield Foods Limited


I fear I may have peaked too soon…It is only week two of BOTW and I have eaten possibly the best biscuit in all of Ireland. It’s true. The Club Milk is heaven-sent. It combines a solid crunch with delicious creamy chocolate. It’s a good size for enjoying with a cup of tea and is filling without being overwhelming.

The festive yellow and wrapper describes the Club Milk, saying it “combines a crunchy biscuit sandwiched with a chocolate flavour cream filling smothered in Thick Milk Chocolate” (their capitalization, not mine).



Once you’ve opened the wrapper you are confronted with a hefty-looking chocolate covered bar embossed with Club Milk on the top. The bar is about the width of two Kit Kats but about half the length, the perfect snack size.


As you bite into the Club Milk you notice the formidable crunch of the two biscuit layers. Unlike last week’s biscuit, the Wagon Wheel, with its semi-stale soft biscuit, the Club Milk bar has so much texture that you’d think it was made just that morning. As the biscuit bites away, you are left munching happily through delicious cookie and can enjoy the chocolate.


Again, unlike the Wagon Wheel the Club Milk has a generous layer of milk chocolate (er…“Thick Milk Chocolate” I suppose) all around the outside, especially the side-walls (yum!!!). This thick layer of chocolate adds to the crunch and bite of the bar. The chocolate layer between the biscuits is equally chocolate-y and delicious!

After a bit of internet digging, it turns out that my (now)beloved Club Milk bar is actually an “Original Club Milk”…apparently in the UK Club Orange and Club Mint are both available. I haven’t yet seen them here in Ireland, but I’ll be sure to keep an eye open.

In the end, I’m afraid I’ve spoiled my BOTW appetite by picking the Club Milk so early in the game. While I love my Wagon Wheels and Jaffa Cakes (also made by Jacob’s, by the way!) and Penguins, the Club Milk is a rich, hearty, indulgent kind of biscuit that I’m sure I’ll pick up whenever I feel I deserve a special kind of treat with my “nice cuppa.”