BOTW #6: Kimberley

Name: Kimberley
Producer: Jacob’s Biscuits, Jacob Fruitfield Foods Limited

After the surprising success of the Mikado taste-test, I decided to pick up the Mikado’s companion biscuit: The Kimberley. (as a side note, I saw this past weekend black currant flavored Mikados but I was out of town and couldn’t spare the backpack room to haul a package back to Cork).

The Kimberley has many similarities to the Mikado (the soft biscuit base, marshmallow fluff, and overall prettiness) but one bite lets you know that this is a whole different biscuit!



Whereas the main flavor of the Mikado came from its pseudo-raspberry jam and coconut, all the flavor in the Kimberley is focused in the biscuits sandwiching the marshmallow fluff. Soft and moist (a luxury, I’m beginning to realize as it seems the Irish simply do not believe in soft cookies…ah the things we come to miss), the biscuits have a sharp and distinct ginger flavor. The flavor was unexpected but appreciated. I, for one, love the taste of ginger and the addition of the flavor to the soft biscuit gave the Kimberley a lovely mellow spiciness that you can still feel on your tongue after you’ve finished the cookie.

The other aspect setting the Kimberley apart from other biscuits is the coating on the marshmallow center. Just as the Mikado had its marshmallow enhanced with a slightly crunchy coating of coconut, the same affect is achieved here but instead of coconut we have…sugar. Yes. That’s right. Plain ol’ granulated sugar. The sugar adds sweetness and texture to the fluffy-and-delicate-but-kinda-flavorless marshmallow.



The Kimberley will stay in my biscuit repertoire for whenever I feel like munching on a soft biscuit and the ginger flavoring makes it stand out from its very sweet, jam-filled, chocolate-covered, caramel-dipped cookie compatriots.