Over 50s dunking debate –which biscuit wins?

We’ve seen households split over Brexit, now for the time-being at least to save further arguments we seem to have a definitive answer to that age old debate ‘which biscuit is the best for dunking’ Thanks to Sarah Barnes, at the world renowned Institute of Physics teaming up with Wired Magazine to test ten biscuits in terms of ‘dunkability’.

In the mix with such British stalwarts as McVitie’s and Royal favourite Fortnum & Mason we also have those interlopers from across the pond (Oreo’s) vying for the honour. The press has been awash with coverage including The Daily Telegraph who reported on the intricate detail of such research citing ‘Barnes used an igus robolink D robot arm to dunk the biscuits – ensuring no outside forces altered the results – and timed how long it took when dunked halfway in a mug of tea for each to lose its physical integrity and start breaking up. She also used digital scales to measure how much each biscuit was capable of absorbing after a 15 second dunk.’

As The-Boomers office is powered by tea & biscuits we were particularly interested in the results

‘The structure [of a McVities Hob Nob] is less dense, so it crumbles. The redeeming factor here is that this biscuit’s taste improves when dunked’ Sarah Barnes quote Daily Telegraph

1st place: MCVITIE’S RICH TEA
9/10
Price £1

Runner up: MCVITIE’S DIGESTIVES
8/10
Price £1.50

3rd place: FOX’S PARTY RINGS
7/10
Price 50p

4th place: MCVITIE’S MILK CHOCOLATE DIGESTIVES
6/10
Price £1.50

5th place: MCVITIE’S HOBNOBS
6/10
Price £1

6th place: BOURBON CREAMS
5/10
Price £1

7th place: FORTNUM & MASON PISTACHIO AND CLOTTED CREAM
4/10
Price £11

8th place: OREO
3/10
Price £1

9th place: SAINSBURY’S GINGER SNAPS
2/10
Price 40p

10th place: MARYLAND CHOC CHIP COOKIES
2/10
Price £1