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| Type | Oat |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Region or state | Scotland |
| Created by | McVitie's |
| Main ingredients | Rolled oats |
Hobnobs (sometimes stylized as HobNobs) is the brand name of a commercial biscuit. They are made from rolled oats, are similar to a flapjack-digestive biscuit hybrid, and are among the most popular British and Irish biscuits. McVitie's launched Hobnobs in 1985 and a milk chocolate variant in 1987.[1] The plain variety is manufactured at Tollcross factory in Glasgow, and the chocolate variety is made at the Harlesden factory in north-west London.[2]
They are primarily sold in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Ireland but are available in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and several European and Asian countries (e.g. Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong). In Italy they are now marketed as a variety of digestive biscuits, having previously been known as Suncrok. They were also released in Canada in November 2012, made available in Wal-Mart's British modular section in their food aisles. The McVitie's Hobnob is the third-most-popular biscuit in the UK to "dunk" into tea, with its chocolate variant sixth.[3] In 2014 a UK survey declared the Chocolate Hobnob the nation's favourite biscuit.[4]
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- ^ "Chocolate digestive is nation's favourite dunking biscuit". The Daily Telegraph. 2 May 2009.
- ^ "What is the nation's favourite biscuit". Kernpack. 11 December 2014. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015.