The best British biscuits
The top 3 according to 757 votes from people: Chocolate digestive · Hobnob · Digestive. (Updated Jul 13, 2025.)
Britain's favourite biscuits according to three polls: YouGov Ratings (2018), the YouGov survey for Camerados (2022) and McVitie's Great British Biscuit Audit (2025), plus the other tea-time classics on Wikipedia's list.
Top 14
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1
Chocolate digestive
Top of McVitie's 2025 audit (36%) and YouGov's most liked biscuit, with 82% favourable.
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2
Hobnob
Oaty McVitie's biscuit, the UK's favourite in the 2022 YouGov poll (18%).
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3
Digestive
The plain wholemeal classic, just 1% behind the Hobnob in 2022.
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4
Custard cream
Vanilla-cream sandwich, joint third in 2022 and a podium finisher in 2025.
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5
Bourbon
Chocolate sandwich biscuit, joint third in 2022 and the students' favourite.
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6
Shortbread
Scottish butter biscuit, runner-up in McVitie's 2025 audit.
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7
Viennese whirl
Piped butter biscuits with buttercream and jam.
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8
Cadbury Fingers
Chocolate-covered biscuit fingers, viewed favourably by 77%.
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9
Ginger nut
Hard, spicy ginger biscuit, fifth in 2022 for dunking.
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10
Jaffa Cake
Sponge, orange jelly and chocolate; legally a cake since 1991, but 73% love it.
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11
Jammie Dodger
Shortbread sandwich with a heart of jam.
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12
Rich Tea
Plain, light biscuit made for dunking in tea.
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13
Garibaldi
'Squashed fly' biscuit with currants.
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14
Fig roll
Soft pastry filled with fig paste.
Candidates
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15
Malted Milk
Plain malted biscuit stamped with a cow, a British teatime classic since 1924.
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Comments (8)
Jaffa Cakes are cakes, the court said so!
Hobnobs dunked in tea is a top-tier experience.
Is a Jaffa Cake a cake or a biscuit? The court said cake!
Custard creams, the office biscuit tin classic.
Rich Tea is only good for dunking.
Malted Milk with the cows is missing!
Chocolate digestive at number one, correct.
Hobnobs dunked in tea, heaven.