British confectionery review #1

One of the most exciting things about travelling for me is the chance to try new and exciting junk foods. Scotland has a lot of the same chocolate bars etc as New Zealand but there are still enough new varieties to keep me going for a while.
Today I finally tried Tunnock's Tea Cakes, made in Scotland but sold everywhere.

They come in boxes of 6 or 10 and are individually wrapped in foil which makes it feel like you're eating something more special than just a biscuit.
I'd gathered that they were a kind of local version of the mallowpuff, but although the concept is the same, the execution is quite different.

Mallowpuff marshmallow is quite rigid like a normal marshmallow but this stuff is all soft and sticky and collapsible, a bit like marshmallow slice you get in bakeries but even gooier. You definitely couldn't do that thing where you crack them on your forehead and peel the chocolate off bit by bit (did anyone else do that? ... just me?) It doesn't taste like much but it's quite yum. There is a biscuit base and chocolate outer but no jam layer.

In a side by side comparison I think the mallowpuff would win, but I won't have any trouble finishing the box.

In the background you can see the wrapper for a Caramel Wafer, also made by the fine people at Tunnock's. More on that later