Beech’s Lime & Chilli Thins - 150g

Chocolate thins have a fixed spot in British houses: with the coffee, after the plates are cleared, passed round while someone pretends to be full. Most people grew up on the mint ones. Beech's took the same idea and gave it a kick.

The search usually starts with a visit home. You had one at a relative's, liked it more than you let on, brought a pack back in the suitcase, and the suitcase supply lasted about a fortnight. Now you would like some without booking a flight.

It is a 150g pack of thin squares, the sort you snap off one at a time and then lose count of. Keep it somewhere cool and dry in the cupboard, well away from the radiator, and it will wait patiently for the next time people come round. Put a few out with coffee and watch who goes back for more.

Beech's are best known in Britain for their chocolate creams and other thins, the old-fashioned sweet-shop end of chocolate. People tend to pick this up alongside a decent box of tea and a packet of British biscuits, which is a sound plan for an evening.