Tunnocks Dark Chocolate Caramel Wafers - 8 pack

In Britain the caramel wafer sits right next to the teacake as part of the furniture: the office biscuit tin, the tea break, the lunchbox, the café counter. Whether it counts as a biscuit or a chocolate bar is an argument that has never been settled, and never will be.

You can describe one to a Canadian friend all you like. It does not land until you hand them one and watch them start on the layers. The dark version is the one people ask for by name, usually the ones who take their tea strong and their chocolate on the bitter side.

The pack holds eight individually wrapped bars, so one goes in a bag or a coat pocket without fuss. Keep them in a cool, dry cupboard away from the sun and the chocolate stays as it should. Most people keep the pack by the kettle, which is where it empties fastest.

They tend to go in the basket with a box of proper British tea, and with a pack of the milk chocolate ones, for the household that will never agree.