Every packed lunch had a pecking order, and a bag of McVitie's Mini Gingerbread Men sat right at the top of it.
These are the little crunchy ginger biscuits shaped like tiny people, the ones you ate head first. Or feet first, if you were that sort of child. Nobody ever ate them politely.
Six packs in the multipack: one for each school day and a spare that has somehow vanished by Wednesday.
Nobody grows out of them. You just start claiming they are for the kids.
Frequently asked questions about Mcvitie's Mini Gingerbread Men
Q: Is this the UK version?
A: Yes, these are the British McVitie's Mini Gingerbread Men, the same ones from the lunchbox years. We ship them from within Canada, so no waiting on a parcel from across the Atlantic.
Q: What is in the pack?
A: Six small bags of mini gingerbread men. That is a week of lunches, or one very honest evening on the sofa.
Q: Do they make a good gift?
A: For anyone who grew up in Britain, a bag of these lands better than most presents. Tuck them in a parcel with a few other favourites and watch them go quiet for a minute.
Q: What other McVitie's biscuits do you carry?
A: Have a look through our biscuit shelf for other McVitie's favourites. Digestives and Hobnobs tend to be the usual suspects in the same basket.
More about Mcvitie's Mini Gingerbread Men
McVitie's is the name behind half the biscuit tins in Britain, and the mini bags are its lunchbox department. The gingerbread men were the bag you hoped to find when you unzipped your lunch, and the one you swapped for nothing.
In Canada they get searched for by people who remember that exact snap and gentle ginger warmth, and by parents who want their Canadian-born kids to understand what all the fuss was about. One bag usually settles the argument.
The pack holds six small bags, each one sealed, so they sit happily in the cupboard until someone finds them. They go in lunchboxes, coat pockets and glove compartments, and they make a respectable companion to a cup of tea when the proper biscuits have run out.
People who pick these up tend to wander further along the biscuit shelf. McVitie's also makes Digestives, Hobnobs, Jaffa Cakes and Rich Tea, so the gingerbread men rarely travel home alone.
On the pack
No hydrogenated vegetable oil
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