Monte Carlo

Our "modest" office tree is decorated with Jaffa Choc Thins.

First things first, best wishes for the holiday season from the team here at the NBR. Hope your holidays have been filled with joy and biscuit eating. Come to think of it, those two things are basically the same.

Our chief advisor Andrew came into the office just before Christmas with Kingstons (the ones we are leaving out for Santa this year), Shortbread Creams (in my top 5, the packet is completely finished now), and Monte Carlos. Given that I have personally been thinking about Monte Carlos for a while, so decided now would be the best time to review them.

This biscuit is up there on the top shelf with Kingstons and Shortbread Creams as one of the more premium selections on offer from the company. Monte Carlo biscuits are quite similar to Kingstons - a coconut and honey biscuit infused wheast biscuit. The true difference comes in the size and the filling. Monte Carlo biscuits have a chewy raspberry flavoured jam, almost candylike in consistency, surrounding the cream inside the biscuit.

This combination is unstoppably delicious, but the biscuit itself is a very  messy affair. Given the crumbliness of the biscuit itself, the cream filling definitely doesn't help the cause. The jam is very sticky and sometimes biting delicately into the biscuit causes the jam to pull on the biscuit and cause excess crumbling. Then the jam has a tendency to get stuck in your teeth. I would definitely recommend having these with a hot drink, although am struggling to think of any drink that would be suitable except your favourite tea blend, as I don't think any other drink would sufficiently compliment the taste of the biscuits.

It's also fairly impossible to have more than 2 of these in one sitting. Monte Carlos are very rich, and the jam can start to taste a little artificial after even the first biscuit. I couldn't stand more than one, personally. Although you can be sure that someone out there has these biscuits in their top 5.

Overall, the Monte Carlo is a solid, treat biscuit. I would have never have these regularly as they are just too rich and sweet for my personal taste, but they are delicious once in a while.

Durability: 4/10
Dunkability: 8/10
Crumbliness: 8/10
Flavour: 7/10
Price: ??/10 Had these brought to me. If only it was always like this....I assume the same as a Kingston, so often on sale. If this is the case, it gets 6/10

33/50 - A treat biscuit. You will not bela ble to get these regularly.