Dundee Biscuits

[linlam]

Does anyone remember these big, chocolate bottomed, shortbread biscuits?About an inch thick,and 3 inches in diameter, the word Dundee printed across the sprinkled sugar top in a kind of rugby ball shape.

Are they still around anywhere? My husband has been looking for them for a couple of years now, with no luck.

(nb I asked this question last year, but the lead that the person gave me fell through, so I'm hoping that this 2nd attempt may be more fruitful )

:(

[bekah]

mmmmm, I was going to ask this the other week and forgot, they were the nicest biscuits ever!!! My mum has been looking for years and weve still not found any, so I hope somebody comes up with the goods!!

[Ethel]

T he Dundee biscuit was manufactured by a company called Broadhurst biscuits up to the early 80's, when i believe that the companys manufacturing site in Gadbrook Northwich was sold (I think) to Burtons. The factory was closed soon after and production of the Dundee was moved to Utoxeter (near Alton Towers). I'm positive it was then discontinued in the early 90's despite attempts to bolster sales with the introduction of a delightful minty variant.

A company in Darwin Lancs are producing a Chocolate Dundee biscuit They are called Cottage Cookies, 17 Brunswick Street, Darwin, Lancashire

[linlam]

Guess what I'm nibbling on Ethel!

My husband rang Cottage Cookies, and they gave him one of their outlets not far from where he works in Manchester.

I must admit to being disappointed though. The biscuit is round, but smaller. The choclate is on the bottom, but not so thick. The biscuit itself is your basic scottish shortbread, very pale, with fork pricks on the top.I remember the original as not tasting shortbready and being a lovely golden colour.It does have the puffed up edge of the original though...hmm that's about all it does have.....:s.

Don't get me wrong..the biscuit itself is fine, if a little bland, but it's nothing like the Dundee biscuit I remember. I'll not be buying any more. I'll keep up the search for the real thing!

bekah, if you're in the north west perhaps you can try them and see what you think

[drinkwater-peter]

broadhurst were taken over by elkes biscuits broadhurst made the finest bisciuts and chocolate dundees they mad ethe finest half coated shortbreads as well, like i said they were sold out to elkes then northern foods making around 600 workers redundant as for asking are the still around im sorry to say no, i used to work there as a delivery driver best job i ever had. a family firm sold down the river. now they took foxes biscuots over as well not a patch on yesteryear.

[Natlly]

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[drinkwater-peter]

broadhurst of gadbrook was bought out by elks then the irish dairy board. broadhurst were renowned for there good quality biscuits and chocolate dndee biscuits they now no longer c to trade this was a great irm too work for till elkes adams biscuits bought them out with 650 jobs going too the wall. I hope this email helps you