Knowledge

Afternoon Tea (biscuits)

Source 📝

172: 40:, Afternoon Tea from the 1970s "had large rings of oddly orange-coloured biscuits slathered in chocolate, small sister rings with sugary red jellies on top, sugary shortbread, more than a handful of chocolate fingers and loads of pink wafers". 22:
is a selection of biscuits which is regarded as a "Christmas family favourite" in Ireland. Of the traditional biscuit selections available ahead of the festive season, the Afternoon Tea variety outsells the others. It is produced by
103:
Ireland's largest wholesaler forecasts sales of 20,000 tins of Jacob's biscuits, including a million individual biscuits, with Afternoon Tea Tin (351,658 biscuits), Chocolate Kimberleys (133,200) and USA biscuits (227,000) the most
148: 213: 120: 121:"Battle of the festive biscuits: The tin of Christmas biscuits is as important an Irish tradition as the turkey" 237: 206: 64: 252: 91: 247: 199: 187: 232: 242: 8: 92:"1m Jacob's biscuits, 839,682 bags of Tayto: the brands we're buying this Christmas" 125: 68: 36: 183: 65:"There's been a big change to the Afternoon Tea biscuit selection this year..." 226: 179: 43:
In 2014, the jelly star was controversially replaced with a chocolate wheel.
116: 31: 24: 149:"So this is what they replaced the jelly star with in Afternoon Tea" 171: 224: 207: 58: 56: 214: 200: 146: 53: 89: 225: 62: 166: 147:Flaherty, Ciara (19 November 2014). 115: 90:Morahan, George (24 November 2019). 63:Loftus, Valerie (18 November 2014). 13: 14: 264: 170: 140: 109: 83: 1: 46: 186:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 10: 269: 165: 182:-related article is a 238:Christmas in Ireland 119:(24 December 2013). 253:Confectionery stubs 16:Irish biscuit brand 248:Irish snack foods 195: 194: 260: 216: 209: 202: 174: 167: 160: 159: 157: 155: 144: 138: 137: 135: 133: 113: 107: 106: 100: 98: 87: 81: 80: 78: 76: 60: 268: 267: 263: 262: 261: 259: 258: 257: 223: 222: 221: 220: 164: 163: 153: 151: 145: 141: 131: 129: 126:The Irish Times 114: 110: 96: 94: 88: 84: 74: 72: 69:TheDailyEdge.ie 61: 54: 49: 37:The Irish Times 17: 12: 11: 5: 266: 256: 255: 250: 245: 240: 235: 233:Biscuit brands 219: 218: 211: 204: 196: 193: 192: 175: 162: 161: 139: 108: 82: 51: 50: 48: 45: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 265: 254: 251: 249: 246: 244: 241: 239: 236: 234: 231: 230: 228: 217: 212: 210: 205: 203: 198: 197: 191: 189: 185: 181: 180:confectionery 176: 173: 169: 168: 150: 143: 128: 127: 122: 118: 112: 105: 93: 86: 71: 70: 66: 59: 57: 52: 44: 41: 39: 38: 33: 30:According to 28: 26: 21: 20:Afternoon Tea 243:Irish brands 188:expanding it 177: 152:. Retrieved 142: 130:. Retrieved 124: 111: 102: 95:. Retrieved 85: 73:. Retrieved 67: 42: 35: 29: 19: 18: 154:19 November 132:24 December 117:Pope, Conor 97:24 November 75:18 November 227:Categories 47:References 32:Conor Pope 104:popular. 25:Jacob's 178:This 184:stub 156:2014 134:2013 99:2019 77:2014 34:of 229:: 123:. 101:. 55:^ 27:. 215:e 208:t 201:v 190:. 158:. 136:. 79:.

Index

Jacob's
Conor Pope
The Irish Times


"There's been a big change to the Afternoon Tea biscuit selection this year..."
TheDailyEdge.ie
"1m Jacob's biscuits, 839,682 bags of Tayto: the brands we're buying this Christmas"
Pope, Conor
"Battle of the festive biscuits: The tin of Christmas biscuits is as important an Irish tradition as the turkey"
The Irish Times
"So this is what they replaced the jelly star with in Afternoon Tea"
Stub icon
confectionery
stub
expanding it
v
t
e
Categories
Biscuit brands
Christmas in Ireland
Irish brands
Irish snack foods
Confectionery stubs

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.