Digestives are a classic British biscuit and McVitie’s has introduced many varieties to try, including seven different chocolate digestive flavours — but which one is the best?
Digestives are a timeless British biscuit favourite, and for good reason. They boast a satisfying crunch alongside a perfectly balanced salty-sweet flavour. For those with a sweeter tooth, there are numerous varieties to explore, including the ever-popular chocolate digestives, which feature a delectable layer of chocolate.
While several brands offer their own take on digestives, McVitie’s remains the undisputed market leader, and were indeed the first to produce them, dating back to 1892, more than half a century after they were originally created. Over the years, the beloved British food brand has launched a wide range of varieties and flavours alongside the original biscuit, with chocolate versions proving nearly as popular as the classic.
However, with such an extensive selection lining supermarket shelves, choosing which ones to buy can feel rather daunting. To help settle the debate, one dedicated digestives enthusiast named Faye took to Instagram to conduct the ultimate taste test, pitting seven distinct varieties of McVitie’s chocolate digestives against one another to crown the very best.
“Let’s rank all the chocolate digestive flavours,” Faye announced at the beginning of her Instagram video.
In her post’s caption, she added: “Chocolate digestives are the best biscuit in the world you cannot change my mind!!!! Really surprised myself with some of these, but did I ruin it by not doing it with a cup of tea?”
Milk chocolate
Staring with ‘the classic’ milk chocolate digestives, she remarked: “These are definitely my all time favourite biscuit, so I’m a bit biased. But I’ve never tried any other flavours, so let’s see.”
Trying the biscuit, she exclaimed: “Oh, my God. That is just the perfect biscuit. You genuinely cannot go wrong.”
She continued to describe how the salty ‘maltiness’ of the digestive base complemented perfectly with the silky layer of sweet chocolate coating, declaring it scored ‘an easy ten out of ten’.
Pink Raspberry and Cream
“Next we’ll go for the pink,” she announced as she unwrapped the packet of Pink Raspberry and Cream digestives, noting she’d never spotted them previously.
“I’m shocked,” she commented after sampling the biscuit, as they proved superior to what she’d anticipated. “You know, I’m a chocolate girl through and through, and I did not think that I would like this, but it’s actually so good.”
She proceeded to liken the taste of the pink digestive to Party Rings, though asserting the raspberry and cream version were ‘even better’ simply because it was layered onto a digestive biscuit. This earned the biscuit a respectable seven out of ten.
Dark chocolate
For her next choice, Faye decided to sample the dark chocolate variety. Regarding this, Faye said: “The chocolate itself is a really nice taste.”
But this wasn’t entirely satisfactory, as she went on to comment: “For me, the classic milk will always win, but that’s delicious. I’ll give that an eight out of ten.”
Digestive Gold
“We have Digestives Gold, I have never heard of these before,” Faye announced regarding the fourth variety she was sampling.
Noting they were marketed as having a ‘golden caramel flavour’, she took her initial bite. Nevertheless, she found herself rather disappointed, declaring it ‘didn’t taste of anything’.
“Maybe it’s like a really subtle white chocolate, but no caramel flavour,” she remarked. “That’s very plain. I’d give it like a two out of ten.”
Seriously chocolatey
“Next up we have Seriously Chocolatey,” Faye proceeded to share, explaining these were ‘triple chocolate’ flavoured, as the digestive itself contained chocolate and featured chocolate chips throughout, while one side bore the traditional chocolate covering.
After tasting it, she observed it had ‘more of a cookie taste’ instead of the typical digestive flavour, suggesting it brought to mind the Maryland chocolate chip cookies rather than a digestive.
“I’d give that a seven out of ten,” she disclosed.
White chocolate
Progressing to the sixth variety, which featured white chocolate, it failed to impress Faye as much as several of the other alternatives had.
“It really reminds me of the Golden ones, but a bit sweeter and sugary-er because of the white chocolate,” Faye said. “It’s not for me. I’d probably give it a four out of ten.”
Milk chocolate and caramel
Finally, Faye unwrapped a packet of the milk chocolate and caramel flavoured digestives, discovering a caramel layer sandwiched between the digestive biscuit and chocolate topping, which raised her expectations.
“It’s like an improvement on the Golden ones,” she declared after exclaiming ‘wow’ following her initial taste.
She observed that the caramel layer was ‘nice and thin’ though acknowledged it wasn’t the finest quality, which came as no surprise. She continued: “But it’s quite nice if you want something a bit sticky and sweet and caramel-y in addition to your normal milk chocolate digestive.”
This resulted in her awarding it seven out of ten, positioning it amongst the superior choices she’d sampled.
In summary, Faye ranked the Digestive Gold in last place, succeeded by the white chocolate variety, with the caramel, seriously chocolatey, and pink digestives sharing joint third. Second place went to the dark chocolate digestives, while the unrivalled milk chocolate digestives claimed the top spot.
