Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
by MrWB on Monday September 15, 2025 @04:24AM
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If you’re in the UK/Europe, the best alternative I’ve found are Bahlsen’s Milk Dark Chocolate Leibniz.
Still has the issue of what is this branded product really though.
Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
by joncrocks on Monday September 15, 2025 @05:21AM
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I think another option is chocolate 'malted milk' (in the UK) - depending on your preference for ratio of biscuit to chocolate to marshmallow. Leibniz will have more/thicker chocolate, but malted milk will break a bit easier in the mouth (softer/crumblier biscuit).
Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
by dpflug on Monday September 15, 2025 @04:57AM
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Digestives are a bit thicker, but the ones I had while over there weren't substantially so. You're less likely to get the shared experience of dealing with the goopy mess all over your fingers because your graham is shattering at the first bite.
Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
by joshvm on Monday September 15, 2025 @05:34AM
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Well also that you can buy graham cracker crumbs, for making things like pie crusts. My friend gave me a weird look when we went shopping and I picked up whole crackers. And then the revelation that graham refers to a type of flour and is not in itself a brand. And Kelloggs sell the crumbs? Wild.
A biscuit base in the UK would usually require a pack of digestives and a rolling pin. I suppose some supermarket sells crumbled biscuits but...
As an aside, Golden Grahams used to be popular in the UK and I don't think anyone stopped to ask what the name meant.
Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes
by dolmen on Monday September 15, 2025 @10:14AM
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Golden Grahams is popular in France too, but as a foreign name, nobody ever looked it up.
Digestives [3] are the typical substitution in my experience, but again nobody knows how close they're getting. They look thicker, to me ...
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%27more
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestive_biscuit