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| Marks and Spencer’s extremely chocolatey biscuits are custard creams in disguise, Instagram user claims | |
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| Marks & Spencer touts its food range as a cut about your average with the strapline: "This isn't just any food, it's M&S food." | Marks & Spencer touts its food range as a cut about your average with the strapline: "This isn't just any food, it's M&S food." |
| But one Instagram user thought he had discovered that M&S's extremely chocolatey biscuits might actually be plain old custard creams. | But one Instagram user thought he had discovered that M&S's extremely chocolatey biscuits might actually be plain old custard creams. |
| Peter Marshall, 25, from Ramsey in the Isle of Man, posted a photo on his Instagram accounts appearing to show that when the M&S biscuit was dipped in a hot drink, the chocolate melted off to reveal a custard cream underneath. | Peter Marshall, 25, from Ramsey in the Isle of Man, posted a photo on his Instagram accounts appearing to show that when the M&S biscuit was dipped in a hot drink, the chocolate melted off to reveal a custard cream underneath. |
| Marshall told the Independent: "I was dunking biscuits into hot milk and as the chocolate melted away I noticed that the base of one of the biscuits was actually a custard cream. | Marshall told the Independent: "I was dunking biscuits into hot milk and as the chocolate melted away I noticed that the base of one of the biscuits was actually a custard cream. |
| "I’ve always held M&S in quite high regard when it comes to food, and finding out that they were using a more common biscuit as a base was a bit of a shock." | "I’ve always held M&S in quite high regard when it comes to food, and finding out that they were using a more common biscuit as a base was a bit of a shock." |
| He said he wouldn't be making a formal complaint and that the incident hadn't put him off buying M&S biscuits in the future. | He said he wouldn't be making a formal complaint and that the incident hadn't put him off buying M&S biscuits in the future. |
| M&S said that the custard cream-shaped biscuits made their way into the £6 M&S box because the factory uses the same moulds as custard cream, but a different biscuit recipe. | M&S said that the custard cream-shaped biscuits made their way into the £6 M&S box because the factory uses the same moulds as custard cream, but a different biscuit recipe. |
| “Customers can rest assured the biscuits remain our own luxury recipe covered in milk chocolate," a spokewoman said. | “Customers can rest assured the biscuits remain our own luxury recipe covered in milk chocolate," a spokewoman said. |
| "They are simply made using the same mould as a custard cream.” | "They are simply made using the same mould as a custard cream.” |