What do Digestives Biscuits taste like?

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On one of the Barefoot Contessa episodes Ina made s'mores using chocolate Digestives. This seems like a great idea to me, because when I've made them the traditional way using a chocolate bar and graham crackers, the chocolate never gets melted enough for me. My question is, do Digestives taste at all like graham crackers?

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I would compare Digestives to a graham-y shortbread. Very tasty.

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In Norway they were called Maria Kjeks, great w/ creamy goat cheese.

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Plain digestives are wonderful as a cheesecake base and way better than Graham Crackers being slightly salty but holding their crispness better. They are also fantastic dunked in tea or coffee but you have to get the timing right or they fall in.

As someone else said the plain ones are terrific for cheese.
I personally prefer the plain chocolate digestives over the milk ones.

In Florida they sell them in Publix in the British section.

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Digestives are wonderful. The plain ones are flexible and can go well with sweet jams and savory cheeses; they are great with a cheese and fruit board. The plain chocolate ones are addictive. Although there are other brands, McVitties is the best!

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My wife loves these. I keep them on hand in the winter, when it's traditional for us to have one with a cup of tea in front of the fireplace on Sunday.

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Digestive biscuits are just like the "Sweet Meal" crackers that can be found in the Pepperidge Farm cheese cracker assortment.

While one can buy British versions, $4-$6 for a small sleeve of biscuits, we find them, of all places, in our local Asian market. Made by the Chinese manufacturer Khong Guan, they're delicious and a bargain at about $3.50. The packaging is similar to the British brands.

I can't get enough of Digestive Biscuits and good brie cheese!

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Digestive Biscuits cannot compare to Graham Crackers. It's just different. Here in Europe, we have (and eat) Digestives in massive numbers. Everyone loves them.
But when I was in the US I was offered to try a Graham Cracker. Not bad at all, but it's very different from a Digestive Biscuit.

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What do they taste like? Delicious!!
They are perfectly crisp, a little sweet, a little salty. Some like hob nobs have oats and are more textured. They definitely do not have that molasses flavor some graham crackers have, are more like animal cookies. Would make a delicous s'more!

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