Chocolate Olivers - Dark Choc Biscuits in Gift Tin by Huntley & Palmers

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It has even been reported that the first thing the Queen will choose to indulge in when she wakes up is some chocolate biscuits. Rich, dark chocolate, generously enrobed around a crisp slow-baked biscuit Chocolate Olivers are the ultimate biscuit indulgence, made using a patented recipe from the 1930’s, which includes hops and malt, with the thickest, richest dark chocolate. Well cheer up because good to their word, Huntley and Palmers have finally managed to resurrect them. A gold medal similar to the one shown here, also with the date 1753, features on the cylindrical 'Chocolate Oliver' tin of 1981.

You need to look for seeds on your side of the water, unfortunately :0( Import rewsrictions are tough. Covered thickly in really dark chocolate, this is the most moreish, delectable biscuit, to surpass all others. Throughout her 70-year reign, the Queen has been somewhat a creature of habit when it comes to her morning routine. It was invented by physician William Oliver of Bath, Somerset around 1750, giving the biscuit its name.

My Grandpa (Mums Dad), worked at a British Company (Asbestos Cement Limited, which manufactured Corrugated sheets in Mumbai, India) Since the early 80’s, Since I was born and went to school; my mums dad (Grandpa) in India, we were a family fond of the evening Tea Time and Biscuits. The reference to Bath Oliver biscuits by Mary Norton in ' The Borrowers' 1952 evokes an Edwardian gentility: ". He can't have had any family because it seems he left the recipe to his coachman who set up a bakery business. A Bath Oliver is a hard, dry biscuit or cracker [1] made from flour, butter, yeast and milk; often eaten with cheese.

Nash, which was praised by Oliver Goldsmith as 'written with much good sense and still more good nature.These biscuits are famous - it is said that John Lennon of the Beatles once refused to be paid in cash, preferring Chocolate Olivers instead!

Rebecca has a strong interest in every era of royal history and particularly enjoys writing about the Tudors, Stuarts, Georgians, Victorians and The Windsor's. Huntley Palmers version is produced to the same recipe as the original, world famous Chocolate Bath Oliver.These biscuits are infamous – in fact it is said that John Lennon of The Beatles once refused to be paid in cash, preferring Chocolate Olivers instead! Sign up for the Mirror's daily newsletter to get all the latest news on the Queen, Charles, Kate, Wills, Meghan, Harry and the rest of The Firm.