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XXL Hobnob

Ingredients:

4 packets of plain HobNobs
500g Cadburys Milk Choc
Sainsbury Butterlicious

Four tubes of McVitie's HobNobs, a tub of Butterlicious spread and a 400g Dairy Milk bar

Tea and biscuits is arguably the quintessential English past-time, with the bad boy of all dunking biscuits being the chocolate HobNobs. But today we, the WMC have taken the dunkability to the extreme….it’s time to up the ante.

Step 1: Crush the ‘Nobs

Initial feelings were that blending would be the speedy way to go, but this ended in tears. We then resorted to Thor’s Mighty Hammer and the arm of Jeezy, who proceeded to smash to ‘Nobs to oblivion in a bowl.

Crushing the biscuits to crumbs in a glass mixing bowl with a wooden rolling pin

Step 2: Forming the XXL ‘Nob

We used the power of a microwave to melt some butter which we added to the crushed ‘Nobs to form the uber knobbly crunchy biscuit base.

Step 3: Sculpting the biscuit of dreams

Phase 3 involved compressing the biscuity goodness into the mould in order to form the XXL HobNob.

Tipping the buttery biscuit crumb out of the bowl into a large black round tin

Once more Thor’s Mighty Hammer was employed in the process

Pressing the crumb flat into the large round tin with the end of a wooden rolling pin

Once compressed the mould was left to chill in a fridge to gain some structural strength.

After an agonising 1 hour in which we found some time to BBQ some quality meats in traditional WMC style we teased the giant Nob out of the mould with a few persuasive taps and an almighty wallop, resulting in out first size comparison.

The pressed biscuit turned out on a metal tray, one normal HobNob alongside for scale

Step 4: How to melt Choc……

After an initial melting school boy error, we called Grandma for some tried and tested techniques, producing the glistening chocolatey goodness as seen below:

The giant biscuit on foil under a glossy poured layer of melted milk chocolate

Step 5: Chocolate waves

Everyone knows that a Chocolate HobNob does not have a smooth surface, texture is where it’s at baby, the pallet knife comes into its own…..

The chocolate top scored in the HobNob crosshatch pattern, a normal biscuit beside it for scale

And of course the traditional comparison that PimpThatSnack has come to love.

A cut wedge stood on edge showing its thickness, next to a whole normal HobNob

Thanks WMC you just pimped my HobNob!

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