Wagon Wheels

Anthony Butcher · 16-12-2004, 05:46 PM

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Burton's confirm that none of their products contain ingredients derived from genetically modified crops. However, they cannot guarantee that all their dairy, egg and meat ingredients are derived from animals fed on non-GM crops.

Anthony Butcher · 16-12-2004, 05:47 PM

http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.c...ws.php3?item=8

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In the world of biscuits, many could be related to types of people. For example the Hobnob (if were a person) would be the kinda guy you expect to chop his own wood, grow his own vegetables and make his own moonshine that he sells down the local pub. The digestive on the other hand would be a middle class woman living on her own, making a fair salary and being proud of it.

So, I ask myself: if a Wagon Wheel was a person what would they be like? Well after my investigation of the biscuit I have a very good idea. They would be the kind of person who has an average job, good looking spouse, but underneath it all have an amazingly eccentric, exciting and exhilarating hobby!

The humble begging of the Wagon Wheel for me was a biscuit palmed off to our family by grandparents. Not a good start as being force-fed Wagon Wheels usually makes you hold a deep hatred and resentment for them in all shapes and forms. But after a few years the hatred died and I soon grew to like them.

Admittedly the Wagon Wheel is a rather perverted form of a biscuit, never the less, still a good one.

The two layers of enclosed biscuit really define it way from things like Bourbons and Custard Creams. The filling being (in my opinion) the tasty alternative to foam used to ship ming vases. The biscuit texture is more soft than hard, but not so you have to bung it under the grill to get it back to it's original crispiness.

The chocolate coating is not actually real, but some weird alternative chocolate that has probably come from a parallel dimension. I'm not saying it's bad, but it does taste and crumble very strangely.

Over all the combination of the softish biscuit(s), foam and chocolate makes for a good chomp on a Sunday night. I enjoy the range of different flavours and like the BN caters for most tastes.

So as the advert says: "AAAhhh... You Would". Go and try a biscuit that is sounds better than it looks.

On a side note, don't actually try and use them for wagon wheels, they seem never able to hold the weight.

mkpdavies · 16-12-2004, 05:52 PM

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So, I ask myself: if a Wagon Wheel was a person what would they be like? Well after my investigation of the biscuit I have a very good idea. They would be the kind of person who has an average job, good looking spouse, but underneath it all have an amazingly eccentric, exciting and exhilarating hobby!

That is one scary accurate assesment of moi!

I knew there was a reason for my love of Wagon Wheels!

Nigel Garage · 16-12-2004, 06:05 PM

What would Biscuitman say?

Biscuitman · 16-12-2004, 07:21 PM

Gypsy Cream floats my boat.

Anthony Butcher · 16-12-2004, 09:25 PM

http://www.burtonsfoods.com/

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More than 400 million individual Wagon Wheels are sold at home and abroad every year, of which over half are eaten by children.

Wagon Wheels were launched in the late 1940's, at the 1948 Olympia Food Fair, as the biggest Chocolate Biscuit Bar (CBB) on the market. The name was derived from the Wild West which was very popular at the time of the launch, in particular, the film Wagon Train. Toffee, Double Choc and Orange flavoured Wagon Wheels have been available in the past.

However, 2002 saw the relaunch of this popular chocolate biscuit. New Wagon Wheels now have a great new chocolatey taste and bright metallic packaging. Go to http://www.wagonwheels.com/ for more information, competitions and events.

Production

All the raw materials are mixed together in a very large mixer.

The dough is forced INTO phpbb_a roller and then rotary moulder to give the required weight and shape.

The shaped dough enters a very long oven, about 150 metres long.

When they are baked, the biscuits go through the mallow depositor. For Jammie Wagon Wheels jam is also added to the biscuit at this stage.

The biscuit and mallow is covered in chocolate coating.

The products are cooled, wrapped, packed and distributed to the stores where you go and buy them.

I find it slightly disturbing that 200 million Wagon Whels are eaten by adults every year.

http://www.wagonwheels.com/news.htm

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We're really excited to give you some news about our brand new and improved Wagon Wheels which will be coming to a supermarket near you very soon! Over the next month, you will start to see our delicious new recipe Wagon Wheels appearing on supermarket shelves in updated, redesigned packaging which means you’ll be able to tell straight away that it’s the yummy new one! So what exactly is new? We’ve replaced the traditional cinnamon flavoured biscuit with a new chocolate biscuit and we’ve added a chocolate sauce on top of the delicious mallow. We’ve also covered the Wagon Wheel in new superior chocolate. Overall this makes the Wagon Wheels eating experience a great big satisfying stomach filler.

I think that this is an old page referring to the current Wagon Wheels, but I will investigate next time I am in a super market.

Intbel · 18-12-2004, 06:12 AM

Are Burton's biscuits tailor made?

Tarka · 26-09-2007, 05:43 PM

Wagon Wheels, now I remember eating these as a child way back in the 1900's

These things used to be huge then about 15 years later made a comeback and they were much smaller, you may say, yes but you grew bigger so they seemed smaller but they really were smaller is size. It just wasn't the same after that... RIP Wagon Wheel.

Anthony Butcher · 26-09-2007, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by tara

Wagon Wheels, now I remember eating these as a child way back in the 1900's

These things used to be huge then about 15 years later made a comeback and they were much smaller, you may say, yes but you grew bigger so they seemed smaller but they really were smaller is size. It just wasn't the same after that... RIP Wagon Wheel.

Thanks for reviving a thread from 2004!

Westcountryman · 26-09-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony Butcher

Thanks for reviving a thread from 2004!

That's some serious grave digging!

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Tarka Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,310	Wagon Wheels, now I remember eating these as a child way back in the 1900's These things used to be huge then about 15 years later made a comeback and they were much smaller, you may say, yes but you grew bigger so they seemed smaller but they really were smaller is size. It just wasn't the same after that... RIP Wagon Wheel.