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Gareth
07-02-2005, 18:25
In the office today, we were talking about biscuits - as you do - when someone mentionned Party Rings. It took us all a while to remember the name of Party Rings, but we finally got there.

However, nobody can remember the name of the biscuits that were like Party Rings but without the hole in the middle. They also had a coffee flavour bit to the icing on the top.

Anyone know what they were/are called? If so, I could get a cuppa tea made for me tomorrow morning ;)

AndrewJ
07-02-2005, 20:50
check this place out.

http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/previous.php3?item=89

soneill
08-02-2005, 01:21
The biscuits that you are looking for are called "cafe noir" :) They are still made but you might have to hunt a bit to find someone who sells them.

Gareth
08-02-2005, 01:31
Thanks AndrewJames, but these aren't the ones... the Party Rings have a hole in the middle, whereas these other ones don't.

Soneill, I think you're almost there.... except CafÃÃâ€*’© Noir are only coffee flavoured, and these ones were 3-flavoured... a bit more like neopolitan ice cream - except in biscuit form ;)

Thanks anyway, but it looks liek I'll be making my own tea tomorrow :D

Raistlin
08-02-2005, 01:46
Actually, I think they're called Iced Shorties, I just can't seem to find a picture of them anywhere at the moment.....

Theodoric
08-02-2005, 21:43
The biscuits that you are looking for are called "cafe noir" :) They are still made but you might have to hunt a bit to find someone who sells them.
Sigh! I remember cafe noir, the height of 50s sophistication. :)

Mr_love_monkey
08-02-2005, 21:44
I thought party ring was a slang term for a certain act...

anon6969
15-11-2011, 20:39
I think they were called Iced Shorties

The 3 striped biscuits in this photo:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/11/43.jpg

LondonRoad
15-11-2011, 21:29
Could it be playbox. Similar to Party rings but I think they had different shapes. There was a different little picture of a toy on the icing side, e.g. train, soldier and the occasional letter I think. Very long time since I've seen them but I think they were made by one of the big manufacturers.

edit. Before MLM responds, playbox isn't afaik a slang term for any acts :-)

I just found this pic. They're selling the old biscuit tins and it was Peak Freans that made them.

http://www.louispotts.com/acatalog/robert-opie-tinware-biscuit-tin-peek-frean-s-play-box-biscuits.html

Hugh
15-11-2011, 22:25
Helluva six and a half year bump.....

Mr_love_monkey
15-11-2011, 22:47
good to see I was making exactly the same jokes 6 years ago

LondonRoad
15-11-2011, 22:56
I hadn't noticed the date..... the jokes gone a bit stale ;)

Hugh
15-11-2011, 23:15
You're crackers.....

Pauls9
16-11-2011, 10:28
That just takes the biscuit

Pog66
16-11-2011, 13:16
makes you wonder whether anon6969 has been trawling the web waiting for the opportunity to show his/her knowledge of biscuitine history

Damien
16-11-2011, 14:25
He was right though! Darn, wish they still made those, they were nice.