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

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The Bath Oliver has appeared in countless stories and period dramas. Perhaps most famously, poet Ezra Pound speaks in Hugh Kenner’s The Pound Era thusly:

The popularity of Oliver’s, as they were known, outlived the good doctor himself: as a rare yeasted biscuit, they found a new audience in the 19th century, when they were held to be “good for invalids suffering from acidity of the stomach, for which yeast is a corrective”. By 1907 many versions were produced in Bath, but only the Green Street bakery set up by Oliver’s former coachman could claim to use his original recipe. As well as waking up at the same time each morning and following the same schedule, her specific regime also includes drinking only the finest tea and taking a precise bath. Scrambling around his local supermarkets and then trawling the internet, Peter Sitch was at a loss for what had happened to his beloved Bath Oliver biscuits. Not on the shelves, not on Ocado, not nowhere. We implore you, dear reader, stay strong! We call upon you once more to take up metaphorical arms and the mighty pen, for we have power! According to MyLondon, the Queen has previously been described her as a chocoholic and her great-grandchildren, including Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Prince George, would be sure to love her morning treat.The Queen’s pre-breakfast food request is very naughty and we just know that her great-grandchildren would certainly approve. While she is perhaps one of the best-travelled nonagenarians in the world and has sampled hundreds of different types of food, it is only expected that she will have come across something that is her absolute favourite, reports MyLondon. Men have witnessed the dinner ceremony on flagships, where the steward still called it ‘claret’ and a Bath Oliver appeared with the cheese.”

Darren has previously said: "She is absolutely a chocoholic. Anything we put on the menu that had chocolate on, she would choose, especially chocolate perfection pie," he added. But, of course, readers of The Telegraph noticed – and I’ve noticed. And we should not allow this biscuit to die without a fight. On creating the chocolate confection Barry continued: “The Tiffin cake itself was pretty straightforward as the recipe was issued from the Palace, but the extras and decorations were a different story. The McVities' team and I worked 24/7 for 29 straight days to make sure we made something spectacular, and that met Prince William and Kate's brief.” Read More Related Articles The Bath Oliver is large, proud, straightforward and handsome. I see them on the shelves, shy among the vulgar newbies, like treasure beneath the sand. Never too dry, not too coarse, and with a hint of creaminess. And they are not a wretched oatcake, which is just gruel pretending to be a biscuit. One might think that a biscuit as storied and popular as the Bath Oliver would continue to be made until we started counting time in Stardates, but we would be wrong. In October 2020, United Biscuits, who had eventually acquired the rights to make Bath Olivers, folded to the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic and halted production. A brief production run was executed in December 2020, but as of the beginning of January 2021, commercially produced Bath Olivers were completely unobtainable.You would be forgiven for thinking this was the end of the story, but it was not. Unbelievably, Pinoccio-thin posh boy Jacob Rees-Mogg led a campaign for the return of Bath Olivers, and by mid January the bakery conveyers were running again, and Bath Olivers were falling into tins for UK-wide distribution. Supply to the EU would depend on whether anyone had the foresight to fill out the byzantine paperwork. It's well known that Prince William has a sweet tooth like his grandmother. During a video call to schoolchildren before Easter a few years ago, Catherine revealed that William couldn't stop eating their supply of Easter chocolate. Read More Related Articles During her nearly 70 years on the throne, the Queen has followed her daily routine closely and started most days the same way. She reportedly wakes at the same time every day and her schedule for the early hours is observed meticulously.