Let’s celebrate Dream Tea Week with free recipes and a giveaway!!
I don’t know about you but I am a total sucker for biscuits, they are my Achilles heel!! I find it impossible to stick to just ONE and usually end up pinching a minimum of three from the biscuit barrel. I’m a dunker too, depending on the biscuit and the beverage. I’m not quite as gross as my boys who like to dunk their biscuits in their squash ewwww yuck!!
National Children’s Charity Dreams Come True has launched it’s national fundraising campaign – Dream Tea 2015. The Dream Tea encourages people across the UK to take time out with their friends and enjoy a cup of tea together with a slice of cake or biscuit whilst raising money to provide the power of dream fulfilment to unwell children.
Dreams Come True conducted a fun survey to find out what tea-time treats remind people most of their childhood and I wasn’t surprised by their findings;
- With 43 per cent of the vote – Wagon Wheels prove the most popular teatime treat to make people nostalgic of their childhoods
- A notable female bias pushes Pink Wafer Fingers to second place with 35 per cent
Pink Wafer Fingers came in second place with nearly 35 per cent of the vote, but interestingly this tea-time treat proved much more reminiscent of childhood for females – around 43.5 per cent, compared to males with 26 per cent. Gender comparison also revealed further divergence between the sexes on Iced Gems – 41.5 per cent females to 22.5 per cent males. And 29.5 per cent of females had fond memories of Fondant Fancies versus 15 per cent of males.
In close third place, Jammy Dodgers, pulled in 33 per cent of the UK vote, and were notably more popular than Wagon Wheels in Scotland – 47 per cent, compared to Wagon Wheels at 44.5 per cent. And in Wales, 42 per cent voted for Jammy Dodgers compared to 38 per cent for Wagon Wheels. Although I don’t know about you, but I think they are a heck of a lot smaller than they used to be. I can’t believe it’s just the fact that I have grown?
My tea-time favourites have got to be Custard Creams and Bourbon’s or the SAS of biscuits ‘Hob Nobs’ (Peter Kay sketch anyone?).
You can read the full report here.
To mark the launch of Dream Tea Week I have two great recipes for you to try AND a fab giveaway.
Lovely Lavender Biscuits
Pizza Cake
32 Comments
Tracy K Nixon (@tracyknixon)
June 22 at 5:07 am
Millionnaires shortbread – I love all the layers – shortbread, toffee caramel and chocolate all in one bite!!
traceypeach
June 22 at 4:28 pm
I love chocolate chip cookies to make & eat because I love them so much! xxx
iain maciver
June 22 at 4:38 pm
mcvities digestives great for dunking
Natalie Crossan
June 22 at 10:29 pm
Scottish shortbread… so sweet and delicious
Kelly (@Jakeysmummy2006)
June 25 at 5:34 pm
Viennese chocolate biscuits!
Joanne O’Neill
June 30 at 9:41 am
Flapjacks! Or fifteens-it’s a tough call
Joy
July 1 at 6:38 pm
Cherry shortbreads
caroline walliss
July 1 at 7:17 pm
Double choc chunk cookies!x
fozia Akhtar
July 1 at 11:11 pm
Custard creams
Lesley Bradley
July 2 at 10:11 am
I do like a savoury snack-nachos with cheese, salsa and sour cream is my favourite!
leanne weir
July 2 at 11:59 am
Scottish shortbread – leanne w
Sarah Cooper
July 2 at 1:27 pm
Chocolate cake
Rich Tyler
July 6 at 9:45 am
Has to be cheese & crackers 🙂
Milly Y
July 6 at 10:00 am
I like flapjacks – super tasty and the oats are filling!
Kerry Locke
July 10 at 7:53 am
I adore Hummus with crunchy veg
Michelle Banks
July 10 at 3:25 pm
i love pink wafers, they remind me of my nan lol
Kiran Parry
July 15 at 9:47 pm
Chocolate chip cookies. I love the texture and love the flavour of chocolate.
Laura Nice
July 22 at 7:21 pm
Nice Biscuits as they are name after me! lol
Diana
July 23 at 12:29 pm
Shortbread biscuits are my favourite 🙂
alison clark
July 23 at 2:01 pm
I have many but 1 of them is my mums tea bread – she uses such huge sultanas in it and spread with thick butter its just heavenly – only problem is when she makes me one I can’t leave it alone and it doesnt last long.
Veronica Lopez-Smith
July 24 at 7:48 pm
I love shortbread biscuits and make my own with varied flavours (e.g. lemon ones are lovely)
Eleanor Powell
July 24 at 9:32 pm
Chocolate cherry brownies
lindat4683
July 25 at 9:49 am
I love chocolate biscuits,
Doesn’t matter what kind,
Made up with many swirls,
A full bodied chocolate,
Or a cream,
But the best for me I guess it’s got to be,
Chocolate digestives,
As its crumbly when you bite,
And soon the biscuit is out of sight.
Barbara Handley
July 25 at 10:55 am
Cookies because my grandchildren like making them with me.
Helen
July 25 at 6:13 pm
coolio
Emma Nixon
July 25 at 6:36 pm
Flapjacks. So tasty. And the best way to eat oats
Lisa Wilkinson
July 25 at 9:25 pm
I like to make Thai Sausage Rolls. They are nice change to normal sausage rolls and great for picnics.
Solange
July 26 at 3:51 am
Chocolate cake
Victoria Prince
July 26 at 8:47 am
My mum’s flapjack 🙂 Because you can vary the ingredients to make it as healthy or unhealthy as you like, and there are so many different things you can put in it so there is a flavour for every occasion! Delicious
trevor linvell
July 26 at 10:28 am
chocolate digestives as im addicted to chocolate
Sarah Lee
July 26 at 7:56 pm
Flapjacks -they are so tasty and you can alter the recipe by adding different fruits etc
Susan Carruthers
July 26 at 10:48 pm
I love flapjacks, and they are so easy to make!