Furniss New Wave Cornish Shortbread With Belgian Choc Chunks, 200g
Somewhere in this pack is a biscuit with almost no chocolate in it. That is what happens when pieces are folded through a dough instead of laid across the top, and anyone who counts as they eat will be irritated by it; anyone who does not will find the plain mouthfuls worth having anyway, because the base has flavour of its own rather than acting as a carrier. Sweetness runs higher than in the plain version of the same dough and tires the palate sooner, so two is a serving and four is a mistake. Wheat, dairy and chocolate together, with milk or dark left as a pack question.
Furniss New Wave Cornish Shortbread With Belgian Choc Chunks, in brief.
Furniss New Wave Cornish Shortbread With Belgian Choc Chunks is a two hundred gram pack of Cornish shortbread with chocolate set inside the dough rather than spread over the top, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the chocolate biscuit that does not mark your hands.
Chunks are not chips: larger pieces, fewer of them and unevenly spread, so one mouthful is plain buttery crumb and the next is chocolate. The unevenness is the character. Serve it cool so the chunks bite cleanly, pair it with black coffee, and keep it out of a hot drink.
That unevenness is the character rather than a defect. A coated biscuit gives the same experience from the first bite to the last. This one keeps interrupting itself, and because the chocolate is embedded, none of it ends up on your fingers before it reaches your mouth.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind Furniss
Furniss is a Cornish baker and the New Wave range is its everyday line rather than a gift tin, which is why this sits on a normal shelf. Cornwall has a baking tradition of its own, built around a richer, softer biscuit than the Scottish tradition produces, and this product takes that base and puts chocolate inside it instead of on it.
The pack names Belgian chocolate chunks.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
What You Are Actually Buying
- Two hundred grams: an everyday pack.
- Chunks, not chips: larger pieces, fewer of them, unevenly spread. That is what you are choosing when you buy a chunk biscuit rather than a chip one.
- Contains gluten and dairy: the dough is wheat flour and it is a butter based shortbread, so this is neither a vegan, dairy free nor gluten free product. Read the current pack for everything else, including whether the chocolate is milk or dark.
- Clean to hold: the chocolate is inside the biscuit, so unlike a coated one it does not mark hands until it is warm enough for the chunks themselves to soften.
Ideal Serving Conditions
Two things in this biscuit respond to temperature and they respond differently: the rich shortbread crumb and the chocolate chunks inside it. Getting both right at once is easy and makes a noticeable difference.
The Cool Plate
- Cool, not cold: the chunks want to be firm enough to bite through cleanly, and the crumb wants to be cool enough not to read greasy. A cool cupboard does both; a fridge overdoes both.
- Break it, do not bite it: snapping a biscuit in half first shows you where the chunks are, which is oddly useful information when you are deciding how to eat it.
- One at a time: the chocolate raises the sweetness above the plain version, so these tire the palate faster. Two is a serving.
- Nothing sweet alongside: unlike the plain shortbread, this one does not need fruit to complete it, and it does not want jam or a sweet drink beside it either.
What Chunks Do That a Coating Cannot
- They interrupt: alternating plain crumb and chocolate keeps the biscuit interesting past the halfway point.
- They stay clean: the chocolate is embedded, so the biscuit can be handed round without anyone needing a napkin.
- They survive a tin: there is no coated surface to scuff, dull or bloom, so the pack looks the same on day ten as on day one.
- They chop well: broken into a fridge slab or stirred through softened ice cream, the chunks stay as chunks rather than melting into a smear.
Getting It Right with a Hot Drink
- Pairing: a plain black coffee is the best partner, because bitterness balances both the chocolate and the buttery crumb at once. A strong unsweetened black tea is the other right answer.
- Avoid: hot chocolate and anything sweetened. There is already chocolate in the biscuit and doubling it flattens both.
- Dunking: no. A rich crumb collapses fast and any chunk near the surface simply melts into the drink.
- Storage: cool, dry, dark and sealed. Butter and chocolate both take on kitchen odours, so keep the pack away from anything strong.
- Best with: a black coffee mid morning, a picnic tin, a bowl of ice cream that wants chunks stirred through it, and a fridge slab.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Furniss New Wave Cornish Shortbread With Belgian Choc Chunks, 200g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Furniss
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our commitment to the planet
Sourcing and packaging details are printed on the current UK pack; the brand page carries the fuller story.
The taste profile
How does it compare
Furniss New Wave Cornish Shortbread With Belgian Choc Chunks, 200g keeps its chocolate inside, which makes it better than a coated biscuit for anything that involves handling, travelling or chopping. Five builds below cover the cool plate, a fruit and cream bowl, a fridge slab, chunk ice cream and the picnic tin.
Made with this tea
The Cool Plate with Black Coffee
How to make The Cool Plate with Black Coffee with Furniss Choc Chunk Shortbread.
- 4 shortbread biscuits
- 2 cups of plain black coffee
- A cool cupboard, not the fridge
- Keep the pack somewhere cool so the chunks are firm. Warm chunks smear into the crumb and lose the interruption.
- Break each biscuit in half before eating, which shows you where the chocolate is and makes it eat more slowly.
- Drink the coffee black and unsweetened. Bitterness balances the chocolate and the butter at the same time.
- Stop at two each. The chocolate raises the sweetness above a plain shortbread and the palate tires faster.
What you'll end up with: Clean chunk definition against a rich buttery crumb, with the coffee resetting the palate between biscuits.
Banana, Cream and Chocolate Crumb
How to make Banana, Cream and Chocolate Crumb with Furniss Choc Chunk Shortbread.
- 3 shortbread biscuits
- 2 ripe bananas, sliced
- 150ml double cream, lightly whipped
- A squeeze of lemon
- Toss the banana slices in a little lemon juice so they keep their colour and gain some acidity.
- Break the biscuits into coarse pieces, keeping the chunks intact rather than crushing them to dust.
- Layer cream, banana and biscuit in two bowls and finish with the pieces that have the most chocolate in them.
- Eat it straight away. Once the crumb meets the cream it starts to soften within minutes.
What you'll end up with: A quick pudding where the chocolate chunks stay recognisable instead of dissolving into the cream.
Chocolate Shortbread Fridge Slab
How to make Chocolate Shortbread Fridge Slab with Furniss Choc Chunk Shortbread.
- The 200g pack, broken up
- 100g butter
- 2 tablespoons golden syrup
- 200g dark chocolate, melted
- A 20cm square tin, lined
- Break the biscuits into pieces roughly the size of a thumbnail rather than crushing them, so the texture survives.
- Melt the butter and syrup together, take the pan off the heat and stir the biscuit pieces through.
- Press the mixture into the lined tin and pour the melted dark chocolate over the top.
- Chill for three hours and cut into squares with a warm knife, wiping it between cuts.
What you'll end up with: A slab with real pieces of buttery shortbread in it and dark chocolate on top providing the bitterness the biscuit lacks.
Chunk Shortbread Ice Cream
How to make Chunk Shortbread Ice Cream with Furniss Choc Chunk Shortbread.
- 4 shortbread biscuits
- 500ml vanilla ice cream, softened
- A freezer box with a lid
- Soften the ice cream in the fridge for fifteen minutes so it folds without melting to liquid.
- Break the biscuits into rough pieces and fold them through quickly, keeping the chunks whole.
- Freeze in a covered box for two hours, which is enough to set it firm without turning the biscuit hard.
- Eat within a couple of days, before the crumb draws moisture out of the ice cream and softens.
What you'll end up with: Vanilla ice cream with buttery rubble and firm chocolate pieces running through it, from four biscuits and no equipment.
The Picnic Tin
How to make The Picnic Tin with Furniss Choc Chunk Shortbread.
- Half the pack
- A rigid tin, not a bag
- An apple or a few grapes
- Pack them in a rigid tin rather than a bag, because a rich crumb breaks unevenly under pressure.
- Keep the tin out of direct sun. Embedded chunks stay clean far longer than a coating, but they still soften.
- Add fruit for acidity, which matters more on a warm day when everything tastes sweeter than it did at home.
- Reseal what is left of the pack at home rather than taking the whole thing out with you.
What you'll end up with: Biscuits that arrive whole and unmelted, which is the practical reason to choose chunks over a coating for a day out.
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
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Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this product it contains wheat (gluten), milk and soya. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.
Ingredients, as published for this product: Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Margarine (Vegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Water, Emulsifier (Distilled Monoglyceride), Flavouring, Colouring (Annatto Bixin, Curcumin)), Cornflour, Sugar, Belgian Dark Chocolate (12%) (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Clotted Cream (Milk) (5%), Cornish Sea Salt.
Ingredient and nutrition information for this product, as published on the manufacturer's label. The pack in your hands is the final word.
Pack: Furniss New Wave Cornish Shortbread With Belgian Choc Chunks, 200g; a rich Cornish shortbread with chocolate chunks set inside the dough. Store cool, dry, dark and sealed, away from anything strong smelling, because butter and chocolate both absorb odours. Read the net weight, the biscuit count, the chocolate type, the ingredient list, the allergen advice and the best-before date off the current UK pack.
Characterising components shown. Wheat and chocolate are stated because the product name and the shortbread format state them; whether the chocolate is milk or dark is not inferred.
Sourcing & blend. Furniss New Wave Cornish Shortbread With Belgian Choc Chunks, 200g comes from Furniss, a Cornish baker whose New Wave line is an everyday range rather than a gift tin. Cornwall bakes a richer, softer biscuit than the Scottish tradition produces, and this product takes that base and puts the chocolate inside it instead of on it. That is a structural decision rather than a cosmetic one: embedded chocolate interrupts the crumb, survives a tin without scuffing and does not mark the hand that holds it.
What's in Furniss New Wave Cornish Shortbread With Belgian Choc Chunks, 200g, and what isn't:
- In: a rich Cornish shortbread dough with Belgian chocolate chunks set through it, in a 200g pack.
- No certification claim: organic, Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and every other mark, including on the chocolate, are matters for the current pack.
- Not vegan and not dairy free: it is a butter shortbread carrying chocolate.
- Contains gluten: the dough is wheat flour and it is not suitable for a coeliac diet.
- No health claim: this is a rich butter biscuit with chocolate in it. We claim no benefit of any kind for it.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Furniss New Wave Cornish Shortbread With Belgian Choc Chunks, 200g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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