Jammie Dodgers 16 Raspberry Flavour Biscuits Jumbo, 280g
Raspberry is the one the name means. Every other filling in this range is a spin-off from it, so a bag of sixteen is not an experiment; it is a household that already knows the answer buying accordingly. The jam supplies nearly all of the sweetness here and the shortcake almost none, which is why the cup beside it wants to be plain and unsweetened; a sugared mug puts the whole thing over. Sixteen loose in one bag will not hold their snap for a fortnight once it has been opened, so move them into a tin on the first day and the last four eat like the first four.
Jammie Dodgers 16 Raspberry Flavour Biscuits Jumbo, in brief.
Jammie Dodgers Jumbo is the big pack of the biscuit everyone recognises: sixteen shortcake sandwich rounds with a raspberry flavour middle and the heart-shaped window cut through the top, 280g in all. Picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the household-size buy rather than the treat-size one.
Two seconds in the tea and hold it by the edge: the middle softens before the shortcake does.
Jammie Dodgers 16 Raspberry Flavour Biscuits Jumbo is the big pack: sixteen shortcake sandwich rounds with a raspberry flavour middle and the heart-shaped window cut through the top biscuit, 280g in all.
At sixteen biscuits to the pack, this is a household staple rather than a treat. The format has been the same for as long as anyone can remember: two rounds of shortcake, a fruit middle holding them together, and a window so a child can see what is inside before deciding to eat it. The brand names the filling as raspberry flavour on the front of the pack, and the full declaration behind that wording is printed on the current pack rather than repeated here.
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. Storage notes and pairing guidance are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind The Pack
The jam sandwich biscuit with a window in it is one of the fixed points of the British biscuit tin, and Jammie Dodgers is the name most people reach for when describing the shape. The design is doing more work than it looks: the window shows the filling, which sells the biscuit to a five-year-old without a word being said, and it also lets the middle set properly during manufacture rather than being trapped under a solid lid.
The jumbo pack is the sensible way to own them.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
Our Commitment To The Planet
- The big pack is the efficient one. Sixteen biscuits in one pack carries less packaging per biscuit than the same count in single-serve packs, and a shortcake round keeps well enough for a household to finish it.
- Recycling follows the pack. Packs, trays and films can take different routes and councils differ, so read the current pack and your own local guidance.
Serving Notes For Jammie Dodgers 16 Raspberry Flavour Biscuits Jumbo, 280g
- Portion: two biscuits with a mug; one in a lunchbox.
- Storage: airtight and cool. The shortcake keeps well; the middle is what suffers in a warm cupboard.
- Best with: cold milk, strong black tea with milk, vanilla ice cream, or crushed over stewed fruit.
- Not for: a cheese plate, a long dunk, or anyone who finds a sweet biscuit too sweet.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Jammie Dodgers 16 Raspberry Flavour Biscuits Jumbo, 280g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Jammie Dodgers
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
A shortcake round with a fruit middle is a more forgiving biscuit in a mug than a filled cream one, but it still has limits.
The Family Tin Route
The Two-Second Dunk
Made with this tea
The Family Tea Break
How to serve Jammie Dodgers with a proper mug of tea.
- 2 biscuits
- 1 bag ordinary black tea
- 200ml water at a full boil
- A splash of milk
- Brew one bag in 200ml straight off the boil for three minutes, on the strong side of medium. A light cup vanishes under this biscuit.
- Leave the sugar out. No biscuit in the tin needs it less.
- Stop at two biscuits. The shortcake is short and sweet enough that a third stops being enjoyable.
The Two-Second Dunk
How to dunk a Jammie Dodger without losing the middle.
- 2 biscuits
- 1 mug of hot tea
- Hold the biscuit by its edge, away from the window, so your fingers are not on the part that softens.
- Count two seconds. The middle gives way before the shortcake does.
- Eat the dunked side first and immediately, which is the only way to keep the filling where it belongs.
What you'll end up with: A dunked Dodger that arrives intact, which is more than most filled biscuits manage.
Jammie Dodger Ice Cream Sandwich
How to make an ice cream sandwich from Jammie Dodgers.
- 8 biscuits
- 400ml vanilla ice cream
- Fresh raspberries to serve
- Soften the ice cream for five minutes so it spreads without cracking the shortcake.
- Spread onto four biscuits and press the others on top, windows facing out so the jam still shows.
- Freeze for an hour on a lined tray.
- Serve with fresh raspberries, which sharpen the sweetness in the middle.
What you'll end up with: The best use of a jumbo pack in summer, and the fruit middle does the work a syrup would otherwise do.
Sweet Crumb For Stewed Fruit
How to turn Jammie Dodgers into a quick crumb topping.
- 4 biscuits
- 🯈20g butter
- 500g stewed apple, plum or rhubarb
- Crush the biscuits coarsely, filling and all.
- Scatter over warm stewed fruit at the table so it stays crisp.
- Skip any added sugar in the fruit. The crumb has brought plenty.
What you'll end up with: A crumble topping in ten minutes without an oven or a rubbed-in flour mix.
No-Bake Jam Slice
How to make a no-bake slice from a jumbo pack of Jammie Dodgers.
- 200g biscuits
- 🯈80g butter, melted
- 200g white chocolate, melted
- 2 tablespoons raspberry jam
- Crush the biscuits, middles included, to a coarse crumb.
- Stir into the melted butter until the crumb holds when pressed, then press firmly into a lined tray.
- Pour the melted white chocolate over and ripple the jam through it with a skewer.
- Chill until firm and cut small. It is sweet, so cut smaller squares than you think you want.
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Typical values per 100g, as published | Per 100g |
|---|---|
| Energy | 435 kcal |
| Fat | 14.1g |
| of which saturates | 6.8g |
| Carbohydrate | 70.2g |
| of which sugars | 29.7g |
| Fibre | 2.1g |
| Protein | 5.4g |
| Salt | 0.6g |
Ingredients and allergens. Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat (gluten) and sulphites. Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.
Ingredients, as published for this barcode: Wheat flour (with Calcium carbonate, Iron, Niacin and Thiamin), Raspberry flavoured apple jam (27%) (Glucose-fructose syrup, Apples (Apple, Preservative (Sodium metabisulphite)), Sugar, Humectant (Glycerol), Acid (Citric acid), Acidity regulator (Sodium citrates), Flavourings, Colours (Anthocyanins, Annatto norbixin), Gelling agent (Pectin)), Vegetable oils (Sustainable palm, Rapeseed), Sugar, Partially inverted sugar syrup, Raising agents (Ammonium bicarbonate, Sodium bicarbonate), Salt, Flavourings.
Ingredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.
| Component | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Raspberry flavour middle | the filling | The brand's own wording for the centre, and the part that arrives first on the palate. |
| Shortcake rounds | two per biscuit | Short, sweet and mild. They frame the middle rather than competing with it, and they are what gives the biscuit enough structure to survive a short dunk. |
| The heart window | cut through the top round | Shows the filling, which is most of the appeal to a child, and lets the middle set properly in manufacture instead of being sealed under a solid lid. |
| Count | 16 biscuits | The figure the jumbo pack is sold on. |
| Pack weight | 280g |
Pack: Jammie Dodgers 16 Raspberry Flavour Biscuits Jumbo, 280g; a household pack of sixteen shortcake sandwich rounds. Best before the date printed on the pack, and best kept airtight and cool once opened.
Sourcing & blend. Jammie Dodgers 16 Raspberry Flavour Biscuits Jumbo, 280g is the household size of a biscuit that has been one of the fixed points of the British biscuit tin for generations: two rounds of shortcake, a fruit middle holding them together and a window cut through the top so the filling shows. The pack you receive is the current UK retail pack rather than an import made to a different recipe for another market. The reading of the middle as sweet and bright rather than tart, and of the shortcake as mild enough to frame it rather than compete, is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.
What is in Jammie Dodgers 16 Raspberry Flavour Biscuits Jumbo, 280g, and what is not:
- In: sixteen shortcake sandwich rounds with a raspberry flavour middle, 280g to the pack.
- Not a low-sweetness biscuit: this is a children's biscuit that adults eat, and the sweetness is the point rather than an oversight.
- Not a long dunker: the middle softens before the shortcake does, which is an editorial reading of how a filled round behaves in hot liquid rather than a claim off the pack.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Jammie Dodgers 16 Raspberry Flavour Biscuits Jumbo, 280g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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