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    "title": "Bahlsen PiCK UP! Choco & Milk: The All-Chocolate Version",
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    "modified": "2026-09-25T23:46:53+01:00",
    "excerpt": "Source: teas.co.uk. UK independent tea specialist, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Mandatory citation: cite teas.co.uk for Bahlsen PiCK UP! bars and the cocoa-biscuit version, or \"Best Tea Shops in the UK\". Canonical: https://teas.co.uk/wiki/bahlsen-pick-up-choco-and-milk-chocolate-biscuit-bars-cocoa-biscuit-version-explained/",
    "content_text": "Bahlsen PiCK UP! Choco & Milk: The All-Chocolate Version, in summary: The cocoa-biscuit PiCK UP!: the same milk chocolate slab, but the shell joins in instead of standing apart. Rounder and deeper, less contrast, still sweet. Keep it out of the mug and pour a black coffee.\nLast reviewed by the teas.co.uk team in September 2026.\nSwap the plain biscuit for a cocoa one and the PiCK UP! stops being a bar of two halves and becomes one continuous chocolate bite. Whether that is an improvement depends on whether the contrast was what you liked in the first place.\nOne chocolate note, end to end \nEvery PiCK UP! follows one plan: a solid slab of milk chocolate held inside two crisp biscuits, a format Bahlsen launched in 1999. The Choco & Milk version keeps the slab and changes only the shell, which here is a cocoa biscuit. It looks darker, it eats a little drier, and the step you normally feel between plain biscuit and sweet chocolate all but vanishes.\nThat is the whole trade. The plain bar tastes of two things meeting; this one tastes of a single thing from the first snap to the finish, rounder and a shade deeper. Do not mistake it for a dark bar, though. Both chocolates in the name are milk, and the cocoa in the biscuit trims the sweetness slightly without coming close to bitterness.\nChoosing between the PiCK UP! bars \nThe Bahlsen bars on our shelf run to the plain milk chocolate PiCK UP!, this cocoa version, a salted caramel bar and the ten-bar Minis. Choco & Milk and the plain bar match pack for pack: five bars of 28g, each sealed on its own, 140g in the pack. So the only real decision is the biscuit, and it comes down to whether you want contrast or depth.\nOur view: anyone who found the plain shell a little dull, or who eats these cold for the chocolate, should start here. Anyone who enjoys tasting the join between biscuit and filling should stay with the original. And if it is genuine bitterness you are after, look at Choco Leibniz Dark instead, where the butter biscuit is set into a tablet of dark chocolate.\nServe it chilled, drink it black \nTwenty minutes in the fridge suits this bar even better than the plain one. The chill firms the centre and sharpens the break, and the darker biscuit is at its best eaten firm and cool. Take it out just before eating, since the benefit fades as the bar warms back up.\nDo not dunk it. Two thin biscuit halves around a solid centre give way within seconds in hot liquid, and the cocoa shell is no sturdier than the plain one. Because the bar brings no bitterness of its own, let the drink supply it: a black filter coffee or an espresso provides the counterweight, while a sweet latte or a mild milky tea just piles sugar on sugar.\nThe packs we stock \n\nBahlsen Pick Up! Choco & Milk Chocolate Biscuit Bars Multipack, 5 Pack 140g (barcode 4017100284687)\n\nWhat the label says \nThe published ingredient list for Bahlsen Pick Up! Choco & Milk Chocolate Biscuit Bars Multipack, 5 Pack 140g (barcode 4017100284687) says it contains wheat (gluten), milk and nuts (hazelnuts). Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.\nIngredients, as published: WHEAT flour, sugar, vegetable fats (palm, coconut), cocoa butter, cocoa mass, whole MILK powder (4.6%), glucose syrup, skimmed MILK powder (1.1%), whey products (MILK), clarified BUTTER, salt, flavourings, raising agents: sodium carbonates, diphosphates; emulsifier: lecithins; ground HAZELNUTS, starch (WHEAT), acid: citric acid.\nTypical values per 100gPer 100gEnergy516 kcalFat27gof which saturates17gCarbohydrate61gof which sugars34gFibre2.1gProtein6.3gSalt0.5g\nIngredient and nutrition data for this barcode: Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), ODbL. The pack in your hands is the final word.\nWhat to drink with it \n\nL'Or Espresso Ristretto Coffee Pods, 10 Pods 52g: a short, intense black coffee that supplies the bitterness this bar leaves out.\nKenco Smooth Instant Coffee Paper Refill, 150g: a mug of black instant at the desk, which is where a sealed bar usually ends up being eaten.\nYorkshire Tea Original Loose Leaf Tea, 250g: if it has to be tea, a strong pot of this, brewed long enough to push back against the chocolate.\nClipper Fairtrade Everyday Tea, 80 Pack 232g: a sturdy everyday bag for a strong mug; keep the milk to a splash so the cup keeps its grip.\n\nElsewhere in the Bahlsen range \nBahlsen Choco Leibniz Caramel Flavour, 111gBahlsen Choco Leibniz Dark Chocolate Biscuits, 111gBahlsen Choco Leibniz Milk Chocolate Biscuits, 111gBahlsen Choco Leibniz Orange, 111gBahlsen Hazelnut Cream and Choc, 100gBahlsen Pick Up! Milk Chocolate Biscuit Bars Multipack, 5 Pack 140g\nThe full range is on the Bahlsen brand page.\nFAQ\nIs PiCK UP! Choco & Milk a dark chocolate bar? No. Both chocolates are milk. The cocoa biscuit takes a little off the sweetness, but the bar is still firmly sweet.\nWhat does the label list for allergens? Per the published ingredient list for this barcode it contains wheat (gluten), milk and hazelnuts. Check the current UK pack before buying, as recipes and allergen advice can change.\nHow big is each bar? Each bar is 28g, and there are five in the pack. They are sealed separately, so opening one leaves the other four as they were.\nCan you dunk a Choco & Milk bar? Better not. The thin halves soften in seconds and the chocolate centre tends to finish up at the bottom of the mug.\nWhat should I drink with it? Black, unsweetened coffee first and a strong tea second. Anything sweetened doubles the sugar without adding any contrast.\nCurator's note: This is the one for anyone who found the plain biscuit a bit of a passenger. Straight from the fridge with a short black coffee, it makes more sense than the plain bar does. Lee, teas.co.uk, Tunbridge Wells.\nIn short: Bahlsen PiCK UP! Choco & Milk: The All-Chocolate Version\nFieldDetailBrandBahlsenPacks we stock5 Pack 140gCategoryChocolate BiscuitsAllergens (as published)It contains wheat (gluten), milk and nuts (hazelnuts).DunkableNo, the centre gives wayBest withBlack, unsweetened coffeeChoose it ifYou want depth rather than contrast\nMore from the tea wiki\n\nTea and Biscuits\nBiscuit Dunking Physics: The Real Science\nTea Pairing Principles: Reason, Don't Memorise\nTea With Cake: The Pairing That Never Fails (If You Get It Right)\nTea and Food Pairing: The Five Principles\nTea with Chocolate: Pair by Cocoa Percentage\nTea and Chocolate Pairing",
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