Most of these cookies I’ve enjoyed from McVitie’s have been called “digestives” which I haven’t really established if that description hurts the snack in the American market. Kind of sounds like high-fiber cookies. But they’re nothing like that, they are a genuinely great snack even if you aren’t an afternoon tea drinker. Had I not been introduced to McVitie’s in Japan, I might not have ever bought them here though. Really easy to miss. Hmm, come to think of it, despite eating so many I guess I haven’t actually bought them here in the U.S. yet. But I could if I go over to World Market, or on Amazon.com, or probably a bunch of other places.

So my family in Japan sends me snacks occasionally in care packages. They are such wonderful people. They know I like McVitie’s and they know I love anything Chocolate. When I received this package of Salt & Chocolate biscuits, I was a little curious why anyone would want to mix large quantities of the two. Happily, there isn’t really distinctive salt taste in these cookies, at least not more perceptible than what would be in a home cookie recipe. But these ‘digestive’ biscuits, constructed with a cocoa-type cookie and a chocolate topping are a new favorite of mine. They definitely rival the Paul Newman Alphabet cookies. Looking around the web, I haven’t seen much mention of the Salt & Chocolate. So maybe I’m the first to write about them here. They are visible on the McVitie’s Japan webpage, but maybe not available elsewhere unless you have a great set of in-laws like I do who will send them to you. Keep an eye out though.