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Flapjacks

Category: cookie/snack
Price: 69p for 2 due to buy one get one free sale
Ingredients: rolled oats, golden syrup, sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, butter, wholemeal, glucose-fructose syrup, maltodextrin, salt, sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate (The chocolate variety is the same except for small amounts of vanilla flavoring and the chocolate coating, which is just standard issue milk chocolate.)

In Great Britain, especially Scotland, flapjacks are not just some kind of hillbilly word for pancakes. They are a treat somewhere between a cookie and candy that is made from oats. Kind of like a granola bar and kind of like an oatmeal cookie. Homemade ones are probably better, but I'm feeling lazy, and these were on sale.

They look a lot like granola bars, and they smell pretty good. Kind of sweet and caramely like if you put the carmel popcorn stuff on oats instead. There are lots of visible whole oats, and the chocolate one has a nice coating of chocolate over one side.

First, the plain flapjack. It's not as sickly sweet as I thought it would be. It is very much like a chewy oatmeal cookie that is very heavy on the oatmeal. It tastes a little caramely, and requires a lot of chewing because of the whole oats. I think I could definately learn to like this. It reminds me of granola bars, but it is more filling because it isn't half full of puffed rice.

Now I'll try the chocolate. I liked the plain, but this is even better. It's got a thin layer of good quality British chocolate on one side that adds a smoothness that takes it from feeling a bit like an energy bar into being just a fantastic dessert treat. It reminds me of some of the bar cookies I used to get at church potlucks in Minnesota.

I definitely enjoyed flapjacks. It's a nice blend of chewy oatyness and sweetness. And in a pinch, I think it could be a good breakfast, paired with some fruit and milk. (If you can find organic ones and homemade or near-homemade, they're even better. They tend to be softer and not as tiring to chew as the store-bought ones.)

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