Is a Twix a biscuit or a chocolate bar?

[Urban Sports]

Help me settle a discussion, I reckon a Twix is a chocolate bar the Mrs is adamant it's a biscuit!

What do you reckon, chocolate bar....right?

[Heathwood]

It's a chocolate bar, just happens to have some biscuit in it.

[pacman1]

IIRC the distinction is that anything with chocolate on is VATable. So digestives are VAT free and in the eyes of the treasury true biscuits, but the choccy ones aren't.
I'm a regular mine of useless information.

[goldblum]

A Twix is just like a big Kitkat,yes? At least it's nearer Kitkat than MarsBar.Aaaaand Kitkat's a biscuit,right?

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pacman1 said:

IIRC the distinction is that anything with chocolate on is VATable. So digestives are VAT free and in the eyes of the treasury true biscuits, but the choccy ones aren't.
I'm a regular mine of useless information.

Chocolate isn't the defining thing, it's whether it's a luxury item or not - eg chocie biscuit would be taxed, chocolate cake wouldn't be.

[miniman]

Does she classify a Picnic bar as fruit on the basis that it has raisins in it?

[Urban Sports]

OK her argument is that a caramel rocky is undoubtedly a biscuit but has caramel and chocolate, it's made of the same stuff as a twix so they both must categorised as the same.

[Marf]

It's a chocolate coated biscuit bar.

[Urban Sports]

Marf said:

It's a chocolate coated biscuit bar.

So which is it then???????

[Marf]

Neither, its a chocolate coated biscuit bar!

[Guvna]

Karl Pilkington said:

You never see an old man eating a twix. It just does not look right

[BliarOut]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cakes
You've gotta love the Jaffa Cake. VAT is payable on chocolate-covered biscuits, but not on chocolate-covered cakes.

[goldblum]

"Twix is a candy bar made by Mars, Inc., consisting of a biscuit finger, topped with caramel and coated in milk chocolate." Wiki.

It's a biscuit finger topped with stuff.Does that make it a proper biscuit?

[madbadger]

Marf said:

Neither, its a chocolate coated biscuit bar!

This.

It's definately more biscuit than chocolate, but it's not one or the other.

[parapaul]

It's on the shelves with mars bars, snickers and wispas. Therefore it's a chocolate bar.

[Marf]

parapaul said:

It's on the shelves with mars bars, snickers and wispas. Therefore it's a chocolate bar.

Only if you choose to accept the marketing. It's clearly a chocolate coated biscuit bar.

[Stu R]

Boring answer - it depends on local tax classifications, so either - or neither - depending on where you rest your hat.
UK tax definitions are pretty clear cut for it, US ones a little different. In the UK it's simply labelled as a confectionary VAT wise, which is standard rate. In the US, for the purposes of sales tax, you've got what's known as the Twix Tax Test - no really! - which basically states that if it's got flour in or it needs to be kept refrigerated at the sales outlet, it's not a candy bar. It's sort of like the US' own version of the great Jaffa Cake vs HMRC legal battle.

FWIW I list them in the Chocolate bar category in my business' database, price lists etc.

[HenryRoyce]

Heathwood said:

It's a chocolate bar, just happens to have some biscuit in it.

This. Although I might just have to eat one now to make sure...

[Arun_D]

HenryRoyce said:

Heathwood said:

It's a chocolate bar, just happens to have some biscuit in it.

This. Although I might just have to eat one now to make sure...

What were your findings? Or do you need to test a larger sample size before you can make a decision?

[calibrax]

For me, to be a biscuit there should be several in a single packet. Two doesn't count.