Twiglets
Twiglets are a crunchy savoury snack food shaped like small twigs and flavoured with a substance similar to Marmite.
Manufacture and marketing
Twiglets are manufactured in Aintree by Jacob's, a subsidiary of United Biscuits. They are marketed in the UK and Australia, packaged in a 150 gram bag. They are also available in 45 gram bags and in 200g tubs. From the package: "a whole lot of crunch in a wholewheat munch", "entertain your senses!", "distinctive knobbly shape", "baked not fried".
Twiglets are also known as "Sticks dipped in Marmite".
History
Twiglets were developed by Peek Frean & Co in Bermondsey in the interwar years.
Trivia
- Twiglets are often mentioned as a snack in the Whose Line is it Anyway? game Party Quirks.
- In a scene from the eponymous TV show, Mr. Bean runs out of Twiglets at a party he's hosting, and substitutes real twigs dipped in Marmite.
- In the British comedy series Spaced, lead character Tim Bisley says that Twiglets make him violent.