If you want guests to help themselves to an individually wrapped chocolate biscuit, choose a pack with single portions. If you plan to hand out two biscuits at a time, duo packs could be a good fit. Before you buy, count the sealed portions rather than just the biscuits, and check the ingredients, allergens and storage instructions on the packaging of the variant you choose.
You want guests to be able to pick up a sealed portion themselves, rather than putting out a plate of loose biscuits. Albert Heijn lists individually wrapped biscuits for LU Time Out Choco Chip and small packs for Kinderini; check how many biscuits are in each portion for the product you choose.
A small pack is easy to set out for each guest, but the number of biscuits and the allergens matter too. According to Albert Heijn, a pack of Kinderini contains four sealed portions, each with two biscuits.
If you’ll be handing out treats at several points during the party, you’ll want to know in advance how many sealed portions you have. Lotus Bakeries lists Biscoff packs containing 150 or 300 individually wrapped biscuits. These are original speculoos biscuits, not chocolate biscuits, so they’re only suitable if chocolate isn’t essential.
First, decide whether you want to hand out one biscuit or one sealed portion per guest. Then check that the flavour, allergen information and number of portions are right for your party.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who is this most important for? |
|---|---|---|
| Handing out sealed portions | Check whether each biscuit is individually wrapped or whether two biscuits come in one sealed portion. Follow the storage instructions on the packaging. | If guests will help themselves at different times during the party, I want to be able to leave out unopened portions. For around 36% of consumers, handing out sealed portions is the top priority. |
| Allergens | Read the ingredients, allergen information and warnings on the current packaging of the exact variant. | If any guests have a food allergy, I want to know what’s in their biscuit before handing it out. For around 29% of consumers, checking this is the top priority. |
| Portion size | Count the sealed packs as well as the biscuits in each pack, then compare the number of portions with the number of guests. | For a children’s party, I want to decide in advance whether each guest should get one or two biscuits. Around 21% of consumers prioritise choosing a suitable portion. |
| Chocolate variant | Check that the product you choose contains chocolate and that the specific variant comes in the portion pack you want. | If chocolate is the reason for choosing the treat, I don’t want to end up with plain speculoos just because the box contains individually wrapped portions. For around 14% of consumers, choosing the right chocolate variant matters most. |
According to Albert Heijn, each sealed Kinderini portion contains two biscuits; ALDI also describes its Biscotto chocolate biscuits as individually wrapped in pairs. Five individual LU Time Out Choco Chip packs provide a different number of servings from five duo packs.
So count the sealed portions, then decide separately how many biscuits you want to give each guest.
Different product variants may have different ingredients and warnings. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority states that allergen information for prepacked products must appear on the label.
Read the packaging of the exact variant before buying, and check it again before handing out the biscuits.
Lotus Bakeries offers boxes of 150 and 300 individually wrapped original Biscoff speculoos biscuits. The dark chocolate Biscoff variant is listed separately as 7 × 3 pieces; it’s not the same pack.
For the same variant, check the flavour, the number of biscuits in each sealed portion and the pack size.
Lotus Bakeries lists bulk packs containing 150 and 300 individually wrapped original speculoos biscuits.
Albert Heijn describes LU Time Out Choco Chip as a pack of five individually wrapped biscuits.
Albert Heijn lists Kinderini as four sealed packs, each containing two biscuits.
ALDI Netherlands describes a Biscotto pack containing 20 chocolate biscuits, wrapped in pairs.
Verkade’s range includes various chocolate biscuits, including options with chocolate chips and chocolate coating.
These products could work for handing out chocolate biscuits, biscuit sticks or wafers at a birthday party. Check how many sealed portions are actually in each pack: the number of biscuits or the total weight doesn’t always tell you how many guests you can cater for.
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Consider this strawberry variant if you want to hand out one sealed chocolate wafer portion per guest. The product name states 10 pieces and 113 g; check how many individual packs you’ll receive, as the number of pieces doesn’t necessarily tell you how many portions you can hand out.
Before handing them out, read the current ingredients, allergen information and storage instructions.
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These milk chocolate biscuits could suit your plans if you want to hand out small sealed portions. The pack weighs 150 g; check how many sealed portions it contains before buying for a specific number of guests.
Check the current allergen information for the pack you choose.
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Choose this biscuit stick format only if it suits the treat you want to hand out. The product name states 47 g; check how many sealed sticks are in the pack to work out how many guests you can cater for.
Also read the allergen information and storage instructions on the current packaging.
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The 10 × 12,5 g portion size is useful if you want to plan a small portion per guest in advance. Check that the wafer-style product suits your treat and that all ten portions are individually sealed.
Before buying, read the full ingredients and allergen information on the current packaging, especially if any guests have a food allergy.
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This strawberry and chocolate wafer could be a good choice if you want to hand out a small sealed portion and a wafer would work better than a biscuit. The product name states 16,5 g per pack; check how many packs are in the sales pack.
Follow the storage instructions and check the current allergen information before handing out the packs.
No: a duo portion is one sealed pack containing two biscuits. Albert Heijn describes Kinderini as four of these packs; ALDI says its Biscotto chocolate biscuits are wrapped in pairs. If you want one sealed pack per guest, count the bags.
Read the allergen information on the label of the exact pack you’re buying. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority states that allergen information for prepacked products must appear on the label; check any warnings too before handing out the biscuits.
Not if chocolate is essential: the boxes of 150 and 300 individual portions described by Lotus Bakeries contain original speculoos biscuits. If you choose a chocolate variant, check the portion packaging again; Lotus describes its dark chocolate variant as 7 × 3 pieces.
Follow the storage instructions on the packaging of the variant you choose. Keep sealed portions stored according to those instructions until you hand them out, and take care where you put them at the party venue, especially near sources of heat.
