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If there's one thing we do better in the UK than anywhere else in the world, it's biscuits. And one American woman now living in the UK has made it her mission to try as many British biscuits and snacks as possible to see what all the fuss is about.

Michelle Cucchi, who is originally from Boston, Massachusetts, but now lives in London, regularly shares glimpses into her life as an American in the UK. And she has been particularly enjoying trying out the wide variety of biscuits and snacks you can find on the shelves here in Britain.

In a recent video she tried a true British institution - the custard cream. She said: "I am having literally the best time trying all these snacks that you guys are recommending to me, or snacks and treats and biscuits and candies, and even, like, savoury snacks. I want to get through everything, but what's on the list for today is custard creams."

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Holding up a packet of Marks and Spencer biscuits, she continued: "I'm sorry if I got the wrong brand. I don't know if there's a specific brand of custard creams you're supposed to be having, but I was at M&S and so I picked these up."

Examining the packaging, she said: "It says 'made with real custard powder'. Not really sure what custard powder is, I'll have to look that up. But I'm gonna give it a try."

Taking a bite, she says: "This tastes like a Vienna Finger, or at least that's what we have in the US."

Vienna Fingers are a popular snack in the USA, similar to custard creams, consisting of vanilla-flavoured cream sandwiched between two biscuits. However, Vienna Fingers are rectangular rather than the traditional square shape of custard creams.

Michelle continued: "It tastes really good. Wow. Yummy. I like this."

But she was uncertain about one thing. She said: "I don't know, are you supposed to dunk this in tea?"

She added: "This doesn't seem like a dunking cookie to me, or biscuit, I'm sorry. I don't even know, do you call this a biscuit? Please teach me, I'm having really so much fun learning."

People had a range of views in the comments. One said: "Every biscuit is dunkable! And everything is considered a biscuit, except chocolate chip cookies, which are specifically called cookies lol! Also many of these classic biscuits were created over 100 yrs ago!" Michelle replied: "I’m loving learning the rules and the history."

Another wrote: "Custard creams have a weird consistency, like compressed dust, which makes them very challenging to dunk. A microsecond too long and you have custard cream soup. Not for beginners." Michelle replied: "See now I’m terrified because I’m a beginner!"

Someone else said: "Dunk it but not for long. Literally straight in and straight out."

And another said: "Personally I can’t bear to dunk any biscuit in my tea that has any kind of filling/cream or chocolate coated - I wouldn’t dunk a chocolate bar in a drink so. Just a nice tasting plain biscuit is great for dunking, it’s a personal choice."