Rude words on biscuits prove a hit for Southsea baker with her sweary business Disco Biscuits

Izzy Pink, from Southsea, struck upon the idea of Disco Biscuits during the first lockdown.

Using her culinary skills picked up working at a top cake makers in London, Izzy decided to create delicious biscuits which could be sent through the post as gifts.

However her biscuits come with a twist – instead of beautiful designs or loving messages, Izzy decorates them with rude words or funny pictures, and they all come with a free glow stick.

Izzy, 35, said: ‘This business is me in a nutshell. I swear a lot, it’s not pink and fluffy, it’s bold and bright, I bounce around to house music a lot, it’s a reflection of me.’

Izzy, who also has a full-time job working for a housing association, said this business was a great distraction from the troubles of 2020 – and that she hopes it’s also brought joy to all her customers.

She has designed special boxes for people affected in all sorts of ways by the pandemic.

She has created biscuits to send to friends when their weddings have been postponed, or for when they have lost their jobs, for bored lockdown teenagers, and has even sent biscuits bearing special rude messages to isolating grannies.

Now she is cooking up some treats for Valentine’s Day featuring body parts and naughty sayings.

Izzy, originally from Bishop’s Waltham, said: ‘It gives me a lift all the time. It gives you a snapshot of people’s lives, with what they ask you to write. It is a laugh, a bit of humour in worrying times, and it’s really taken off.

‘Everybody is feeling a bit miserable right now, it’s great to cheer them up. Plus they all get a free glowstick so they can have a little rave around their kitchen.’

During the first lockdown Izzy sent biscuits to NHS workers and when they were gratefully received, she decided to push the idea further and she set up Facebook page ‘Disco Biscuits’ and orders came flooding in.

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She said she loves working with Royal Icing, a skill she picked up while studying under celebrity royal cake baker Mich Turner MBE a few years ago.

Now she’s just delighted to be living in Southsea with a quirky business of her own.

‘Sometimes I imagine having a little shop along Albert Road selling my biscuits, blaring out house music, it would be a very cool shop, I hope to start small and dream big,’ she said.

Izzy’s biscuits cost £24 for four or £35 for eight.

For more go to facebook.com/heydiscobiscuits

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