This is a half chocolate dipped version of The Original Weary ANZAC biscuit, made for chocoholics, in tribute to the mud endured by 'diggers' on the Western Front in WW1. NOTE: this biscuit is guaranteed to not give you trench foot! 

Almost every painting, photograph, poem, diary or book about the First World War (WW1) involves mud  (chocolate was scarce on the front lines). Mud is as much a part of WW1 as artillery or trenches, barbed wire or machine guns, hopelessness or heroism. 

It was in these sodden trenches that the affectionate term ‘Digger’ became a popular slang word used to describe ANZAC soldiers, and was particularly a term used among Kiwis and Australians when referring to one another. 

As for the lighthearted dark humour regarding this biscuit and trench foot, (or immersion foot syndrome) it is a serious condition that results from your feet being wet for too long. The condition first became known during WW1 because soldiers regularly developed the condition from fighting in cold, wet conditions in trenches without the extra socks or boots to help keep their feet dry.

A great overview of what the mud on the Western Front was like for ANZAC troops can be found on the Conflict Anthropology website.