The word "nibs" is correct and used in written English.
It is a term for small pieces or fragments, often of food. For example, "I love to snack on chocolate nibs."
The shells are removed and the inner "nibs" ground into a thick, creamy paste known as cocoa liquor.
And only those paying NICS receive NIBs such as the state pension.Until now.
Metallic pens and pens with metallic nibs were developed in the mid-19th century.
It occurs in gold-bearing conglomerates, as at the Witwatersrand in South Africa, and in gold sands, as in California and Oregon, U.S. Because of their hardness and resistance to corrosion, both natural and synthetic iridosmine are used for tips of pen nibs, surgical needles, and sparking points in engines.
During the Middle Ages the quill pen was used for the fine delineations of images in manuscripts; its nibs, which can be sharpened to extreme fineness, permit the craftsman to create small linear figures or ornamental decorations on the pages or along the borders of the parchment leaves.
Giant chocolate-chip cookies with cocoa nibs Who can resist a chewy cookie?
"Highly fragrant," writes one expert who has sampled it, "the sherry influence [it is aged in sherry casks] spreading outwards from a tight core of cocoa nibs, cardamom, barks and spices with just a tiny bite of iodine".
We ended with strawberries with nibs of raw cocoa on a whey sorbet with more raspberry vinegar.
By which he means Ricky Gervais, who he also refers to as "his nibs".
Breakfasts are less choc-focused, but no less tasty – bittersweet green oranges, papayas, bananas, eggs and bacon, chocolate granola, "smudge" (posh Nutella), and Saint Lucian cocoa tea – an intense shot of ground cacao nibs, hot water and a splash of milk.
