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Stocking fillers from supermarkets

95 replies

LolaBaby75 · 12/11/2024 11:07

I've started adding items to my weekly online shop for various stockings I make up. Wondered if anyone else had ideas for small and interesting food items. I'll share my list first:
Quick Milk Magic Sipper Milkshake Straws
Bubble tea sachets
Dr Oetker Pud in mug sachet
Chocolate coins

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StormingNorman · 12/11/2024 11:34

Unusual chilli sauces
Honey with honeycomb in it
The American section for sweets

Goodbyemrfrenchfry · 12/11/2024 11:38

Cocktails in cans, jars of olives and interesting antipasto, mini panettone (Sainsbury’s do one in a little tin for £3), hot chocolate spoons

OperationalSupport · 12/11/2024 11:51

Fun sprinkles for someone who likes baking?
character cupcake mixes for children

DreamyMe · 12/11/2024 12:04

Mince Pie Flavoured Fudge - Tesco
Laila Mini Coriander Poppadoms - Tesco (a bag of these might not fit in your stocking, but I have big stockings!) 80p a bag, and they're lovely
Mini Gumball Machine with Bubblegum - Tesco
Mini Gummy Pizza - Tesco

TeamPolin · 12/11/2024 12:52

Box of Stroopwaffles (Co-op)
Toblerone
Chocolate Orange
Mini Tubs Pringles
Vaseline lip balm trio (Tesco)
Mr Matey bubbles
Highlighter pens

Whatamess23 · 12/11/2024 15:52

Christmas themed cake and biscuit making kits, gingerbread house kits - Asda and M&S have some lovely ones

legalseagull · 12/11/2024 15:57

Sainsburys have half price Christmas bath bombs at the minute which I've added. Disney lip balms too

OMGitsnotgood · 12/11/2024 17:18

Are you just doing stockings for children or adults? Most of these not much use if just for kids.

Nutella was a staple of my DC's stockings as I refused to buy it routinely.

Picked up off MN: flavoured Heinz baked beans (eg curry; fiery chilli; cheesey)

Unusual herbs and spices

I used to put a small tin of red salmon in my Mum's

Rubber gloves in my Dad's (family joke)

Glue sticks

Comics/magazines

Socks

Gloves

Bubble bath/shower gel

MêmePasPeur · 12/11/2024 17:20

Truckles of cheese

GettingStuffed · 12/11/2024 20:17

I usually get DH cans of posh sardines but unfortunately we're no longer near Waitrose

Floranan · 12/11/2024 20:22

Is it for children or adults ?

tesco have some hot chocolate gifts - some lovely baubles filled with marshmallows.

marzipan fruits - my son might be 30 but has to have those under the tree

ive also got, again Tesco, mini donut kit, it was about £6, good for all ages

the usual bath bombs etc

christmas mugs / glasses

That’s as far as I’ve got this year, all from Tesco

MissyB1 · 12/11/2024 20:26

@LolaBaby75 please can you tell me where you got the pud in mug sachet from? I’ve been looking for those!

LolaBaby75 · 13/11/2024 07:37

@MissyB1 from Asda last year

@Floranan and @OMGitsnotgood for teens, dh and grandparents

Some great ideas here!

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Roystonv · 13/11/2024 07:47

Fancy nuts, fancy decorated pack of tissues, travel size toiletries, shower steamers, coaster, pot/plant hanger. I know you said food but might help other people!

LolaBaby75 · 13/11/2024 07:53

@Goodbyemrfrenchfry good ideas for adults - thanks!

@StormingNorman I think my daughter would fascinated by honeycomb in honey!!

@Forgottenmyphone didn’t know some of these things existed. Good for DH

@OperationalSupport good call - there are some fun novelty sprinkles out there

@DreamyMe I want to try out the Mince Pie Flavoured Fudge and Mini Coriander Poppadoms myself! Gummy pizzas - I’m sure will be a hit

@TeamPolin ah some classics I’d forgotten for my list. I wonder if I have to do a meal deal to get the ini tubs of Pringles?

@Whatamess23 some xmas themed things - good call

@OMGitsnotgood I think some usually off-limits items are a great idea. Maybe Poptarts and mini boxes of coco pops too? My DM would like spices I think and maybe some jokes items too. I remember one year my db put penis and boob pasta in the grandparents stockings - not entirely sure if they realised or not!

@MêmePasPeur do they need to be refrigerated or ok to leave in the stocking overnight?

@Floranan I'm stealing some of your ideas

@Roystonv Thanks. I know I said originally say food but I also found some good small useful non-food in Tescos yesterday by the till - glasses wipes and shopping bags that pack up. Small packets of tissues are good idea that I hadn't thought of and maybe raiding the travel section for small versions of toiletries?

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Littlebelina · 13/11/2024 07:59

Asda don't seem to be doing puds in mug this year (at least not ours) but tesco seem to be.

I got a nice mobile phone stand for a few quid from tesco.

OMGitsnotgood · 13/11/2024 08:01

Some additional thoughts then:
If the teens like Nandos, as mine did, you can get bottles of Nando's peri peri sauce and perinaise.
Forgot to say earlier that as well as Nutella, they loved Biscotti spread, also never routinely bought.

Our Tesco sells gift cards, so a cinema voucher and big bag of popcorn.

Grandparents:
if they like Christmas pudding, mini ones they can microwave later

Hand cream

My Mum always liked boiled sweets

My DH recently had black olive tapenade for the first time on holiday in the summer and loved it so have bought a jar for his stocking. Not to everyone's taste though.

Upgrades of every day things like tea, coffee, jams - pretty much anything really

Talipesmum · 13/11/2024 08:07

Littlebelina · 13/11/2024 07:59

Asda don't seem to be doing puds in mug this year (at least not ours) but tesco seem to be.

I got a nice mobile phone stand for a few quid from tesco.

I usually buy a big pack of 12 from Amazon and spread them over 2 years of stockings. They love them as an after school snack!

Bbq1 · 13/11/2024 08:41

For ds I've got a Christmas dinner flavour pot noodle sauce and biscuit flavoured tea!

Fluffyc1ouds · 13/11/2024 12:52

This is a great thread! I would like to add nice coffee pods if you know they have a coffee machine. I imagine the tubes of nespresso pods go quite nicely in a stocking.

Thanks for the Nutella idea! DS would love that as it's not something we would usually buy.

And it's a bit boring but I personally would love to find a nice pack medjool dates in my stocking.

AdaColeman · 13/11/2024 13:24

Luxury biscuits and nuts
Hair accessories
For the cook...Truffle oil, chilli oil, fancy salt eg smoked, biscuit cutters, pizza wheel, lemon squeezer
Miniatures of liqueurs & spirits & wine
Lindt chocolate Father Christmas
Crackers

LolaBaby75 · 13/11/2024 15:48

Some great ideas here.

I also just remembered mini cans of soft drinks (eg coke) - the ones usually used as mixers - are good for teens

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LadyGabriella · 13/11/2024 15:52

M&S chocolate Brussel sprouts
M&s giant choc buttons

Whatamess23 · 13/11/2024 16:32

Love this thread. I'm overseas and I'm filling DH stocking with stuff we can only find in the UK that he misses!
He likes Asian food so often get all the more unusual rice wines and vinegars, spice mixes. Might get some nice chutneys to go with cold meat on Boxing day. Some nice individual beer bottles. Terry's chocolate orange.
My stocking will most likely be filled with Malt loaf, Crumpets, Marmite, Welsh cakes and cadburys hot chocolate, some retro sweets, fizzy laces, marshmallows - all the sweet stuff 😂
For my mum - sports mixtures, boiled sweets, scratch card,
For my 4yo - christmas baking kits, novelty sprinkles, chocolate coins, icing pens