Damn you Mumsnet!!!

[squiggleirl]

For years I have successfully negotiated the Christmas section of Lidl without issue. Now this can be no more.

This morning as I walked through Lidl, a packet of mini stollen bites caught my eye. Before I had told myself I wouldn't like them, so never purchased them. This morning though, I remembered the many references on here to how lovely they are, and bought a pack, just to see what they were like.

Cocaine isn't as addictive as those bloody things are. I can now suggest heating them in the microwave for 7 seconds, and thanks to the trials that led to me arriving at 7 seconds as the magic number, I no longer wish to divulge how few are left in the pack.

Damn you Mumsnet! Damn you!

[KnittedJimmyChoos]

[schmeegle]

If stollen is the cocaine of Lidl, then Florentines are the crystal meth of Aldi.......

[marne2]

I love Florentines, not sure about stolen though.

I ended up buying the posh chocolate spread last week ( coconut, mocha and toffee flavours ), I put them back for Christmas but sadly the lids flew off and I found myself dipping my finger into them several times a day

[squiggleirl]

It's bad enough having to run through the bakery section, now I'll have to tear through the Christmas bit too. I was kind of 'meh' about the stollen bites marne until I heated them, then they became very moreish.

[Tykeisagirl]

Somehow a packet of the Irish cream fudge ended up in my kitchen. I had to tell DD she wasn't allowed any as it contained alcohol, then had to test each bit to make sure it tasted ok.

[RoadRunner123]

I hardly dare ask....but have you tried Lidl's chocolate gingerbreads?

Lidl is calling me in for them...I assume they've got them this year as they have for the last two years.

[clr2014]

Christmas spiced fudge in lidl.....oooooohhhhhh....

[BettyFocker]

I've never tried stollen before. I'm not actually sure what it is

What's in it?

[marne2]

It's like a doughy cakes bread with dried fruit and marzipan running through the middle. I have tried a few different ones but often find them quite dry. Putting it in the microwave sounds like a good plan though.

[BettyFocker]

Blurgh, marzipan! That says all I need to know!

Thanks marne!

[KnittedJimmyChoos]

Florentines are the crystal meth of Aldi.......

I like stolen but adore Florentines...may have to try this spiced fudge though!

[OttiliaVonBCup]

I love stollen and florentines.
I can't be helped if I set foot in Aldi or Liddl.
I can barely resist the M&S florentines. Only the price stops me from being them.

I'll be the size of a bus if I had access to cheap stollen and florentines.

[Flibbertyjibbet]

Their big stollen do seem a bit dry. The mini ones are much better. Or is it extra saliva from the drooling.....

I used to make my own xmas stollen. Took ages and cost a lot for ingredients. Yet another reason to love lidl, I just buy theirs now.

[squiggleirl]

M&S florentines are yum. Just as well we don't have any near me. Now this chocolate gingerbreads....hmmmmm....saw them there today, and haven't tried them. Should I?

[OttiliaVonBCup]

being them would be a going too far, even for me.

Buying would be better.

[Angelto5]

I haven't tried the stollen from lidl either but thank god that they do the gorgeous raspberry jam doughnuts all year round or I'd go nuts!!!

[BuzzardBird]

I hate marzipan and I hate cake but there is something a bit 'woo' about marzipan centre stollen in Lidl that makes me scoff it like it's my last meal on earth.

[traviata]

Co-op mini stollen pieces are better than Aldi IMHO. Juicy with fruit, and just delicious.

[Chopsypie]

I bought the toffe spread in aldi last week.
Haven't actually spread it on anything, have just eaten it from the jar with a spoon. Oops