Mumsnet made me buy them, now they're gone

[RippleEffects]

Lidl Jaffa Cakes, no others compare.

After all the Lidl/ Mumsnet colaborations surely someone from mumsnet HQ could bring us up to date with when supplies will resume.

Anyone know anything on this or found any others worth trying?

[00100001]

Go to the local polish shops and get down Wedel Jaffa cakes.

They do strawberry, raspberry, peach, blueberry and all sorts. They're delicious!

[SilverySurfer]

M&S 'jaffa cakes' are the best, especially lemon and lime.

[EscapeTheCastle]

Gosh yes, those M&S lemon and lime are something quite wonderful.

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

I like the M&S ones. You can get several in your mouth.

[DaanSaaf]

Whatever you do op, don't buy Aldi's own lotus biscuits. I've just polished 2/3 of the packet in one sitting

[AndWhat]

Aldi’s lotus biscuits are amazing! They are sturdy enough to be dunked too!

[RippleEffects]

We do like the Polish shop ones, I'd forgotten about them.

Our local M and S closed down but the Jaffa cake crisis is such it may well be worth a drive out. Are they the rectangular ones? I think we had some of those at an M and S on a motorway services and they disappeared pretty quickly.

DH bought a big box from farmfoods, of a well known brand, and there have been complaints.

Aldi is very accessible, i don't think we've tried theirs before. I don't think I've seen they have them before.

[Toddlerteaplease]

And don't buy lotus spread!

[LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD]

What is the spread like? I like the biscuits but I can’t get the idea of chewed rich tea biscuits out of my head when I think of the spread.

[artemisdubois]

I'm really missing the Lidl jaffa cakes - fingers crossed they'll be back soon as I think the recall was due to a labelling error. The M&S ones aren't too different, and the Bahlsen ones will suffice too (though I do genuinely prefer the Lidl ones), but it hurts to pay >£1 for a small box when I'm so used to getting 24 even nicer jaffas for 89p.

[artemisdubois]

Aldi's jaffas are (unless they've changed in the last couple of years) just like your basic supermarket ones, I'm afraid - dry cake and not enough orange. Acceptable in desperate times, but not at all like the Lidl ones .

[AnnaMagnani]

Tesco stocks the Wedel Jaffa cakes in its Polish section if you don't have a Polish shop.

I wish I hadn't found this out a month after starting a diet

[Leeds2]

Anna, aren't things from the Polish section mega expensive? I remember looking at their American section once, and being shocked at the cost of a box of cereal!

[PH03b3]

Do not have the lotus Krispy creme doughnut or the milkshake they do with it. I warn you!

[AnnaMagnani]

Leeds2 No idea, I'm on a bloody diet!

Usually the world foods section is the home of bargains.

[Jebuschristchocolatebar]

Lotus spread is manna from the heavens. There is nothing it doesn’t improve.

[MaybeitsMaybelline]

Definitely m&s the chocolate is lovely and the orange tangy and the shape is best, I love a rectangle Jaffa cake.

[MaybeitsMaybelline]

Polish section is cheap as chips, often their cheese, curd and ham are cheaper than on the usual aisles. Poland is a lot nearer to the UK than rather US as there are a lot more polish immigrants here so import quantities will be larger, hence cheaper.

[huntinghighandlow]

Whenever I see the lotus spread I always think of the mumsnetters who can't stop eating it. I have zero self control so I have to force myself to keep walking!