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Lost Xmas food

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lookluv · 07/12/2025 20:35

Xmas nostalgia has been bad this weekend - why will someone not bring back mignons morceaux, cheese moments, worcester sauce crisps, cream and cheesy niknaks and those massive KP bignuts

It really is not Xmas without them!

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Cherrysoup · 08/12/2025 20:39

ClaudiaWrinklemum · 08/12/2025 17:46

Yes! Bloody twiglets! They used to be the best thing ever and now they’re disappointing flavourless sticks of misery. It’s an absolute national disgrace and I don’t know why people are not rioting.

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🤣

pandagirl93 · 08/12/2025 19:44

Normalorproblem · 08/12/2025 17:15

The after eight selection box has a couple that are similar !

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Yes I get these every year to compensate!!

liamharha · 08/12/2025 19:30

lookluv · 07/12/2025 20:35

Xmas nostalgia has been bad this weekend - why will someone not bring back mignons morceaux, cheese moments, worcester sauce crisps, cream and cheesy niknaks and those massive KP bignuts

It really is not Xmas without them!

Can get Worcester sauce walkers in food warehouse/Iceland

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 08/12/2025 19:23

Nutcracker - I think it was Terry's ?
Two halves , milk chocolate with a soft caramel. About the size of a walnut

MignonsMorceaux · 08/12/2025 19:18

JoshLymanSwagger · 08/12/2025 18:19

You can't get anything coffee flavoured anymore, except coffee.

Thorntons did coffee flavour, but not anymore.

I really miss coffee creams in Roses, that and edible chocolate that doesn't taste a bit soapy.

🍫😞

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You want these. Heaven.
https://www.friars.co.uk/products/coffee-chocolate-box?

THE COFFEE CHOCOLATE COLLECTION

Coffee Chocolate Collection from friars.co.uk. A great selection of coffee chocolates featuring velvety creams and creamy macchiato.

https://www.friars.co.uk/products/coffee-chocolate-box

Tangyfan · 08/12/2025 19:15

lookluv · 07/12/2025 23:03

i just want a mignon morceaux

I feel your pain. These were magnificent.

BrennieGirl · 08/12/2025 19:12

MignonsMorceaux · 08/12/2025 17:29

OK I just googled M&S Big Mix and this came up....
it's
a
THOUSAND
POUNDS

https://www.marksandspencer.com/the-spirit-of-christmas-hamper/p/hpp60134916

I mean, it does have a limited-edition tea towel in, so probably totally worth it

Google the Fortnum and Mason hampers. They have one for almost 3k!

GreenGreenGreenRed · 08/12/2025 19:12

I loved mignon morceaux when I was a kid!

I miss Twilights. The neapolitans too

SliceofTosst · 08/12/2025 19:09

Thornton's continental casket. Cake shaped nougat with two layers filled with chocolates. My nan always gave us one 😭

Mama2many73 · 08/12/2025 19:06

Not for xmas but I love/d scampi and lemon niknaks!

Booandbelle · 08/12/2025 19:03

Oh, mignon morceaux! And pretty much everything else that Phileas Fogg produced. Brand now owned by KP, apparently.

Elizabeth Shaw Mini Mint Creams. Similar in appearance to a Minstrel but just dark chocolate with a strong mint filling. My late Mum loved those.

Agree with all the comments about Roses, the chocolate is wierd and where the hell are the Noisette Whirls?

Coffee anything please but does anyone remember the Chocolate Coffee Beans with the liquid filling? Like tiny liqueurs with the sugar crust and a coffee liquid inside

Saw the Tunis cake in Tesco and. momentarily, thought about buying it but remembered that I didn't much like it.

And I buy the Orange and Lemon jelly slices on Amazon, DSD's favourite. Likewise Marzipan Fruits for a cousin, the brand is Walnut Tree. He's a Vegetarian so sometimes I get him their Marzipan Vegetables.

Breathmiller · 08/12/2025 18:58

Hemax1 · 08/12/2025 16:49

Has anyone seen any marzipan fruits? I used to love them eapecially the way they were decorated!

Have seen cheesy nik naks recently and bought a Tunis cake from Tesco a week or so ago ( with marzipan fruits on top ! )

I usually get a box of Marzipan fruits from one of the kids at Christmas. I think they get them at M&S? I love them. And the best bit is no one else does I get them all.

Trumpton · 08/12/2025 18:47

CluelessAboutBiology · 08/12/2025 15:00

The best ones are from Fortnum & Mason. I’m not a regular shopper (I wish!) but I have done detailed research into sugared almonds, and they do the best ones.

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I treated myself to some this year! Silver and gold so beautiful and so tasty!

coleslaws · 08/12/2025 18:47

Defiantly41 · 07/12/2025 22:41

York fruits - jelly sweets with a weird hard capsule of fruity liquid in the middle
jelly orange & lemon slices
Weekend chocolate boxes
Tunis cake and Dundee cake

I saw a Dundee cake in the big M&S this week in er.. Dundee if that helps?

Chiefangel · 08/12/2025 18:47

Bernadinetta · 08/12/2025 17:46

@Chiefangel and @pandagirl93 and other fellow Mingles missers- After Eight have this new collection out which fills the gap! (Photo will load)

Ooh lovely, thank you

Redwinedaze · 08/12/2025 18:44

SocksAndTheCity · 08/12/2025 17:59

Thanks @Happyjoe and @Redwinedaze - I actually live practically next door to Waitrose and every time I've been in they've had lots of the milk versions but none of the dark! I will keep trying 😀

These are the ones if you manage to grab them, the ginger is very subtle, they are very good! You might like this at Waitrose: https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/no1-dark-chocolate--ginger-florentines/618649-828415-828416

devildeepbluesea · 08/12/2025 18:35

lookluv · 07/12/2025 20:35

Xmas nostalgia has been bad this weekend - why will someone not bring back mignons morceaux, cheese moments, worcester sauce crisps, cream and cheesy niknaks and those massive KP bignuts

It really is not Xmas without them!

For anyone else who misses mignons morceaux, these are exactly like them:

Maretti Bruschette Slow Roasted... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087D82JB2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

DanialLand · 08/12/2025 18:32

Holland & Barrett used to do these chocolate covered almonds. They were covered in a truffle like coating and then dusted in cocoa
powder. I think this was mid 90s. They were amazing. They stopped doing them and I’ve never seen them like that since. You can get a normal chocolate dipped almond, but these were in a truffle coating and they were elite

If anyone has managed to find anything similar, please let me know. Thank you

MrsMillyFluff · 08/12/2025 18:30

Anyone remember Death by Chocolate cake? I used to buy one in Kwik Save in the late 80s early 90s. They also did a catering size one when I was training to be a chef in the mid 80s. It was the nicest richest chocolate cake I've ever had, with layers of chocolate mousse, sponge, chocolate sauce, chocolate chocolate......🤤

JoshLymanSwagger · 08/12/2025 18:28

@Sortalike have a look in B&M for Scampi fries. 🤞

JoshLymanSwagger · 08/12/2025 18:26

HeyThereDelila · 07/12/2025 23:54

York Fruits still exist - the ones with the juice centre are called Newberry Fruits. My DGM always lamented their demise - then a few years ago I found them in an old fashioned sweet shop! They still exist @Defiantly41

My Dad always bought Newberry Fruits and Brazil nuts in chocolate for my Mum for Christmas.
She told him (after 20+ yrs of marriage, and eating all of them not sharing and every sugared almond in existance) that she hated them...
He didn't bother with anything after that.
She wasn't an easy person to be around IYSWIM...

Sortalike · 08/12/2025 18:25

Bernadinetta · 08/12/2025 17:59

I don’t think it’s cheesy balls in a bag that @Growlybear83 is after- it’s these ones (photo will load) in the tub- they’re like wafer with a cheese paste inside

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I adore these - they remind me a bit of cheese moments (made by the same company as scampi fries) which are sadly missed

Mignons Morceaux are also sadly missed.

Thorntons liquorice toffee

Brazil Nut Toffee in the Roses Tin

When I'm in charge of the world I will bring them all back.

Gardener82 · 08/12/2025 18:21

It’s only a few years ago
but M&S did a popcorn chocolate wreath that was soooo good.

MrsMillyFluff · 08/12/2025 18:21

lookluv · 07/12/2025 23:03

i just want a mignon morceaux

They were delicious, they burnt your mouth with the strong taste of garlic, no idea why they stopped making them 😭

JoshLymanSwagger · 08/12/2025 18:19

CraftyPlayer · 07/12/2025 23:18

Everything coffee flavoured please. As a 90’s kid, I remember coffee creams in your tin of Roses, coffee flavour Matchmakers and a coffee Vienetta.

You can't get anything coffee flavoured anymore, except coffee.

Thorntons did coffee flavour, but not anymore.

I really miss coffee creams in Roses, that and edible chocolate that doesn't taste a bit soapy.

🍫😞