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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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Contraryjane · 08/12/2025 09:10

Cheese Footballs

OilyRoundTheCogs · 08/12/2025 09:06

@CoolKoala Oooh, thanks for this. I love Tunis cake but I think my family think I made it up!

Butterflyball · 08/12/2025 08:25

It's not the same Christmas without romantica for dessert......ooh how I miss that!

DriveMeCrazy1974 · 08/12/2025 08:11

My husband loved Mignon Morceaux :) I miss the old Quality Streets from the 1970s and 1980s. My nan loved the coffee cream, which apparently they've just brought back, and would always swap me with the strawberry cream or toffee penny. This year is the first year I've not bought any Quality Street or Roses as I hate the wrappers and the chocolate just doesn't taste the same.
If I could bring back any Christmas food, it would be the proper tubs of mixed fruit and nuts - these days you have to buy at least 6 different packs and put them in your own jar to get anywhere near as good a selection as you did back in the day (I'm so old! LOL). In the 1980s, they'd come in a big, plastic tub with a screw on lid and you knew Christmas was close when they got opened!

Oh, and I always remember there being an orange and lemon fruit jelly slice box around this time of year -just had a look and you can still get them - but I just know I'm going to buy them and be disappointed! (still going to do it though).

goingtotown · 08/12/2025 07:55

Troublein · 08/12/2025 01:29

My local milkman has York Fruits and Orange and Lemon slices in their Christmas food section (Milk and More).
You can also get them on Amazon, but they are much cheaper from the Milkman.

York Fruits are in Home Bargains 350g £2.49.

Latenightreader · 08/12/2025 07:41

I was really excited to see the walkers worcester sauce crisps were back but they don't have the strong taste of the old version. Seabrooks ones do though.

MignonsMorceaux · 08/12/2025 07:37

This thread reminds me of my old username Grin

Chiefangel · 08/12/2025 07:20

I miss Mingles chocolates made by Benedict’s I think. They were lovely.

Troublein · 08/12/2025 01:29

My local milkman has York Fruits and Orange and Lemon slices in their Christmas food section (Milk and More).
You can also get them on Amazon, but they are much cheaper from the Milkman.

CoolKoala · 08/12/2025 00:58

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

M&S and Tesco both have a Tunis cake this year, there's been a bit of a resurgence

HeyThereDelila · 07/12/2025 23:56

@INeedAnotherAlibi Asda used to do a copy of SL gateau - worth seeing if they still do

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

PinkArt · 07/12/2025 23:53

Mignon Morceaux for Christmas? Oh you were FANCY! They were strictly nibbles before A Dinner Party in our house and my sister and I would loiter so we could pinch some before bed.

ridingfreely · 07/12/2025 23:53

Cheesy nik naks are back! They were in Sainsbury’s last week

OhDonuts · 07/12/2025 23:51

JenniferBooth · 07/12/2025 23:24

I heard M and S Big Mix Tin has a coffee choc in it

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It does, and I can confirm it’s delicious. It has a firm texture too.

The M&S Big Mix is the closest you can get to the traditional Roses/Quality Street now.

OhDonuts · 07/12/2025 23:47

HalfasleepChrisintheMorning · 07/12/2025 22:03

Terry’s Neapolitans

I miss these so much too!

Ilovecakey · 07/12/2025 23:47

They are selling Worcester sauce crisps in the co op at the min

OhDonuts · 07/12/2025 23:47

SwedishEdith · 07/12/2025 22:44

I can't find sugared almonds anymore. Where have they gone?

Amazon have them in big bags, but they are quite pricey, but worth it if you like them.

JenniferBooth · 07/12/2025 23:43

INeedAnotherAlibi · 07/12/2025 23:39

Sara Lee double chocolate gateaux! I was reminded of it in a nostalgia video. I love that stuff! Was always my choice if I got to pick the pudding.

I was just tallking about the SL gateux with somone yesterday. Was lovely

M and S used to do a pineapple pavlova in the summer in the Eighties and that was nice too

INeedAnotherAlibi · 07/12/2025 23:39

Sara Lee double chocolate gateaux! I was reminded of it in a nostalgia video. I love that stuff! Was always my choice if I got to pick the pudding.

JenniferBooth · 07/12/2025 23:24

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.

I heard M and S Big Mix Tin has a coffee choc in it

JenniferBooth · 07/12/2025 23:21

HalfasleepChrisintheMorning · 07/12/2025 22:03

Terry’s Neapolitans

Cadburys Biarritz

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.

Namechangedforspooky · 07/12/2025 23:16

York fruits are still around. Someone brought a box into work last week!

Sunshineandrainbow · 07/12/2025 23:14

Seabrook do lea and Perrin's crisps