FFS Stollen Bites are back and I cannot stop eating them! What's your christmas food downfall?

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Why did I buy them? WHY?
Little bites of deliciousness. Already out in the shops in October and now in my cupboard. And soon to be excess weight on my scales.
Sigh.
They are addictive, it's not my fault.
They fell into my basket.
I suspect it will happen multiple times between now and Christmas.

On top of everything else, now the stollen bites are going to make me fat. (Because it has nothing to do with me).

Which Christmas treat is your downfall?

Last year I made my first batch of mince pies in November. I think I should at least wait till December this year.

Guylian is mine, I eat about three boxes to myself at Christmas and if anyone wants one I'll allow it they get a dirty look from me

*but they get a dirty look from me

The seasonal 'sharing' tins of Mini Cheddars are my Christmas Kryptonite. I can easily demolish one single-handedly within 48 hrs

I limit myself to buying a mini Stollen otherwise I would eat the whole packet of mini bite size ones. This means I have to go to the effort of getting a knife.

Also Spekulatius - German cinammon biscuits. Very moreish

Home made mince pies.

And those individual Christmas puddings . Sometimes I have one, with a vat of custard, instead of dinner.

This is why I'm dieting now, to make a weight allowance for it

Stollen bites sounds like a skin infection.

Uh so many , stollen bites, mince pies heated with brandy cream , Baileys, cheese boards , hot whiskeys , the list could go on

Puff pastry mince pies with Rhubarb and custard ice cream are my Christmas irresistible !!!!

My Easter one was iced and spiced buns from M&S, I love them! The buggers now make them all year round ...............

Marzipan filled stollen
Lebkuchen
Zimtsterne
Panettone/pandoro
Bailey’s/Brandy cream in my coffee

Recently found a recipe for gluten free lebkuchen, fortunately though others seem to love them more than me! Looks as if I need to make some gf stollen now too.

I’m quite glad I don’t like dried fruit or marzipan or this would be a difficult time of year for my waistline!

Anything I can get my hands on

Lebkuchen and those danish butter cookies...basically my staple diet between now and January.

Aldi florentines.

Mince pies. A box of the 6 delicious bastards contains a half marathon's worth of calories. It's taken me over 2 1/2 hours to run a half marathon today, and a few days to recover. My pb for a box of mince pies is in minutes.
Calories in vs calories out is a bitch.

Then add in stollen bites and liebkuchen...

OMG they’re back?!?!?!?
mince pies, brandy sauce and Christmas pudding.

I think I need a diet before Christmas

Mince pies, Morrisons are my favourite and now on offer so had to buy 2 packs of 6 today......and then I went and found Terrys chocolate orange with cranberry in a bar.....so had 3 of them aswell.

Stollen bites sounds like a skin infection.

You'd think that this would put me off but I would still happily shovel an entire pack in my mouth throughout the day.

After Eights 🐷 I know you can buy them all year round but at Christmas they are everywhere!!

oh, everything! Mince pies, stollen, tubs of Jacob's cheeselets(?), baklava

Onto my second pack of mince pies and it's the 18th of October...

DP bought some at Lidl today, he knows Ao can’t resist them. That’s any hope of maintaining a stable weight buggered until January .

So many things! Pigs in blanket, lebkuchen, stollen, mince pies, mulled wine, mulled cider, hot chocolate (with a shot of chocolate baileys)... I struggle to think of things I don't like 😳

Aldi stollen is amazing. I noticed that they have got apple stollen this year too. I got one of each. Stayed strong so far and not opened them. I love the Aldi florentines too. Yummy.

Mince pies with icing on top. Sainsbury's do 'em. 10 seconds in the microwave and it's all melty and delicious and oh my god I've put on half a stone .
Also picked up the most delicious biscuits in ikea yesterday- thin, heart shaped ginger and cinnamon-y amazing Swedish things. Nom.
They come in a lovely red Christmassy tin too. It's like a present to myself