What do you like from Aldi?

[Invasionofthegutsnatchers]

New branch just opened near us. Tesco is getting more expensive so thought I'd give Aldi a go. Any recommendations of things to try?

Chocolate butter biscuits 😍

I've always found their skincare to be excellent value and pretty much indiscernable from their more expensive counterparts.

Their nappies were also great for DD.

Sea salt dark chocolate bars. They're mini size so perfect for small snack (but you end up eating all 5 in one go)

Their version of pop chips and Candy kittens sweets. Love the pineapple ones.

The Lugana and Poulle Fume wines are generally very good

Antipasti

Candles are great, as are the diffusers

I can't get on with the skincare, but all my friends rave about it.

Straight to wok noodles
Cold pressed rapeseed oil
Calabrese Salami pizza (frozen)

@FrangipanFlower

The cheese and onion crisps in the black specially selected range are amazing, kalamata olives, veggie sausages in the chilled section, frozen prawns, chocolate, orange and mango squash, big tubs of Greek yogurt, protein yoghurts esp. the passion fruit and mango flavour, packs of nuts cashews, almonds etc work out so much cheaper than Tesco, I could go on and on

Our Aldi doesn't stock the cheese and onion crisps anymore 😞

Love the Lime and Basil Jo Malone style candle. The Orange and Bergamot handwash is lovely too.

Wine, beer, liqueurs etc recommendations would be much appreciated.
I have enjoyed both the strawberry and the white chocolate cream Liqueurs.
Their flavoured gin liqueurs have also been good.
Any recommendations for red or white wines?

The mushroom risotto they do in a packet. Best risotto I've ever tasted!

Almost everything I absolutely love the triple cooked beef dripping chips 😋

What's the name of the Greek yoghurt everyone is raving about? I got a large pot of Greek style yoghurt and it was runnier than natural yoghurt, perfectly fine but not thick and creamy.....

The halloumi chips are very nice too

Their wine is great, pay £6+ a bottle and it's as good as twice the price at Sainsbos.

Groovy biscuits
Their lotus biscoff biscuit ripoffs
Rosemary crackers
Tempura chicken pieces
Mueller crunch corner ripoffs
Gin
Frozen onions, peppers

Part baked bread
Sea salt dark chocolate and the pretzel milk chocolate especially
Mint mini vienetta on sticks
Sea salt or rosemary crackers
Big tubs of peanut butter
Almond butter
Rapeseed oil

Lacura Caviar night cream and this bread which is the incredible but I suspect only available in Ireland.

The Romeo bars. Knock off Bounty bars but they actually taste better

Wine

Organic Prosecco and the Greek assyrtiko white wine.

Mighty peas - frozen peas with chilli and mint are really nice.

Chocolate orange 'magnums'

Kids smoothies

My very fussy cat won't lower herself to eat Gourmet, but she loves the Aldi rip-off version 😹

Their Kalamata olives are brilliant.
Can't get them in my French Aldi. So frustrating.
Also you may find the scented hanging sticks for the Christmas tree, they're divine.

Chocolate ganache with salted caramel. In the chilled section in a little Gu style pot. 99p and is the most delicious thing in the world once you take the rancid bitter chocolate covered cacao beans off the top.

Love Aldi. Their tiger bread is lovely, red fox Red Leicester cheese, dusted basa and sole, crunchy Somerset cheddar, apple strudel, medallion steak, pumpkin seed and cheese crisp bread, skinny meatballs, pesto, while chorizo, Roquefort, topaz blue gin, Danpak butter (just like lurks, 1/3 the price), buffalo mozzarella, edamame bean stir fry, beetroot burgers…..

Could go on and on. Whatever you normally like, try theirs.

Lurpak, not lurks 🤣

Like their cornflakes- not too dissimilar to Kellogg's.

Don't like norpak their version of lurpak.

Their bread, milk, eggs etc are fine. Some of the bread rolls I find a bit dry.
The fake Pringles are better - less salty - than the real thing.
Croquet potatoes are nice.
Baked beans are fine, but I didn't like the little sausages in them.
The frozen or chilled breaded cod is fine. A pack of steaks can be good value and I like the free range chickens and chicken thighs.They had big packs of sausages which were great but I think those were a summer BBQ promotion.
Cooked meats are good, and I buy the £1.99 big packs of ham, chicken or turkey trimmings for the pets.
Love the packs of four big cookies from the bakery, and the tubs of cakes. I bought a frozen strawberry cheesecake for about 65p which was lovely.
If you have cats, the Aldi version of Dreamies - think they're called Pawsome Pockets - go down well.

Beef and horseradish crinkle cut crisps (large share bag)
Tex mex dip
Yoghurts
Fresh orange
Chicken tikka
Cook in the bag chicken and stuffing (usually plenty of stuffing and always tastes delicious)
Pork and beef mince
Garlic breads
Micro meals
Their snackrite crisps are as flavourful as walkers.
Sticky toffee pudding/most of the deserts.
Ballycastle (baileys)
Wipes and nappies
Lacura face wash.
Cat litter and food.
Mini bottles of juice (fruit shoot style)
Butter beans/carrots etc, their tinned stuff is good value and tasty.
Shortbread
Their version of frosties.
Carmel shortbread slices.
Chocolate filled waffles
Birthday cake (big enough and always tasty)