Heading to M&S food, want pick up some treat bits for the weekend, what would be on your list?

[Theteenagerera]

As title said a rare trip to M&S food for me this afternoon as I don’t often pass one…

We have a nice evening without teenagers this weekend and would love to grab a few treats to enjoy for meals and snacks to enjoy.

Already know that I want some of their lovely butter with smoked salt and a good sour dough, what else would you recommend?

I’d be interested too. I have a parcel to pick up at M&S foods, so will try and get something for the weekend.

The custard choux buns, Cornish cove cheddar

Chocolate custard creams please!

They do some nice pre-prepared salads eg super green, which are healthy and tasty (and easy).

All of their olives are great and their chocolate is great value - very good quality for what you pay. Most of what you buy will be better quality than the equivalent elsewhere - e.g. their salami, smoked salmon etc will be nicer than the Tesco Finest or Sainsbury's Taste the Difference version. Even their bourbons are in a different league - more cream filling, more chocolatey tasting, not dry and dusty.

Do they do honey roast cashews? I'll have those please.

Hazelnut wafer mini rolls. At least 6 bags.

Lots of good suggestions on this recent thread https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5097075-what-should-i-buy-in-ms-foodhall

I get those little trays of mixed cheeses and some crackers and the jar of red pickled onions 😋 maybe an additional delice de bourgogne and a pack of mini colin the catapillars.

I’ve just been to M&S (actually the only place we food shop generally), my family requested in group text - chilli crispy beef, duck pancakes, prawn toasts, salt and pepper chicken, fully loaded chicken shawarma, cheese coleslaw, pesto pasta salad, mackerel pate, those white unripe looking strawberries that are actually perfection, cotton candy grapes.

They do a gorgeous pastrami. And mini fruity cupcakes that are to die for!

DH recently read an article that 70% chocolate has health benefits. For purely the medicinal effect of course, I bought these to try.

https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/70-dark-chocolate-coated-sour-cherries/p/fdp60679733

https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/70-dark-chocolate-coated-mango/p/fdp60679520

https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/70-dark-chocolate-dusted-almonds/p/fdp60646890

The mango and cherries are coated in chocolate, but the almonds were just in a cocoa dust- so not quite as good IMO.

If I was going all out I would get the Cornish Cruncher cheese and Colin Caterpillar vegan sweets (non gelatine) plus the extremely chocolately sweets. I haven't been there for a long time so don't really know what other goodies to get. I do like the vegan Colin stuff though!.

Maybe not a treat, but it’s the only place I can find full fat cottage cheese with pineapple in it.

I like their milk chocolate discs in a tube.

sorry I’m gonna be that twat

I’m trying to avoid them due to them advertising on gb news.

Mexican layered dip. I love it so much

Chocolate coated cashews!

Agree with mbosnz about the mini fruity cup cakes - lovely!
Also the tubs of rocky road.

The Mexican or Indian layered dip. Buy them both actually! You will not regret it.

And chocolate covered pistachios and cherries

also the New York deli dip

The sandwich filler, cream cheese and salmon, its lush on crackers or sourdough bread!

Ooo so many lovely snack bits..

What about meal ideas?

Calamari rings, big daddy chocolate bar, a Colin, fresh mushy peas, palmier, pretzel, green superfood salad

I really love the pasta ready meals, especially the mushroom bolognese