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What's your favourite seasonal treat?

168 replies

ChippySauce · 16/11/2025 15:24

Inspired by a box of florentines I picked up in our newly opened Lidl last week.
They were in the Christmas aisle so I assume they're only available for this period.
Need to get another box or three...

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Sillysoggyspaniel · 16/11/2025 16:13

Mulled wine, but made at home with proper wine so it's actually got a kick to it. Could make it any time of year but doesn't feel right.

BowlyLarr · 16/11/2025 16:18

Lebkuchen

noblegiraffe · 16/11/2025 16:19

Sainsbury's taste the difference duck and plum sauce flavoured crisps. Only available at Christmas and they sell out really quickly (leaving behind the far less nice turkey gravy and pigs in blankets flavours).

MyBoysHaveDogsNames · 16/11/2025 16:20

Stollen!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 16/11/2025 16:21

Mulled wine with the first mince pies, but not until 1st Dec. Along with a Carols from Kings CD playing. 🎄

JudgeBread · 16/11/2025 16:22

Chardonnel et Walker Maple Brazil nuts. They're heinously expensive and only seem to pop up around Christmas (or maybe Christmas is the only time of year I'm jolly enough to think £15 for ten Brazil nuts is a completely reasonable spend!)

persisted · 16/11/2025 16:23

Lebkuchen. Have to try not to buy it, cannot leave it alone once it’s in the house!

HeadyLamarr · 16/11/2025 16:24

Proper homemade mince pies. Stollen is nice, but mince pies straight from the oven are to die for.

HansHolbein · 16/11/2025 16:24

Iced fruit cake 😋

mondaytosunday · 16/11/2025 16:25

@BowlyLarri love these too! I eat two little ones with tea or coffee as a treat after dinner.
I love the party platters you get from the supermarkets. I’m trying out M&S’s offering this year, but not until Christmas week as on a diet!

DarkEyedSailor · 16/11/2025 16:25

Oh all of them. But especially the lovely marzipan logs with different flavours, and Stollen, and mince pies.

MintTwirl · 16/11/2025 16:26

A really nice Yule Log.

FurForksSake · 16/11/2025 16:26

At Christmas - Yorkshire pudding dipped into my special gravy

At Easter - Cadbury Easter egg chocolate. Nothing else tastes as good.

im low brow.

Iwontlethtesungodownonme · 16/11/2025 16:27

Bucks Fizz.

GetOverTheEgo · 16/11/2025 16:30

Mulled wine also.

It's like Retsina. Retsina never tastes right outside of Greece and mulled wine never tastes right outside of Christmas.

butterycroissants · 16/11/2025 16:30

Lebkuchen! I have some in the cupboard actually...

HelloCharming · 16/11/2025 16:35

Stollen, only discovered it recently as I’d avoided it for being marzipan….gosh it is, but it’s lovely.
panettone to make bread and butter pudding.
ham, home cooked, to have ham, egg and chips on Boxing Day.

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 16/11/2025 16:41

Bendicks Bittermints. They are usually on offer in supermarkets so I may stock up on a box or 3.

ConnieHeart · 16/11/2025 16:41

All the different (overpriced) seasonal drinks in the coffee shops. Mini stollen, mince pies, yule logs, Christmas pudding etc etc. But only for the month of December 🤣

Myoldbear · 16/11/2025 16:41

Turkish delight; my Christmas treat since childhood.
Must be rose and lemon cubes in a wooden box with a wooden fork to spear it out of the clouds of icing sugar, so thick you can barely see if you're getting rose or lemon.

Coffeeblanketandabookplz · 16/11/2025 16:42

Lidl used to sell these little hazelnut stars at Christmas that had icing and tasted like cinnamon - haven’t had them the past 2 years 🙁 gutted!

Pasithean · 16/11/2025 16:44

Halloween toffee apples
hate Christmas but do bake the shortbread etc

SheinIsShite · 16/11/2025 16:48

Lebkuchen. The round ones with milk chocolate from Aldi and Lidl.

Also quite partial to a hot cross bun.

aWUBBAWUBBA · 16/11/2025 16:49

Lidl’s lobster cocktail crisps 🤤

pizzaHeart · 16/11/2025 17:15

I like different kinds of smoked salmon and Christmas cheeses.

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