AIBU or should hot cross buns only be the original flavour?

[EternalOptimist7]

I can’t be doing with rhubarb & custard, salted caramel, honeycomb etc etc. Just stick to the original!

HCB, dried fruit - no thanks!

But yes please to salted caramel, or chocolate and orange!!

I'm shocked that someone thought Welsh cakes could have chocolate chips in. That is very Wrong.

I'm glad to see people with the correct view of cinnamon, though. Ginger, cloves and nutmeg are the way forward.

Oh my God, now I need to go to Aldi or M&S to find some of these salted caramel/chocolate/honeycomb ones. M&S is nearer. But it's not an essential journey. Damn.

Salted caramel, apple & cranberry etc are not hot cross buns, they are just buns

Do they have crosses on? Are they served hot? Yep, well shut up then.

Of course they bloody are!

I’m with you OP. Original flavour only. Anyone who buys these new flavoured ones (especially salted caramel) is clearly a pervert.

Some of the flavours are nice but to me you can't beat the originals. So tasty that if they were available 2000 years ago they would have tempted Jesus down off his cross.

Mysterian that’s possibly offensive to some but very funny! 🤣

I like the varieties as they are more likely to be dairy and egg free than original ones

YABU. As long as they taste nice, who cares? You eat the original ones that you like, everyone else can eat whichever ones they like. Booths do all sorts of delicious variations. We like the fudge and Belgian chocolate ones! Dd hates dried fruit, so she likes being able to eat hot cross buns now that there are other kinds available.

I love the Waitrose toffee ones as they don't have dried fruit in, can't stand dried fruit

@ineedaholidaynow

I love the Waitrose toffee ones as they don't have dried fruit in, can't stand dried fruit

Same here. No overcooked currants or disgusting candied peel.

Agreed. Original only in this house. Toasted with butter. Yum

The older I get the more I appreciate Easter. Shove your pumpkin spiced stuff and winter woolies of Halloween, the best time of year is the start of sunny days, daffodils, Easter eggs and hot cross buns 🐣

I've compared M&S apple and sultana to Waitrose equivalent. M & S win hands down.

Heston Blumenthal‘s Earl grey ones are delicious. I haven’t been able to eat a plain one ever since.

You are being a hot cross bun purist.