Alternative to the dreaded Roses/Quality streets

[Mallowmarshmallow]

What's everyone buying as an alternative now the above seem to be getting worse by the year?

Lindt lindor milk chocolates. Taste nice and I buy them when they are on offer.

We do a couple of big bags of mini toblerones. For a couple of years we could only get them at duty free (just milk chocolate) but last year I spotted them in B&M. I may add some Lindt balls this year.

I can’t stand the taste of Lindt either I will get the little toblerone bites and ask Santa for a box of Godiva truffles.

Past few years we've got Aldis take on quality street. They are really nice and far cheaper. Found a nice Xmas tin in homesense and put them in there

I’m not. I just end up eating the whole tub by myself and I really don’t need to put on anymore weight.

I quite like M&S toffees and chocs. You can get bags of them - they have jewelled coloured wrappers. I get a few different types and decant them into a bowl over Christmas and eat one every time I go past

Lily O'Brien's. I actually prefer them to hotel chocolat (too much praline - yuck). For a naice box of chocs you can't go wrong.

Second Lily O’Brien’s. Whitaker’s Samplers if you can get them (this used to be my Xmas treat as a kid since I didn’t grow up in the UK).

This is a good idea, I loathe Quality Street/Roses yet everyone insists on buying them for Christmas ....

Terrys choc orange minis
Mini toblerones
Thornton's do a box of something as well which are nice
M&S Lindt ball equivalent

Heroes or Celebrations would be a substitute for those you've mentioned, but I think you're better with the top end of Aldi or Lidl - so their luxury chocolates but at a decent price point.

Mini diam like you get at IKEA

Last year we bought a lot of Malteser sweets. The individually wrapped ones that you get in celebrations

Waitrose do a really good own brand alternative. Like Roses/QS used to be.

We’ve moved away from large tins / boxes to smaller quality chocolates . I like the Lily O’briens Dessert chocs and also,last year we got a few of the Costco selections in the very pretty boxes for at home and gifts and they were lovely .

Love these ideas. Can anyone think of any that aren't individually wrapped? Even if it's a lovely bar? Trying to cut down on wrappers. Thanks!

Sainsbury's own brand rub of chocs have been nice the last couple of years.

Sainsbury's own brand rub of chocs have been nice the last couple of years.

This. We had a couple of boxes of them last year and they were lovely. Good ratio of the ones I like (orange and strawberry) with everything else and didn't taste like soap.

Costco usually have some lovely ones too if you have a card/someone who can buy them for you.

I actually asked my mum not to buy the usual box of Roses as they are just not good any more.
Last year I bought a huge box of Guylians Seashells. They are my new favourites. They don't contain Palm Oil (which I think has ruined the taste of a lot of chocolate).
We also had a big box of maltesers. We'll be doing the same this year.

I'm pregnant and have a glucose load test tomorrow, but after reading this thread all I can think of is diving head first into a giant box of chocolates!

Guylian’s shells are amazing but a bit samey, samey after a few. A huge vat of malteasers would be my pick but probably wouldn’t last a day!

For proper luxury can’t beat Charbonnel et Walker. Bought DH the Jamaican rum ones as a stocking filler one year and they became firm favourites. I like the pink champagne ones. I still have one left that I’m saving for an emergency from a box I had for mother’s day!

We did big boxes of Maltesers but they didn't last long.

I really liked the M&S tub last year - more expensive than Rose's etc for a reason tin is maybe £10. Sainsbury also ok. I dont rate the waitrose ones but maybe we just got a poor selection.

Never in a million years would I have thought of malteasers. Great idea!

Good question OP. Thanks for posting it!

Green & Blacks do lovely mini chocolate bar/ gift sets around Christmas. 😋