I tried you don't have to.

[GettingStuffed]

I suspect I'm not the only one who does taste tests in the run up to Christmas.I

So far I've tried

Lidl mince pies, pastry is fantastic crisp with a good flavour , let down by the filling just tastes like a mixed fruit pie
Tesco bog standard, pastry is far too crumbly it disintegrated as I took it out of its cup. The filling was much better than Lidl's with a good boozy taste.

Lidl salt and pepper mixed nuts with olives. I've never had crispy olives before but the were a revelation.
Tesco salted caramel party mix. Loving this, it has nuts, pretzel bits, chocolate covered nuts, Malteser type things , chocolate buttons. A must have.

If you've tried anything perhaps you could say what they were and what you thought of them

Has anyone tried the M&S Very Merry Munch ?

It looks like something I could hideaway till Christmas Eve ........
According to searching it's chocolate popcorn, chicolate pretzels, chicolatr peanuts and carmel almonds (or along those lines )

😆 Thank you and come back next week - you’re doing a sterling job!

I don't like mince pies, Christmas pudding, wedding cake or anything else that has fruit in it.
Chocolate log for me. Anyone know who does a nice rich sickly one please?

Yes, yes and thrice yes.

Had an M&A voucher, so got two tins last month. Have had to ask DH to hide the remaining tin. It's too, too good.

But, I need to know more around the Tesco one...

Following..

Iceland always seem to do really good mince pies, IMHO

Gregg's do the best mince pies surely?

Outrageous yet sounds delicious it's going on the list!

Who does the best chocolate log?

Thanks @70isaLimitNotaTarget .

Am heading to Denmark soon so I'll get some there but be good to find it here. I'll look in Harvey tyvm.

@blusteryshowersaway Yule have to buy a few and see which is best 🎄

Haha!

Let me know when you find it

We were bought this last year and it was gorgeous! Best 'treat' Christmas food we had.

I tried the deep filled asda ones with the crumble topping. They were too boozy unfortunately and I like boozy.

greggs are still the top one for me, followed closely by sainsburys own bakery.

Mince pies would go nice with a saucer of milk for you.

Shoot! i thought about buying this this morning and decided against it, back to the shop i go later 😀

I second this question 😆

Sainsbury’s for me

For Yule log
Asda 'extra special' is gorgeous
It's gone up this year to £4.50.. still worth the price
I've resisted so far as I ate 3 in November last year!

JingsMahBucket · the home bargains one I mentioned is really soft it has no icing but is chocolate covered.

I heartily second the Asda Irish cream topped mince pies. Downright delectable.

Tesco mid-range mince pies......beautiful, buttery pastry and the plump, juicy fruit. It’s a thumbs up from me.

Do you find yourself lying about use by dates to you family?

"Is that old thing still in date?"

"Oh yeah, I'm sure it is" <hides packaging quickly in recycling bin>

Not dead yet! 😳😂

Costco do the best mince pies , they hadn’t started them when I was last there . Failing that the M&S butter pastry ones ( red box) or the Tesco lattice ones from the fresh bakery section . I will say that I don’t like mine to taste of alcohol so my choices won’t be to everyone’s taste .

Looking for the Yule log that has the most yummy chocolate ganache in or on it, especially the end pieces. I don't like the ones that scrimp on this. Any recommendations anyone?