You are a saint!
The big pouches are on offer in Dunnes for €3. Includes the quality street signature selections. Bagged myself a big bag of strawberry cremes. Yum!!
2 for 1 in Aldi next week...
I seen those in Dunnes but couldn't justify the 16 EUR price tag.
I find the 90gram chocolate panettone in Lidl are very tasty and wish they did a bigger version.
Although the price per gram is pretty much the same.
I’m not doing Christmas cake this year so I’m actually saving a chunk of change going this route. Ingredients for a cake tend to cost me well over 40 euro
I was in there at 9.35 this morning only a handful left....now they could refill the "bin" ...I actually walked past it as the sign was pretty miserable.
Got a box of the Lidl version of After eights this week as they were on the Lidl PLus app for €1. I thought I'd keep them up for Christmas...they are all gone now 😐️😆 They are really very nice, in a similar box to After Eight but just called Mint Chocolates.
I usually get a box of jacobs choc mallows but haven't seen them anywhere this year.
Anyone spotted them ?
The big tea cake tins? Like the ones on offer in Aldi(above) but tea cakes obviously......I have seen them but stock seems very low this year ...I know it's still early.
Usually 24 in a cardboard box.
I just saw Tesco have them online but didn't see any in the shops
Pretty sure I've seen them in Dunnes
Just checked, they should be in Dunnes - 4.50!
I got them in Tesco last week 👍
Oh I've never noticed them.....I'll be picking up a box next time I'm in dunnes !
I had looked for them in two Dunnes, but neither had any. I did manage to get two boxes in my local (pretty small) Tesco this morning.
Same my local Dunnes haven't had stock either.
Well I don't think I've seen them before or they never registered....I usually buy the tea cakes....can't see a difference between them bar the price!
My dunnes is actually very big (though alot of floor space rented to other franchises) so they "should" have them
They were in both Aldi and Lidl tonight for €4.99.
Already halfway through the elite mikado that were on offer in Aldi this morning ....sure it's December 😂
Christmas pudding ice cream 🤤
Sold out in 2 stores I visited this morning, did they have much stock where you were?
No, as I said earlier the "bin" was almost empty I'd say there was less than 20 left when I got there at 9:35. I actually asked another shopper where they were as I had walked past them. The sign was pretty pathetic handwritten 2 for 1 less than a4 size stuck to wall.
There was no customer limit....now I didn't see anyone go mad. Most seemed to have 2 or 4 tins in their trolley. I had a feeling they'd fly out/limited stock.
Previous years were the same in lidl/aldi. The call it the secret offer and the signs are so inconspicuous that you would walk right past.
I know there have been plenty of Mince Pie discussions here but I honestly didn't pay much attention as I always make my own. This year however I'm not doing them so would like to know if any particular ones were a clear winner. I was gifted a box of Donnybrook Fair ones last week and thought they were lovely, nice balance of pastry and filling. They are pricey though, €7.95 for 6.
So id be very grateful if anyone could give a quick top 3?
I find mince pies change every year.
This year I've had
Dunnes puff pastry were good enough but better heated in the oven.
The Dunnee simply better either star on top 2 box's for €7 were my favorite.
M&S Mini were to orangey for me.
I got Avoca ones whilst the mincemeat was nice and there was a lot of it. The pastry was overdone.
I too want to buy a box of mince pies but not sure what to get - I’d like to try the simply better ones but I don’t want two boxes so can’t avail of offer then. I think I read in here somewhere that the lidl ones are meant to be nice - their boxed ones and their bakery loose ones.
Avoca ones this year not as good as they have been before. Think they've changed the recipe and seem stodgier. Dunnes the nicest I've tasted this year so far.
Supervalu this evening.
Elf2 got a selection box at his last footie training of the year. He came home and gave everyone their favourite bar from it!
Either I'm getting older or Kraft changed the recipe again but Roses were actually nice this year and I had completely gone off them.
Interesting! I got three tubs for €10 earlier in the year and didn't bother with Roses as they were muck last year. I'll be looking to try them now.
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