Christmas sweets- What's your favourite???

13-12-2015 10:30AM

Celebrations and heroes

Turtyturd · 13-12-2015 10:33AM

Celebrations
Heroes
Roses

Quality Street

Shenshen · 13-12-2015 11:22AM

Shop-bought I would have to say Spekulatius. Home-made it would be Vanillekipferl.

I don't associate chocolates with christmas at all.

rainbow kirby · 13-12-2015 11:44AM

Out of the stereotypical ones - Quality Street, I love me some strawberry creme ones, and my husband absolutely hates them so more for me

My real favourite is a packet of the small tasting bars of Green and Black's though!

fleet_admiral · 13-12-2015 12:17PM

Chocolate Mikados

Crumpets · 13-12-2015 12:31PM

The strawberry creme ones in the Roses tub are mighty!

pc7 · 13-12-2015 12:32PM

Lindort in the red box, one with a hot cup of tea.

Toto Wolfcastle · 13-12-2015 12:38PM

Ferrero Rocher. I never liked Quality Street (apart from the green triangle, obviously) and Roses are nothing like they used to be. I'd never buy them. Celebrations are grand because they have the Malteaser and the Galaxy Truffle, if it's still in them.

But Ferrero Rocher are consistently good.

Peregrine · 13-12-2015 12:47PM

Crumpets wrote: »

The strawberry creme ones in the Roses tub are mighty!

What are your thoughts on the orange creme ones?

Crumpets · 13-12-2015 01:04PM

Peregrine wrote: »

What are your thoughts on the orange creme ones?

Beautiful

Turtyturd · 13-12-2015 01:14PM

You can't be including Danish butter cookies and chocolate Mikado. If that's the case Tunnocks win.

OldMrBrennan83 · 13-12-2015 01:29PM

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minibear · 13-12-2015 01:32PM

http://www.leonidas-chocolate.com/ororpeelsuri.html

Nothing else comes close to the chewy chocolate orangey yumminess of a box of these. I keep them in the fridge and tend to dip in as I'm passing. (I have notions of trying to restrain myself but it doesn't work)

And I only ever have them at Christmas. yummmm

Oasis1974 · 13-12-2015 01:35PM

Don't even eat sweets much anymore but Lemon Seasons Greetings for me around Christmas Time not sure there even around now?

One eyed Jack · 13-12-2015 01:43PM

Oasis1974 wrote: »

Don't even eat sweets much anymore but Lemon Seasons Greetings for me around Christmas Time not sure there even around now?

Jesus there's a memory from the 80's :pac:

What are those caramel something, they're pink and white hard shell on the outside, and then toffee caramel in the middle... they look like pillows

jeremymurphy · 13-12-2015 01:44PM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Jesus there's a memory from the 80's :pac:

What are those caramel something, they're pink and white hard shell on the outside, and then toffee caramel in the middle... they look like pillows

But taste awful, iced caramels

Oasis1974 · 13-12-2015 01:48PM

jeremymurphy wrote: »

But taste awful, iced caramels

I remember those and they were pretty awful most of what was in the box were filling remover sweets.

jeremymurphy · 13-12-2015 01:49PM

Oasis1974 wrote: »

I remember those and they were pretty awful most of what was in the box were filling remover sweets.

I always thought it was like eating caramels wrapped in eggshells. Ugh

OldMrBrennan83 · 13-12-2015 01:59PM

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trixychic · 13-12-2015 02:56PM

Sorry for the lack of options. These were the main things as I was growing up. I still get these. Ha.

Had to look up those lemon things. I'm a bit young for them. Eeek.

jeremymurphy · 13-12-2015 03:01PM

trixychic wrote: »

Sorry for the lack of options. These were the main things as I was growing up. I still get these. Ha.

Had to look up those lemon things. I'm a bit young for them. Eeek.

That's what you got back in the day. And the nice ones were gone in 2 hours and the glassy fruity ones lasted the week.

Azalea · 13-12-2015 03:17PM

jeremymurphy wrote: »

That's what you got back in the day. And the nice ones were gone in 2 hours and the glassy fruity ones lasted the week.

The glassy fruity ones were the only nice ones in my opinion!

I love the coffee/black cherry/strawberry Roses fans - most of the time those are the very sweets that are left behind, yet you get the occasional trouper who loves them, and will happily clean out the box for you. Christmas's unsung heroes!

RayM · 13-12-2015 03:31PM

I used to like Roses - especially the caramel keg, when it was wrapped in foil, and the thin Dairy Milk one, before they made it chunky and cumbersome.

Crumpets · 13-12-2015 03:34PM

RayM wrote: »

I used to like Roses - especially the caramel keg, when it was wrapped in foil, and the thin Dairy Milk one, before they made it chunky and cumbersome.

I much preferred when they were wrapped in foil

Zaph · 13-12-2015 03:49PM

AirBiscuit wrote: »

Most of the Celebrations are fantastic, EXCEPT for the bounties which nobody eats

Peregrine wrote: »

If it wasn't for the abominable Bountys, it would be Celebrations.

I'll remain undecided as long as they're still in Celebrations.

What the hell is wrong with you people???? The Bounties are the best thing in the box!

I didn't realise that Lemons still made sweets, we always had a big box of them at Christmas when I was a kid. Everything got demolished apart from the liquorice toffees, which were mank.

But imo you can't beat a box of After Eight. I could happily eat a whole box in one sitting. Probably explains why I'm now diabetic.

The Backwards Man · 13-12-2015 04:01PM

I'm no fan of sweet stuff but I'll have a few of the hard fruit ones that come in the glass bottles, whatever you call them. It's hard to beat a good suck at Christmas.

Geoffrey Dalton · 13-12-2015 04:03PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It's hard to beat a good suck at Christmas.

You enjoy sucking hard things?

The Backwards Man · 13-12-2015 04:07PM

Geoffrey Dalton wrote: »

You enjoy sucking hard things?

Who doesn't?

RayM · 13-12-2015 04:08PM

First thing I do when I get a box of Celebrations is remove the Bounties. There is nothing (literally nothing) worse than reaching for the Celebrations a few days after Christmas and there's nothing left, apart from a load of discarded wrappers and Bounties.

Incidentally, it should be legal to kill people who put the wrappers back in the box.

trixychic · 13-12-2015 05:10PM

RayM wrote: »

Incidentally, it should be legal to kill people who put the wrappers back in the box.

I totally agree. I hate when ppl put back in empty wrappers. Grrr

Christmas sweets- What's your favourite???

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