PIES WITH A TWIST
Taste the Difference Gingerbread & White Chocolate Blondie Pies (4), £2.25 Festive, cute gingerbread person finish. Tasty pastry with a touch of ginger, filled with a gooey caramel layer and white chocolate and sweet almond layer. ★★★★
Specially Selected Millionaire Mince Pies (6), £2.29, Aldi Oozing with chocolate, salted caramel and hazelnut filling this is a seriously sweet morsel. Packed to the brim and the buttery shortbread is a delicious mouthful. ★★★
Taste the Difference Frangipane Mince Pies (4), £2.25, Sainsbury’s
A perfect treat for almond lovers who don’t like too much mincemeat in their pies. The frangipane topping works really well with the mincemeat layer. ★★★★
Extra Special Irish Cream Liqueur
Mince Pies (6), £2.25, Asda A creamy topping is the dream partner for the luscious fruit. The Irish Cream flavour isn’t overpowering, and they are not too sweet. They are so moreish it is just as well Christmas only comes once a year. ★★★★★
The Best Sticky Toffee Pudding Mince Pies (4), £2.25, Morrisons A good pastry with generous amount of filling. Lower mincemeat layer was lovely and juicy, nutty topping was good but sponge layer tasted strange. ★★
Finest Chocolate Orange Crumble Topped Mince Pies (6), £2.25, Tesco For non-pastry lovers and the younger members of the clan. Not the prettiest, a bit like a squashed Rice Krispie cake, but get past that and it’s a chocolatey delight. ★★
Heston Pear & Fig Mince Pies in Triple Cheese Pastry (6), £3.50, Waitrose Expensive but divinely different and a treat for those in the family who don’t like traditional mince pies. The cheesy pastry works perfectly with the pear and fig which resembled a sweet chutney. ★★★★
Irresistible Golden Chocolate & Hazelnut Tartlets (4), £2.50, Co-op Dinky little pies with yummy chocolate pastry that’s light, crispy and filled with a melt in the mouth chocolate delight with crunchy nut topping. ★★★★
The Best Billionaire’s Chocolate Tarts (4), £2.25, Morrisons
A flavour twist that really works with the filling mix of mincemeat, salted caramel and chocolate butter cream. A treat for the taste buds. Chocoholics will love it. ★★★★★
Cookie Cup Mince Pies (4), £2.50, Marks & Spencer
Plate up and you could pass off as homemade with the chunky top. Pastry is sweet, chewy, crunchy and very moreish. Good, juicy and spicy filling. ★★★★