M&S Gingerbread Viennese Creams

I had high hopes for these, but I was really disappointed. They were nice and fragrant, melted in the mouth, but the cinnamon and gingerbread spices were overwhelming. I thought they tasted like soap! I couldn’t really taste the buttercream, either. I won’t buy these again.

Price: £1.75 for eight

Rating: 2/5

M&S Turkey Feast Sandwiches

A feast indeed! Roast turkey breast, with pork, sage and onion stuffing, smoky bacon, cranberry chutney and mayonnaise on soft malted brown bread.

A lovely tasty and filling sandwich with generous slices of roast turkey and bacon, however I felt it needed some extra cranberry chutney and/or mayonnaise as the turkey and stuffing combo made it quite dry.

Price: £3.25

Rating: 4/5

M&S Frangipane Mince Pies

I had my first taste of a frangipane mince pie last year *cough* Aldi *cough* and they were divine. This year I decided to try the M&S ones. I have to say M&S had a good selection of mince pies this year, including iced top, puff pastry and these frangipane ones.

I noticed that these mince pies were quite shallow compared to others, they didn’t have as much filling. The pastry was very dry and not very buttery. The mincemeat was nice, full of flavour and juicy sultanas. The frangipane was lovely, and the flaked almonds were a nice touch.

However, I still preferred the ones from Aldi, so I don’t think I’d buy these again.

Price: £2.50 for six

Rating: 3/5

M&S Turkey and Pigs in Blankets Sandwiches

There were a lot of these sandwiches reduced at my local M&S, I was a little put off by this, thinking that they may be disgusting. However, I was pleasantly surprised! 

The filling contained slices of pork sausages, smoked bacon, roast turkey breast, cranberry chutney, spiced mayonnaise and spinach leaves, all on a sage and onion bread.

It was all very tasty and filling, although I felt it needed a little more of the cranberry chutney. There was a generous amount of meat in the sandwich. I thought that the sage and onion bread was unnecessary as there were so many flavours going on. All in all, a nice, filling, tasty sandwich!

Price: £3.00

Rating: 4/5