M&S Chocolate Chunk Flapjack Mini Bites

These various tubs of mini bites are great! Good value for money, they taste great and there are a generous amount in each tub. Check out previous reviews of M&S Chocolate Brownie Mini Bites and M&S All Butter Flapjack Mini Bites.

I loved the buttery smell of these chocolate chunk flapjacks, which hit me as soon as I opened the tub. Each mini flapjack is just right in size with a lovely rich, homemade buttery taste.

They taste exactly how a flapjack should - soft, chewy and buttery. The chocolate chunks were a lovely addition, too. I really enjoyed these and would buy them again!

Price: £2.60

Rating: 5/5

M&S Strawberry Meringues

These little strawberry meringues are so pretty, with an attractive two tone white and pink meringue. The meringue is extremely light, perfectly crisp on the outside, while the inside just melts in the mouth. 

The strawberry flavoured whipped cream was absolutely perfect, not too sweet with a fresh and subtle strawberry taste. The sweet white chocolate on the inside was a superb accompaniment against the fresh strawberry.

A delicious, light dessert that everyone will enjoy. Highly recommended!

Price: £1.50 for two

Rating: 5/5

M&S All Butter Mince Pies

It's that time of year again, where I will be reviewing many of the delicious M&S Christmas food products in the run up to the festive season. Please comment below if there is a Christmas product from their range that you would like me to review on this blog.

M&S have a lovely varied range of mince pies, some of which will be featured on this blog. Last year I reviewed the M&S Frangipane Mince pies  which were a nice twist to the traditional mince pie. Today I will be reviewing these cute star all butter mince pies.

I always like a mince pie to have a nice, soft and rich buttery flavour. The shortcrust pastry on these all butter mince pies was exactly what I was hoping for. Lovely, rich and buttery which reminded me of shortbread. However, a tad on the dry and crumbly side; the pastry could've been a little softer.

The mincemeat filling was bursting with juicy sultanas and currants, but there wasn't quite enough of it and it was also a little on the dry side.

Overall, this is a nice mince pie with a beautiful buttery pastry and a tasty mincemeat filling. The slight dryness of both the pastry and the filling is somewhat overlooked  due to the lovely pastry and mincemeat flavours. Definitely worth a try!

Price: £2.50 for six

Rating: 4/5

M&S Apple & Mango High Juice

This apple and mango high juice by M&S is delicious and very refreshing. The sweet mango worked beautifully with the subtle apple flavour. Very good!

Rating: 5/5

M&S Custard Choux Buns

A deliciously light, melt in the mouth choux pastry, filled with creamy vanilla custard and topped with a chocolate fondant.

A lovely alternative to the cream choux buns, these custard choux buns were absolutely divine. I loved the vanilla beans throughout the custard. The Chocolate fondant topping was beautiful - very rich with a silky soft ganache texture. 

I highly recommend these; just make sure you leave some for me!

Rating: 5/5

M&S White Chocolate Milkshake

A very sweet and creamy white chocolate milkshake by M&S. It had a strong vanilla taste, but there wasn't much of a white chocolate flavour. I think the addition of some white chocolate pieces would improve the white chocolate flavour. 

Price: £1.30

Rating: 3/5

M&S Iced Raspberry Soft Buns

A few of my local M&S stores aren't that great with displaying fresh items in the bakery section. I noticed that with a few of their products, they tend to taste stale and dry. Unfortunately, these Raspberry iced buns were very dry. 

The raspberry icing was quite pleasant with a subtle raspberry flavour.  The raspberry jam was nice and fruity, it also inadvertently helped with the dryness of the bun. They just didn't have that nice freshly baked smell that you'd expect. 

I would only buy these again if they seemed fresh, otherwise I wouldn't bother.

Price: £1.30 for five

Rating: 2/5

M&S Bangers & Mash With Onion Gravy

A ready meal for one, consisting of two sausages in a rich onion gravy and mashed potato.

I thought the sausages were nice enough - not amazing but OK. The onion gravy was tasty and full of flavour; not enough of it though.

The mash was awful; really tasteless and bland. It reminded me of instant mash, not the creamy buttery mash I was expecting. Quite disappointing.

Rating: 2/5

M&S Gastropub Ham & Chicken Crumble

Smoked ham and chicken topped with a potato and leek crush, with a cheddar mustard crumb.

The smoked ham and chicken pieces were nice and tender; they went really well with the creamy, rich potato and leek sauce. The cheddar and mustard crumb was a nice addition; I liked the crunchy texture.

However, the smokiness of the ham coupled with the mustard crumb was far too overpowering. Both flavours were too strong to have together. Unsmoked ham, or just chicken would work better for this dish. 

Price: £4.00

Rating: 3/5

M&S Sweet Potato Chips

These sweet potato fries were really tasty. A nice, crunchy texture with a very sweet flavour. I found them a lot more filling than ordinary chips because of the sweetness. There weren't that many in the bag, though.

Rating: 4/5

M&S British Strawberry Milkshake

A lovely thick, creamy milkshake with a nice, fresh strawberry flavour. Not the best I've had but it was still rather nice.

Price: £1.30

Rating: 3/5

M&S Ham & Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese Toastie

A nice comforting toastie with lots of gooey cheese, tangy mustard and thickly sliced ham. It wasn't quite as crisp as I thought it would be; the bread was quite soggy - possibly due to the mustard. It was still nice and comforting though, and I would buy it again.

Rating: 4/5

M&S Honey Barbecue Wholegrain Snacks

I really enjoyed these little snacks. They had a lovely, sweet barbecue flavour and I could really taste the honey. The wholegrain works really well against the sweet/tangy flavour of the barbecue/honey combination. A new favourite of mine that I will buy again and again!

Price: £1.00

Rating: 5/5

M&S Coconut & Raspberry Homebake Style Shortbread Fingers

A generous box of coconut and raspberry shortbread fingers. I like the homebaked touch; they really do look homemade and fresh from the kitchen.

Upon opening the box, I was met with a pleasant raspberry and coconut smell. The fingers of shortbread were thick and generous in size, with a crumbly, crunchy texture. I believe this is because of the longer, more slowly baked method, as it says on the box.

As I tucked into the shortbread, I noticed the sharpness of the raspberry, and the subtle coconut taste. I was expecting these to be rich and buttery, but they lacked any buttery flavour as you'd normally expect from shortbread, so this was rather disappointing.

I felt they were quite bland and lacking in both the rich buttery flavour and sweetness to offset the sharpness of the raspberry. The coconut just didn't sweeten it enough.

Price: £2.00

Rating: 2/5

M&S Blackcurrant Sundaes

A lot of people have commented on my previous post on the older version of blackcurrant sundaes that I reviewed last year. Many of you expressed your disappointed with the newer version, so I decided to review them again to see what I thought.

Although I preferred the appearance of the older version, I have to say I didn't notice ANY difference.

The swirled buttercream is the same as last time, but there is possibly more of it. I didn't really like this buttercream anyway as it was too sickly and artificial tasting. However, the lovely tangy blackcurrant filling and rich, buttery pastry is just how I remember it to be.

Having said that, I think they looked much better before!

Price: £2.00 for four

Rating: 3/5