best Sweets at Christmas

cookie75

fishy fishy wrote: »

cannot forget the old sentimentally selection boxes.

Curly Wurlys deffo a Christmas thing

FoxyChickaTee

lockie1983 wrote: »

+1 for this! They always taste way nicer than the individual ones.

A few years ago my mam bought the big bag of taytos instead of the box and there was uproar haha

coolgal52

I love yorkshire jellies at xmas, they are so sugary the best!

Posy

I'm not allowed yorkshire jellies. I'm like an alcoholic- I can't stop at one box.

flutegirl

BobMc wrote: »

I've found the chocolate in the roses last two years tobe gone brutal, not keen on them at all anymore, love the terrrys segsations though !!

I used to like the small round ones that nobody ever ate and were always left in the tin, usually creamy ones, and then they got rid of them, or changed their shape, could always bank on them being left in the tin when desperate for a sweet January 6th or 7th!!

efb

Season's Greetings - but only for the tin- the sweets were yuck!

lazy girl

you can beat a tin of roses can u, or after eights!

ladypip

You people are crazy what about Kinder Schoko bon?

Posy

ladypip wrote: »

You people are crazy what about Kinder Schoko bon?

Never heard of them!

okfine

oh sweets,I love you all equally....Except for the Pink,Orange,Brown and golden wrapped ones in the Quality Street selection.:p

fussyonion

I alternate between Roses and Quality Street but after getting Roses last Christmas, I was disappointed in the selection and the chocolate didn't taste as nice, so I think we'll stick to Quality Street.
Also love Butler's and Ferrero Rocher.

Posy

fussyonion wrote: »

I alternate between Roses and Quality Street but after getting Roses last Christmas, I was disappointed in the selection and the chocolate didn't taste as nice, so I think we'll stick to Quality Street.

Just get them both!
It's Christmas.

leahyl

Roses
Heroes
Celebrations

Of recent years (well in the last year!) Roisins lemon supremes and chocolate truffles from Aldi are DIVINE!

We always get boxes of sour cream and onion pringles (I know not really sweets but I love them!) and a terrys chocolate orange each (nom nom!)

I do like the odd mince pie too :pac: but not too many cos they are quite heavy!

And of course the obligatory sherry trifle for after dinner:pac:

leahyl

flutegirl wrote: »

I used to like the small round ones that nobody ever ate and were always left in the tin, usually creamy ones, and then they got rid of them, or changed their shape, could always bank on them being left in the tin when desperate for a sweet January 6th or 7th!!

I loved the chocolate bite and the orange bite but they did away with them :eek::mad: There's far less of a selection in the roses now but we still get them anyway - it's tradition:pac:

s_carnage

A yard of Jaffa cakes please...

xzanti

Don't get me started on the Roses tins.. whoever messed with the selection should be shot.. and the chocolate is horrible, watered down with Soya or some crap :mad:

I love Galaxy chocolate, my Mother still gets me the selection box every year

Although I'm really more of a savory person.. Tayto/Pringles/Dry roasted peanuts... all good!!!!

leahyl

xzanti wrote: »

I love Galaxy chocolate, my Mother still gets me the selection box every year

MMMM I love Galaxy too!! :pac:

And the previous poster about the Jaffa Cakes - OM NOM NOM! Could eat that whole pack of Jaffa Cakes myself and still want more:pac:

Loughc

leahyl wrote: »

And the previous poster about the Jaffa Cakes - OM NOM NOM! Could eat that whole pack of Jaffa Cakes myself and still want more:pac:

I really want Jaffa Cakes now

Posy

lockie1983 wrote: »

I really want Jaffa Cakes now

Me too. And I don't normally even eat Jaffa cakes.

Loughc

lockie1983 wrote: »

I changed my mind my absolute favourite sweets at Christmas are snowballs the chocolate the cream the coconut. Yum. Yum. I need some now!!

I came home from work Friday to find my amazing girlfriend had bought be a box of snowballs! Thank you boards!

irishbarb

I like everything really, except I'm not that big of a fan of Quality Street. Also hate any cakes with fruit in it so I don't eat traditional Christmas cake or anything. Also hate mince pies and anything marzipan :P I don't eat much traditional Christmas food. One tradition in my house is chips and dips. Not really a typical Christmas food, but they have to be got here. My favourite dip is the sour cream and chive one or spicy cheese. Nom. I'm more into savoury stuff then chocolate. Loads of cheese and crackers as well. Hurry up Christmas

Mrs Garth Brooks

Ohh I love the lindt truffles. And the creme eggs a week or two after xmas. Yum.

McChubbin

Nothing beats a Marks & Spencers' shortbread biscuit dunked into a cuppa. Mmmm. As for boxed chocs, I'm particial to Celebrations.

shannon82

Alicat wrote: »

A warning about the Scots Clan; they are not the same as they used to be! They've changed the chocolate!

We would get my dad a big box for his birthday and Christmas every single year ( near on 30 years at this stage!) and they just don't taste the same. There was a very distinct change in taste. In fact, he thinks Reisen (sp?) are now the closest thing to the original Scots Clan. We just get him bags of those instead.

he should try the Aldi version of them they are addictive

corblimey

Mmm, after eights for me. Usually pick up a couple of boxes every weekend, when the supermarkets start their deals. Last Xmas, I bought so many, I found 3 boxes in my cupboard in August with a sell by date of October. Obviously, couldn't let them go to waste :pac:

SusieBlue

Roses, After Eights, and Terry's Chocolate Orange all go down well in my house. I hate Quality Street - I think they're rotten!

Alicat

Has anyone even mentioned Chocolate Santas? His head is the first thing I eat every Christmas morning before the official breakfast

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Roses are usually the Christmas sweets in my house....along with my 5 or so selection boxes :o