Season archive
Overall Rating: 10/10 Ladies and gentlemen, after weeks of looking, I’ve found a 10. And in the most unlikely place imaginable – amongst the terrible selection…
Triumph
Overall Rating: 5/10 Bloody hell. If you thought the last Co-op Mince Pie was bad…this is worse. It’s filled to the brim, but with a paste. The pastry…
Needs a custard rescue
Overall Rating: 6/10 Oh dear Co-op. Such fancy packaging, such a lovely name. Yet such a poor mince pie. Nothing much to shout about here I’m afraid folks.…
Church hall special
Overall Rating: 8/10 To some a puff pastry mince pie is heresy. Certainly in my opinion you can get a very poor puff pastry mince pie. This is not one of those.…
Proper good
Overall Rating: 9/10 It’s clear there’s two camps in the mince pie market. There’s those happy to be the workhorse of mid to late December, bought in their…
Overall Rating: 7/10 Mr Kipling. The master of cakes and baking for what seems like forever. But, what are his mince pies like this year? Pretty good actually.…
Perfectly fine
Overall Rating: 8/10 “How!?”, I hear you cry. “How can the standard Tesco pie score the same as the Finest?” You’re angry, it’s understandable. Calm down and…
