Season archive
Overall rating: 9/10 Review: They may have dropped the ball with the salted caramel mince pie (4/10), but this sloe gin mince ‘tart’ is amazing. It’s not really…
Triumph
Overall rating: 10/10 Review: It took me longer to find a 10 last year, I think we were well into December, but ASDA have sneaked up on me this time and created…
Overall rating: 9/10 Review: The King is dead, long live the King. So very close from Co-op…last year’s 10/10 mince pie has slipped one point to 9/10. It’s just…
Overall rating: 4/10 Review: This probably sounded like a good idea in a product development meeting. It’s not. They’re neither a mince pie, nor salted caramel.…
Back on the shelf
Overall rating: 9.5/10 Review: Blimey. This is a cracker. Remember the Co-op 10/10 from 2017? This is the closest I’ve found in 2018. Surprised to find it at…
Overall rating: 8/10 Review: Lidl is coming on strong in 2018 and their standard mince pie is a great little offering. So much value here too – it’s a pack of…
Proper good
Overall rating: 7.5/10 Review: I’m not sure if it says more about this mince pie, or the Taste the Difference pie – but this 7.5/10 score is decent. A nice…
Solid effort
Overall rating: 9/10 Review: This is a first for me – a cookie with mince pie flavour. And it’s good, really good. The cookies are just what you’d want in…
Overall rating: 6.5/10 Review: Whilst being one of the most impressive looking mince pies of the season, the Sainsbury’s flagship pie falls flat. Probably a…
Church hall special
Overall Rating: 8.5/10 Review: There must only be a few places in the UK that supply nationwide food retailers with mince pies – and I wonder if Aldi and Tesco…
Seconds, please
Overall Rating: 7.5/10 Review: Tesco have a large range of pies out for 2018 and this lattice topped number caught my eye the other day. As you can see from the…
Overall Rating: 6.5 Review: Aldi did quite well in 2017 with a range of good standard mince pies and fancy numbers too. Their mini pies were a big hit too.…
