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Overall rating: 9/10 Review: The best fancy mince pie of 2019? Certainly up there with the finest. It’s rich and sweet with lovely biscuity pastry. These mince…
Triumph
Overall rating: 0/10 Review: Shocking. What a state. Co-op’s most standard pie is an abomination. What can I say? This is not good at all. To provide a bit of…
Back on the shelf
Overall rating: 8.5/10 Review: These filled cookies from ASDA are the first non-mince pie, mince pie items I’ve come across this year. They’re good. Last year…
Seconds, please
Overall rating: 9/10 Review: Well I’m as surprised as you are! Standard supermarket mince pies have been lazy this year – too soft, tasteless. Not this one.…
Overall rating: 6.5/10 Review: Another Co-op pie…how many do they have? This one is middle of the road – certainly not very luxury. Pastry on this one is quite…
Church hall special
Overall rating: 6/10 Review: The best gluten free vegan mince pie I’ve ever eaten…but also my first! I’ve had many requests to review some gluten free and vegan…
Overall rating: 2/10 Review: Like so many fancy looking mince pies this year, Sainsbury’s have managed to miss the mark. The first thing you notice when you bit…
Overall rating: 8.5/10 Review: The second M&S mince pie of 2019. It’s a cracker. Well it’s a pie, but you know what I mean… This is the standard pie from M&S so…
Overall rating: 8/10 Review: Look at that box! These are some fancy mince pies. M&S know how to do food so I’m excited about trying these… The pie is quite…
Proper good
Overall rating: 9/10 Review: The winner from 2017 returns triumphantly. Another great mince pie from Co-op. The biscuity pastry is sweet and crumbly – but not…
Overall rating: 7/10 Review: Oh ohh. Here comes Mr Big Shot! It’s the deep filled pie from Mr Kipling – with a Good Housekeeping Institute taste award on the…
Perfectly fine
Overall rating: 6.5/10 Review: I quite fancy a lattice top, something a bit different. This one looks quite nice on the box but as so often this year, the…
