I tried you don't have to.

Not really
I bought 6 Mr Kipling mince pies for 33p the other day in Asda and they still have 5 days left on their date 😂
Seriously it’s all down to personal choice isn’t it
What I like and think is good value may not be the sane for you or another poster
It’s also down to what shops you have in your area
Someone might advise Sainsburys Christmas cake is the best but if you haven’t got a Sainsbury s in your area your snookered

We’ve tried the iced mince pies from Asda their not very good I’m afraid hardly any filling in them. Can anyone recommend some decent ones.

Sounds like a fun idea to me. We're planning to try Tesco's mince pies later this week as we stop eating them in December just so as not to overdo it. I'll report back.

Would someone please try an Asda Extra special gingerbread and butterscotch sponge for me please

Coop Bakery mince pies are quite good, either shortcrust or puff pastry. They are on offer at the moment. I really meant to put them straight in the freezer!?

Any gf products that are good or should be avoided would be good.

kittylester

Any gf products that are good or should be avoided would be good.

Yes!!

Sainsbury’s frangipane mince pies a lovely.

The M&S gf ones which won in the GH tests were, I thought, a bit too sweet.

kittylester

Any gf products that are good or should be avoided would be good.

Do have a look at the Mumsnet thread. There were a few posts about gluten free products and also vegan products last time I looked.

SachaMac, that’s the spirit 😄

My mince pies are quite good, but DD's are better. This year I will be sampling DGD's, she is a cook of some note but I have yet to taste the pies.

All three will be using the nut-free mincemeat that I have made, and that is superb!

M0nica

My mince pies are quite good, but DD's are better. This year I will be sampling DGD's, she is a cook of some note but I have yet to taste the pies.

All three will be using the nut-free mincemeat that I have made, and that is superb!

Will you share the recipe, please.

My mincemeat is lovely, but a second different batch is good.

kittylester

Any gf products that are good or should be avoided would be good.

I’ve just bought Waitrose today. Might have one with a cup of tea at 3pm - I’ll let you know.

I also bought a Waitrose 5”? Christmas cake. Now wishing I’d waited and ordered one from Simply Delicious. In my opinion their GF cakes are divine. They have a cake club that I have belonged to in the past but my weight is not conducive to cake eating!

My ambition is to find a good GF stollen.

Oh stollen is my favourite Xmas treat - bought a pack from Asda and scoffed the lot, with a cup of tea 😂

I can recommend Sainsbury's Taste the Difference stollen slices with added brandy. We have just come back from shopping and I'm sitting with a cup of tea and one of the above. There is just one problem, they aren't big enough.

If you have a Curtis`s of Lincoln in your area, their mince pies taste just like home made.

My heart sinks when invited to taste someone’s home made mince pies. Never had a good one. Give me M&S any day 😀

Right reporting back on Waitrose mince pies gf.

They seem to be offering two types. One in a pack of 4 which I bought and one a pack of two with a star pastry on top.

I didn’t heat the mince pie. The pastry was sprinkled with too much sugar for my taste which I found overwhelmed the mincemeat. I couldn’t taste any alcohol - I do like brandy in my mincemeat. The pastry was a shortcrust type and quite hard.

I shall warm the next 2, and see how they shape up.

Overall - nothing exceptional.

Can anyone recommend a good GF pastry of any sort?

Tomorrow I’ll get some M&S gf mince pies.

I don't like mince pies but my oh likes Aldi ones .

I like Jus rol (I think) gf puff pastry. Don't know if they do a short crust one. Anyone?

I have spread mincemeat over the puff pastry, rolled it up and made sort of palmiers. They were OK.

I thought the M&S gf pies were sweeter that waitrose.

I sometimes make an apple and mincemeat pie - and I find putting a layer of apple in takes the edge of the sometimes over sweetness of the mincemeat.

That is very noble of people testing out the xmas goodies and saving us and our waistlines from ourselves!
I don't do mince pies until December (and likewise hot cross buns til the spring) so I will selfishly let the rest of you test away!
However from past experience, I found Lidls Xmas pudding very good - I bought one once on chance and always buy their's now.
We are going to have a scaled back Xmas this year, so I am not going to make a xmas cake or mince pies, so have bought a Lidls rich fruit cake to decorate, and I'm hoping it will match up to the xmas pudding.

Tesco puff pastry mince pies are wonderful, hope they do them again this year.