Strange hot cross bun & Easter egg flavours

pumpkin89

JosephK said:

By the way, among the increasingly exotic Easter eggs, has anyone seen a hot cross bun flavoured variety?

Prestat (definitely not MSE!) did one in previous years, but it hasn't returned, so I assume it wasn't very popular.

sammyjammy

JosephK said:

Aye, there's an ever increasing number of strangely flavoured buns, many of which bear little resemblance to that described. Other than a good quality fruit and spice one, most, to me, would be described by just one flavour - "dire." But then Mrs K often, and probably justifiably, calls me, among other things, old-fashioned.

By the way, among the increasingly exotic Easter eggs, has anyone seen a hot cross bun flavoured variety?

Each to their own, I hate dried fruit with a passion, I am not religious and therefore the name hot cross buns means nothing, I am happy with lots of flavours and to be able to eat them all year round, my growing tummy might disagree though

sammyjammy

Rhubarb and custard ones not a winner for me, I could see little bits of rhubarb in it but it just tasted like a VERY sweet bread roll, have stuck the rest in the freezer for if I get desperate for a sweet fix sometime and they did have 30% off.

MSE_Laura_F

Here are some fancy hot cross bun Tesco Clubcard deals.

Currently £1.50 for a four-pack, but a Clubcard gets you two packs for £2. Includes Tesco Finest Salted Caramel & Chocolate, Apple & Cinnamon, and Blueberry.

p00hsticks

JosephK said:

By the way, among the increasingly exotic Easter eggs, has anyone seen a hot cross bun flavoured variety?

Have a look back at the very first post in this thread ;-)

Rosa_Damascena

MSE_Laura_F said:

Here are some fancy hot cross bun Tesco Clubcard deals.

Currently £1.50 for a four-pack, but a Clubcard gets you two packs for £2. Includes Tesco Finest Salted Caramel & Chocolate, Apple & Cinnamon, and Blueberry.

Far too normative!

JosephK

Just spotted a hot cross bun flavoured gin advertised by Aldi.

Glad I'm not a gin drinker!

Rosa_Damascena

JosephK said:

Just spotted a hot cross bun flavoured gin advertised by Aldi.

Glad I'm not a gin drinker!

A couple of Christmases ago they brought out a G&T variety of crisps. It was not a good product.

This evening I sampled the following (at 75% off) and can recommend them:

MSE_James

A couple of crossover products spotted in my travels this weekend.

Hot cross scones from Tesco



And lemon iced cross buns at the Co-op:

Katiehound

Good grief- they are certainly trying to get a.. fool and his/her money easily parted!

Not sure what I felt when I saw that  M&S had chocolate hedgehogs, octopi (or octopuses!) and dachshunds  @£5 each instead of Easter eggs!!
The word Gimmick comes to mind!!!

There were reduced buns in Aldi this morning  but I couldn't find the full price to work out what the new price would be... so they stayed on the shelf!!