For the second year in a row, Aldi has been awarded Christmas Retailers of the Year with 47 products receiving special recognition.
One of the UK's favourite discount food stores has unveiled its Christmas menu to shoppers in celebrations.
Their innovative food range will include Pigs in Beds, Honeycomb Cracker Cake, and a White Chocolate Christmas Tree.
However there was one festive product that got a special mention at the Quality Food and Drink Awards and it's the Specially Selected Exquisite Belgian Caramel Thins (£3.99, 180g).
Made in a family-run bakery in Somerset and decorated by hand, smooth caramel is enrobed in Fairtrade Belgian chocolate and topped with pistachios, orange pieces and caramel.
The award-winning luxury thins are on sale from 2 nd December.
The news comes as Aldi unveils some of its Christmas range.
Joining its selection of British turkeys and Red Tractor approved stuffing, are Aldi’s Specially Selected Pigs in Beds (£3.99, 456g), named by QFA as Best Pigs in Blankets.
A twist on the Christmas classic, there’s snow way shoppers will want to miss out on the British pork, apple and honey sausage meat ‘bed’ with cocktail sausage ‘pigs’ all tucked up in oak-smoked bacon ‘blankets’ with cranberry ‘pillows’.
On shelves from 19 th December.
The Aldi Christmas range is also choc-full of sweet treats, including the Specially Selected Exquisite Mini Mince Pies (£2.49, pack of nine), named best Traditional Mince Pies, and the Specially Selected Raspberry and White Christmas Tree (£7.99, 540g), named best Centrepiece Dessert.
The white chocolate and vanilla mousse Christmas tree serves six and is filled with layers of sponge cake, topped with raspberry inclusions, a praline feuillantine and raspberry crumb decorations.
These are vailable to buy from 15 th November.
Chocoholics will also rejoice at Aldi’s highly commended Honeycomb Cracker Cake (£5.49, 700g).
On sale from 10 th December, the cake combines luxurious, moist and golden Belgian chocolate sponge, with a sticky Belgian chocolate sauce and edible gold stars and not forgetting a hidden golden honeycomb centre.
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