Mugshot festive pigs in blanket flavoured pasta

Mugshot festive pigs in blanket flavoured pasta.
These are limited edition from last year but couldn't get my hands on them until this year.
As with all instant pasta, they don't go soft properly so I always have to use the microwave for another 40 seconds to give it a helping hand.
Unfortunately, I didn't find it tasty.
The flavour was on the artificial side and quite spicy.

New York Bakery sweet maple bagels

A strong maple aroma when you take them out the bag and you get some stickiness from the maple which go gooey when you toast it.
Overall, what you would expect from a bagel with the chewy texture and a slight maple taste.
Great with some marshmallow fluff/toasted marshmallows.

ASDA Exceptional Range: Cherry almond kisses/raspberry pistachio doughnut/black forest eclair review

As well as ASDA's bright yellow Just Essentials range, they now have an Exceptional range for the finer end and some of the items were captivating so I had to give then a try like the pistachio raspberry doughnuts and the cherry almond kisses.

Asda Exceptional Cherry Almond Kisses.
I love cherry and fresh cream so got this.
Although it is new, it looks and tastes familiar in many ways.
It looked like a whoopie as well as a doriyaki thing.
As for the taste it was comforting with two soft vanilla sponges, cherry flavoured fresh cream and a piece of cherry in the middle.
Its a bit like blackforest minus chocolate and the chocolate sponge replaced by vanilla.

Asda Exceptional pistachio raspberry doughnuts.

A few months ago Asda did these amazing pistachio croissants filled with quality pistachio paste that got me hyped so I was expecting something similar with these doughnuts.

Visually, they look like something from the cafe.

It was nice but it felt like an ordinary fresh cream jam doughnut garnished with pistachios.

The pistachio cream was  mild and could have done with a layer of that pistachio creme from the croissant.

Not bad but a bit expensive when it does not deliver your expectations.

Asda Exceptional black forest eclairs filled with chocolate mousse topped with cherry glaze and chocolate shavings.

These eclairs looked stunning, generous chocolate mousse filling but somehow it didn't taste in harmony.

It was an eclair that was sliced horizontally with chocolate in the middle like a sandwich so the mousse was not piped in through a hole. 

Anyway, I found the cherry glaze a tad artificial and lacked tartness.

Overall, just stunning but wasn't that decadent. 

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Heinz [scarily] good Monster Munch Pickled Onion Flavour Mayo

Heinz have been whipping up so many sauces this year that my cupboard is now overloaded with sauces from the bacon ketchup, pickle ketchup, Heinz x Morley sauce to Monster Munch!
The Secret sauce is not out on retail but you can try it at GDK!

Anyway, the Monster Munch Pickled Onion Flavour Mayo was definitely to my liking because it was really punchy and tangy yet creamy so served the purpose.

It is much better than their regular mayo because I find it more on the salad cream side.

Can't wait to use it on sandwiches, chips etc but so far I had it on chicken which was nice.

HIP HOP Drinks

 A nice brand of drinks that taste natural and quench your thirst.

The sweeteners and flavours were to my liking and did not taste artificial.

#ssgdrinks

@drink.hip.hop

Stunning and delicious cakes from Cake Stories

Cake Stories is a really memorable brand because all their baked goodies look fantastic and they really stand out.

I still remember them from last year and this year they have some stunning cakes that really pop out especially the cherry bomb.

It's pumpkin season so time for pumpkin spice.

There so many choices that there is something for everyone.

Obviously, they know the cake trend which offerings like pistachio, cherry bakewell as well as traditional choices like carrot cake.

I was so lucky to get my hands on the pumpkin spice and the cherry bomb which were really comforting especially the pumpkin spice.

The texture and taste of the cake was seriously soft and light.

The stunning cherry bomb has an ingenious cherry base to satisfy your cherry craving as well as the cherry one top.

Most their stores are in Newcastle but you can get them through the letterbox by ordering Letterbox Bakes or Letterbox Brownios.

@cakestoriesbakes

Black Forest Gateau tea from Pekoetea Edinburgh

Black Forest Gateau tea from Pekoetea Edinburgh

I love chocolate and cherry anything so definitely liked the Black Forest Gateau tea blend.
It has black tea, fruit pieces and vegan chocolate which melt and contain my favourite cacao nibs and cherry pieces.

I liked the way you can get two different experiences from this tea, so at the beginning you get more of a black tea and chocolate taste and as you steep it longer the berry tart taste comes through so it is always good to try it from the beginning to find how you like it as everyone is different and obviously take the tea bag out at the right you like the tea so the taste does not change.

@pekoetea_edinburgh

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