These fabulous foodie treats for Christmas make wonderful gifts – or spoil yourself!
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PERSONALISED CHRISTMAS SMASH CAKE
Want to start your Christmas celebrations with a smash?! This personalised Christmas smash cake is a dinner table delight with a difference.
Lovingly crafted from a deliciously creamy Belgian chocolate shell, simply SMASH open your smash cake to reveal a whole host of treats inside, including Maltesers, Chocolate Buttons and Smarties!
The outside is also decorated with plenty more Cadbury’s chocolate goodness, and can be personalised with any name in handwritten white chocolate.
A fantastic family treat, sure to be loved by the kids, mum, dad, grandparents and everyone else too!
Price: £39.99 from Getting Personal.
CHRISTMAS LETTERBOX MACARONS
For a different foodie treat for Christmas try this box of 15 delicious fresh Christmas macarons delivered through the letterbox. This gift box includes a complimentary Christmas greetings card and free UK delivery.
This beautiful box of 15 mouth-watering macarons includes the limited edition Christmas flavours of Chestnut, orange and cranberry and yule log.
Includes a ‘Merry Christmas’ greetings card that can be personalised with your message.
Macarons last for 7 days, best kept in the fridge.
Price: £27 per box, from Letterbox Gifts.
UNICED RICH FRUIT CHRISTMAS CAKE
Skip straight to the decorating with this delicious rich fruit cake just waiting for your finishing touches.
Or for something different, try it the Yorkshire way with a good slice of Wensleydale cheese!
This cake will keep well in a tin (if you can resist eating it as soon as you get it!)
Can be made in most sizes, round or square.
Some more unusual shapes such as oval, hexagonal also available.
Contains mixed vine fruits, cherries, almonds, mixed peel, sherry, butter, muscavado sugar, flour, eggs, spice.
Price: from £7.50 (5″ round), from Marmalady via Etsy.
ADNAMS BROADSIDE CHRISTMAS PUDDING, 900GM
We feature this almost every year simply because it is a winner! A notably light Christmas pudding, of traditional ingredients, made to a trusted recipe with Adnams Broadside Strong Original.
Adnams Broadside commemorates the fierce battle of Sole Bay fought against the Dutch Republic in 1672 off the Southwold coast, just across the green from the Adnams brewery.
You can microwave, steam or boil this Christmas pud.
Price £13.99 from Adnams.
CHRISTMAS SELECTION STYLE 1 PAINT YOUR OWN BISCUIT SET
Celebrate Christmas and channel your inner artist with these hand made, deliciously moreish shortbread biscuits. Great for little people and grown ups too!
The set includes eight edible coloured pens plus an edible paint pallet of 12 colours, and paintbrush.
Simply dip your brush in a little water first to activate the edible paint. Once finished, enjoy eating your delicious masterpiece.
Remember to clean your brush in a pot of water between each colour, and also if you would like to you can eat the edible pallet too, just remember to remove the plastic backing first! Alternatively use the amazing edible pens for detailing!
(Pens are not suitable for vegetarians)
Price: Was £17.98, now £14.38 from CakeTheBiscuit via Etsy.
JAPANESE WAGYU SIRLOIN STEAK 500GR
Looking for an alternative foodie treat to turkey for your Christmas celebrations?
Usually defined as the “super-beef”, Wagyu refers to Japanese breeds of beef cattle. Wagyu meat has a high content of intramuscular fat — what we often identify as “marbled texture”. With this buttery texture and marbled look, wagyu steak is fatty and rich in taste and very tender.
Sale price: £220, (Regular price £308) from The London Grocery.
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