Marks and Spencer have introduced more than 1000 items for their festive range, here FEMAIL reveals a selection of the best bites, with some items available from tomorrow.
SAVOURY
Battered Mini Sausages ‘chip shop style’ with curry dip, £5, 290g
IN STORE FROM 21 OCT
A perfect taste of the ‘chippy’ in bitesize form, complete with curry sauce for dipping
Battered Mini Sausages ‘chip shop style’ with curry dip, £5, 290g and are in store from 21st October
Perfect for Christmas morning! Marks & Spencer’s best ever Smoked Salmon cost £5 for 100g
Chicken Doughnut Dippers £5, 330g
IN STORE FROM 21 OCT
These jumbo battered British chicken breast ‘rings’ come in their very own doughnut box with BBQ sauce and waffle crumbs for dipping.
Dough-nut adjust your screen! Chicken Doughnut Dippers cost £5 for 330g and are in store from October 21
The Molten Mountain Cheesebake, £7 (serves 6)
Hot cheese? Yes please! M&S’s hot and gooey Christmas cheese is renowned across the UK, and this year the supermarket has gone introduced a smouldering cheese-lover’s dream.
This fondue pot of Gruyère, Comté and Emmental is topped with bacon lardons, roasted onion and Raclette cheese, and is ready to pop straight into the oven.
Hot cheese? Yes please! M&S’s hot and gooey Christmas cheese is renowned across the UK, and this year the supermarket has gone introduced a smouldering cheese-lover’s dream
Fans will be able to explore the full festive range online tomorrow including 14 exclusive online Christmas Food to Order products like the Star-Studded Sausage Roll Garland Stack (pictured) for £12 and a three-tier tower of moreish sausage rolls
Perfect Turkey Crown £50, serves 6-8
IN STORE 19th DEC
Needing next to no attention for the perfect, succulent meat every time, M&S have done all the hard-work meaning you can simply pop in the oven for the specified time, and cook-up delicious, fuss-free meat.
Costing £50 and serving 6-8, this free range bird is great value coming pre-basted, pre-stuffed with a pork and cranberry stuffing, pre-wrapped with a flavoursome cured smoked bacon for ultimate succulence and we have even infused a nutty butter under the skin to keep meat super moist and skin super crispy.
Perfect Turkey Crown costs £50 and serves 6-8. It will be in store from December 19th and just needs to be baked
Slow-cooked Turkey Legs £12, 1.7kg, serves 4, in store for 2nd December
Slow-cooked Turkey Legs £12, 1.7kg, serves 4
IN STORE FROM 2 DEC
To make sure there’s no wastage from their crowns, M&S have specially prepared these delicious slow-cooked turkey legs, complete with rich turkey gravy.
Perfect for anyone who prefers darker meat.
They say it is so succulent, it falls off the bone.
Mushroom & Camembert Pie £18, 975g serves 4
IN STORE 18 DEC
A Christmas treat for anyone and everyone. Mushrooms and roast parsnips in a creamy, cheesy sauce, encased in flaky pastry shaped like a mushroom.
I’ve only got pies for you! A Christmas treat for anyone and everyone. Mushrooms and roast parsnips in a creamy, cheesy sauce, encased in flaky pastry shaped like a mushroom, £18, 975g serves 4
Spice lovers can also pick up all the flavours of a pizza in the £4 spicy pizza dip, which has spicy tomato, punchy pepperoni and gooey mozzarella inside, which cheese fiends can indulge in tear and share handcrafted cheese puff pastry with molten Camembert for £12 – both in store from 18th November.
VEGAN
As well as their traditional range M&S are launching even more vegan items this year, including Plant Kitchen Festive Wreath, Plant Kitchen No Pigs in Duvets and Chocolate Tortes that are deceptively vegan.
In January, the shop revealed their first ever vegan Kiev, 40 years after launching the chicken Kiev in the UK.
Frozen Plant Kitchen mini no chicken Kievs £5, 360g
IN STORE NOW
This Christmas, they will also have frozen bitesize versions of the soya-based Kievs, which are in stores now.
IN STORE NOW: Frozen Plant Kitchen mini no chicken Kievs £5, 360g. M&S first introduced the delicious kievs (full size)into store in January
As well as their traditional range M&S are launching even more vegan items this year, including Plant Kitchen Festive Wreath (pictured)
SWEET
This year’s dessert collection is bigger than ever and made for every occasion, including rounding off the main event.
Guaranteed crowd-pleasers include showstopping golden balls profiterole stack and theatrical gold bullion bar.
Golden Balls £12, 640g serves 8
Golden balls! Profiteroles with a difference! Go for gold this Christmas with a dazzling stack of delicate choux pastry puffs filled with whipped cream, layered with rich salted caramel sauce and decorated with gold malt balls and gold shimmer
IN STORE FROM 20 DEC
Profiteroles with a difference! Go for gold this Christmas with our dazzling stack of delicate choux pastry puffs filled with whipped cream, layered with rich salted caramel sauce and decorated with gold malt balls and gold shimmer.
Giant Gold Bullion Bar, £20, 750g serves 6
Giant Gold Bullion Bar, £20, 750g serves 6 (right) while the a Triple Chocolate Panettone is described as a thing of dream
IN STORE FROM 18 DEC
Bringing back a customer favourite – this time super-sized to add a touch of theatre to the table.
A light caramel mousse, layered with chocolate ganache, crunchy chocolate shortbread pieces and salted caramel sauce, encased in a milk chocolate shell.
Simply shatter and share!
But that’s not all!
Some other festive favourites include a velvety Salted Caramel Brownie Liqueur, out-of-this-world Chocolate Orange Christmas Pudding, a Triple Chocolate Panettone of dreams and everybody’s favourite – a Festive Colin the Caterpillar Cake, giving a new take on the Christmas Yule Log!
An out-of-this-world Chocolate Orange Christmas Pudding is sure to delight fans who don’t opt for traditional fruit cake
Everybody’s favourite! A Festive Colin the Caterpillar Cake, giving a new take on the Christmas Yule Log
Other treats include a Percy Pig ‘Mince Pie’ combing a Percy Pig flavoured sponge with a shortcrust pastry, as well as a traditional mince pie and Rudolph doughnut.
Those with a sweet tooth can also enjoy a mince pie cookie and Santa’s yumnut.