What is it about festive food that gets us so excited? We end up tucking into things we'd rarely, if ever, eat throughout the rest of the year - like turkey, sprouts, bread sauce and Christmas pudding . The same goes with festive snacks. They seem to get wackier each year.
That was certainly what I found when I visited the large Marks & Spencer food hall in Longbridge to pick up some festive snacks to try with my friends. I discovered everything from honey pigs in blankets crisps to chocolate chilli tortillas. But there was one item that stopped me in my tracks and - after eating it - I'll definitely be returning to buy it again for my Christmas get-togethers with family .
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6g saturated fat, 0.8g of sugar, 1.7g of fibre and 0.
44g of salt per serving (one fifth of a bag). The dried pork meant they weren't vegetarian. The flavour was initially subtle, sweet and gentle at first bite but had a rich smoky bacon aftertaste.
The honey flavour gave this crisp an edge on other smoky bacon c.