There’s no shortage of fabulous food to enjoy throughout the year, but there’s just something about Christmas food that hits different, right?! From turkey with all the trimmings to chocolate logs, gingerbread houses, panettone, and decadent cheese boards, there’s a lot to get excited about. But perhaps one of the best things we eat when the winter months roll around are pigs in blankets. Such a simple little thing, just pork wrapped in more pork, but they never fail to hit the spot.
And if you’re a big fan, then we’ve got some good news for you, as Iceland is going to make all your pigs in blankets dreams come true this Christmas. The retailer has unveiled an entire range dedicated to the sausage side dish, which includes everything from standard pigs in blankets (£2.25 for a 12 pack), to a luxury pig in blanket inside a giant Yorkshire pudding (£5).
If you like a big sausage, you can always supersize your PIB with Iceland’s Luxury XXL pigs in blankets (£5 for a 2 pack). These bad boys caused quite the stir online when they launched for the first time in 2023, with numerous innuendos being made. Responding to a post about them on the New Foods UK Facebook, a user named Soo Soo joked: ‘I was told it’s not about size!’ to which Jill Carrick replied that it was all about: ‘Girth darling.
.. girth’.
And Donna Winterburn couldn’t help but ask: ‘What in the world of massive donkey kong longs is that?!?’ There are also XL pigs in blankets, if the XXL o.
