GET stuck into the festive season with The Sun’s pick of the top supermarket treats for Christmas.
From tipples to toys, we’ve found our favourite items, balancing cost with classic Christmas style.
Most of these crackers are on sale now, but some come into stores later this month. Don’t miss out!
Nibbles
CRANK up the music and tuck into Lidl’s Partytime salt and pepper tempura king prawns, £1.99, and everyone’s favourite, cocktail sausages, 390g, £1.99.
Brighten up your table with Morrisons’ Jewelled Money Bag Collection of vegetable and prawn steamed dumplings, £6 — or mix and match three for the price of two on other party food.
Share the festive flavour of Co-op Irresistible hand-cooked Camembert and cranberry crisps, 150g, down from £1.80 to £1.35.
Asda’s smoked salmon blini kit with truffle and dill cream cheese, 240g, £6, is a shortcut to this classic party dish. Available now.
Tesco 12 Mini Chicken Kievs, £3.50. Clubcard holders are able to get three selected party foods for the price of two.
Festive drinks
MORRISONS The Best mulled wine, £4.99, topped the warming tipples in Good Housekeeping’s festive taste test this year.
Pop goes the cork on Lidl’s smooth Cremant de Loire AOP brut, £8.99 — a perfect swap for expensive champagne.
For drivers and non-drinkers, Co-op’s non-alcoholic botanical drink, 50cl, with grapefruit, rosemary and cardamom, is just the ticket with a dash of tonic, £10.
The new chocolate, caramel & hazelnut Ballycastle cream liqueur, £7.49 for 75cl, is Aldi’s alcoholic take on The Purple One from a Quality Street tub.
For a full-bodied red, “Most Wanted” Shiraz scored an impressive 81 out of 100 in a Good Housekeeping Institute taste test and at just £5.95 a bottle from Iceland, or buy two for £11, it’s a real bargain to boot.
Main event
SIX diners can tuck into Lidl’s Deluxe Two Bird Bauble, with stuffing £9.99, from the frozen aisle.
The best fresh whole turkey in a taste test by the Good Housekeeping Institute was Waitrose’s medium Duchy organic bronze with giblets.
No whole turkey is cheap, especially a free-range one, but this is better value that many others at £15 per kilo.
If you don’t want a whole bird, Morrisons The Best turkey crown stuffed with pork, leek and pancetta and covered in bacon is £30 for 1.9kg. Available from December 19.
For vegetarians, Lidl’s Deluxe Showstopper vegan sausage and cranberry garland, 550g for £4.99 will give the meat-eaters envy.
For no-stress shopping, you can get a £25 frozen turkey meal deal from Tesco, including a turkey crown, roasties, pigs in blankets, Yorkshire puds, along with parsnips, sprouts, carrots and peas. You’ll make a tasty saving on buying all the stuff individually.
Sweet treats
LIDL’S Partytime profiteroles, £1.99, can be stacked up high for an impressive party piece that your guests will find impossible to resist.
Morrisons Billionaires’ Mince Pie with salted caramel sauce and butter cream is a new take on the Christmas favourite — £2.25 for four or buy two packs for £3.50.
The Premium rum stollen from Lidl is packed with all the flavours we love at this time of year, £4.99.
Going Gnome for Christmas? Try M&S’s, milk and blond gnome chocolates filled with hazelnut praline, 100g for £4.
Break off a bit of Tesco’s salted caramel and Millionaire’s chocolate choux wreath, 472g for £6.50, for an indulgent festive nibble.
Desserts
ALL the family will stick their spoon in Lidl’s deluxe belgian hand-finished chocolate Yule log, 437g, £3.99.
Asda’s nine-month matured Christmas pudding, £8, has been picked as a great value Best Buy in a taste test by Which?
Morrisons’ Passionfruit pana cotta star is a show–stopper serving up to eight people for £7. It will be available from December 21.
For a fruity option, M&S will have a hand-finished berry delice in store from December 18, with sponge, raspberry jelly and berry and vanilla mousse for £15.
Perfect for one, Sainsbury’s Belgian dark choc and Valencia orange bombe, 45g, filled with mini marshmallows, is now down from £2.50 to £2.
Gifts
LITTLE ones will love Lidl’s wooden train set, £19.99, complete with bridges, crossings and toy people.
Quick March for Sainsbury’s Nutcracker truffle tin, £6 — a lovely gift for just about anyone.
Pamper the man in your life with a Baylis & Harding Signature Men’s black pepper & ginseng slipper set, was £28 now £12.50 for Tesco Clubcard holders.
Give the gift of Lidl’s light-up Hortus clementine Winter gin liqueur in light-up bottle, £13.99.
Give a friend’s home a comforting scent during dark winter nights with a lime, basil and mandarin extra-large multiwick candle, £16 from Asda.
Stocking fillers
A MINI Science Kit, £4.99, from Lidl, will get those little brains ticking over before it’s light.
Get the festivities fizzing with a penguin bath fizzer, down from £4 to £1.80 for Tesco Clubcard holders.
The Co-op’s You’re On The Nice List giant gold choc medallion, £1, is right on the money.
Find a space for one of Aldi’s Christmas-shaped chocolate mug melts, £1.25.
Asda’s green knitted unicorn slipper socks will fit snugly in a stocking, £5.
