In the interest of market research.....

I much prefer Charbonnel et Walker truffles and my Hotel Chocolat selections which arrive every month. Superb, and more than a one bite treat (as so many of the cheaper chocolates are)
You get what you pay for. I prefer quality over quantity any day.

I do not like soft centres
Reminds me of Benny Hills advice when faced with a box of choccies; the ones with hard centres are the ones with teeth marks!
Seriously though! When I mentioned that I would be happy to receive a Scottish C-Hamper I was immediately informed that the C-word was banned on Gransnet until at least November.
So what's going on? Discrimination! that's what!

Oh, NO! I haven't an Aldi anywhere near...may I prevail upon someone equally good-hearted to investigate Lidl and see whther they are selling 'Spekulaas' (or sometime they market them as 'spiced biscuits'), cherries in liquer, gingerbread with icing and similar products on my behalf?
Rider: I am disabled and carless, so a trip to Lidl would invariably mean that anything I purchased would be eaten whilst waiting for the once an hour bus on the way back...

That is going above and beyond expectations of GNs. When are you going to test out praline, salted caramel delicacies

So glad to hear that cherries in liqueur are back in Aldi. did not see them yesterday will have ago next weekend. They are delicious and make excellent presents for people who call in at Christmas with with goodies they have made. I can give them a box in return. Marvelous.

I think we need a second opinion on this and will be calling at Aldi on my way home from work!!

Was in Aldi on Monday doing the regular weekly shop, with no intention of looking at Christmassy things. Then I spotted the bite sized stollen. I can confirm they are as good as they were last year and will allow allow myself one pack a week until Christmas, then stock up on the reduced ones after New Year.

I also bought 2 pairs of XL men's PJ's for the Christmas Eve bags from the middle aisle and will probably continue to buy something each week as they appear .

Oh no, I will now have to go to Aldi to get some chocolate liquor cherries, I love them! They taste the same as those sold in M&S and also look identically wrapped but at a fraction of the price.

Last year I bought 10 boxes to give to all the female family members ( I now give gift vouchers and a token present to everyone as shopping is too much for me) but by the time I came to wrap them, I only had two boxes left, Aldi had run out so I had to buy something else! As I live on my own, there was no one else to blame for the missing boxes!

On a serious note, I recently discovered that you can order many of the Aldi special deals online before they get into the shops although they don't send out the orders until the shops get them. When they have their craft and wool deals, only twice a year, my local shops sell out very quickly so it is fantastic to be able to pre order. Postage used to be free but now I think you have to spend £30 to get it free - not a problem for me when crafty things are on offer!

Just read that there is a chocolate festival in Birmingham in a couple of weeks, might just go and do some research there. Of course that will only be so I can report back to you all.

SOH failure?

Do you realise how bad a whole box of chocs is for your health and how greedy you sound, then to be encouraging others? Purely in the interest of health!!!!!

I have tears of gratitude in my eyes, and a lump in my throat which, sadly, is not a violet cream. Thank you so much for that selfless act.

Ooh last year in Aldi they had the word Festive made out of chocolate, with raisins. They were huge letters and very sickly. I could only greedily scoff manage to eat one but I'm hoping they do them again this year!

Well all I can say is, if all these things sell out before I get a chance to shop I shall be very cross indeed and I might have to tittletattle to someone in authority so there?

Yes maryeve I would like some coffee creams too. So if you see any chewy ... Got some Thornton's ones last year (& was very excited about it) but they were very bland not much flavour at all! Disappointing.

Chewbacca, purely in the interest of research, and if it's convenient for you, please can you check out the Aldi chocolate Santas? I've always found these to be decent chocolate and great gifts, but I've always had to check one first...

If only there were more people like you in the world ?! Such self sacrifice, such altruism, such an absolute delight to read!

Had a real problem getting hold of coffee creams last Xmas...so if you see any please let me know...not that they make it to Xmas day..well I would have to offer them round!!!!! ?

Alll right,
I've read everyone's comments and have decided to get off my lazy a**e and go down to Aldi's. It's not far away. I'll stock up, pushing other oldies out of the way!
Will report back soon!

Chewy, I would appreciate you tracking down and reviewing the Turkish Delights please. When you get a moment.

Chewbacca. Do Aldi stock those moreish Fondant Creams as I haven't seen them on any supermarket shelves for many years?

i'm off to aldi too! i love those chocolates and i also love the florentines. cherries in brandy? i'll give them a try.
i've bought their stollen every year for years and other christmassy things too.
i'm going to start stocking up on the choclatey things and nuts, dates and anything else which will last until christmas [well, they'll last if i put them away somewhere and try to forget about them].
christmas shopping will be starting soon in this house although i've already sorted my wish list on amazon for the christmas presents - got to wait until i'm in funds before getting them though.

Could you try and find some chocolate covered toffee for me as part of your research please. Not that horrible salted caramel sort.

Jalima, in the middle aisles are things that you think you can't live without like power tools or camping equipment special offers that change each week. They used to send me a leaflet encouraging me to hurry there and not to miss out but for some reason they don't now.

Is there an opening in your organisation for a tester if bubbles? I'm happy to do all forms and report back.