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Something (to eat) that you hardly ever buy, because you know you’ll only make a pig of yourself?

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Witzend Mon 18-Jul-22 10:37:04

Thought inspired by the fact that I just bought a packet of Garibaldi biscuits - I buy them maybe twice a year.

Another is blackcurrant jelly cubes, which I just eat. Twice a year if that.

(People with iron self control who have no idea what I’m talking about, need not reply, thank you!)

maddyone Mon 18-Jul-22 17:18:07

I just bought a very naughty bag of jelly babies when I was shopping this afternoon.

M0nica Mon 18-Jul-22 16:32:20

Chocolate crackles (those cornflake and melted chocolate cakes). DDil always gets some in when I visit.

Used to be: hummous, but I now have hummous on crisp bread for breakfast - 2 slices. This enables me to indulge but control this craving.

Pudding123 Mon 18-Jul-22 15:58:47

Kate 1949
Me too...who would have thought that the humble jar of paste could be so popular..I lost my taste March 20 (covid) still not back properly but I could taste Tesco S and T paste so I make sure I always have some in..I think it must be the Umami .,bizarrely i cannot taste peanut butter or marmite.

NotAGran55 Mon 18-Jul-22 15:56:37

Salted peanuts. The bigger the better. They would be my last ‘meal’ on earth if I had to choose one.

Shirley48 Mon 18-Jul-22 15:55:26

Doodledog

This thread has reminded me that I got a bar of Dairy Milk with my Sainsbury's order, and it is in my bag. I'm off to make a pig of myself grin

It’s probably melted grin

Mine Mon 18-Jul-22 15:45:21

Liquorice Allsorts

watermeadow Mon 18-Jul-22 15:27:35

Bread, butter, cheese. Things normal people normally have. I don’t buy them because I can’t leave them alone.

TwiceAsNice Mon 18-Jul-22 15:25:54

Oooooh yes Wensleydale cheese with cranberries or apricots! There’s a piece in the fridge right now of the cranberry kind from our local farm shop. Bought on Saturday my excuse is it was my birthday

Can’t resist almond magnums - dont buy them anymore

Daddima Mon 18-Jul-22 15:22:16

henetha

Chocolates , especially those Belgian shell ones.

Aaaargh, you have just reminded me there is a box of those in my hall cupboard!

There are too many things to mention that I can’t have in the house.

BlueSapphire Mon 18-Jul-22 15:14:21

Fry's Chocolate Cream
Maltesers
Strong Cheddar Cheese
Crumbly fudge
Plain chocolate digestives
Anything left over on the DGDs' plates when they used to come here for their tea three days a week. I was a dustbin, used to shovel it in. They're both at big school now, so can look after themselves after school. Pity.......

JaneJudge Mon 18-Jul-22 15:14:15

those little cheese biscuits you can buy that are like pebbles. I bought two boxes in morrisons last week, cheese and chutney boites i think they were called. I am weak sad

sharon103 Mon 18-Jul-22 15:10:27

cornergran

M&S cheese straws. Can’t leave them alone once opened. There are two boxes out of my sight waiting for friends to stay later in the month. They are calling to me, so far I’ve resisted grin.

Me too. I could eat a box full in one go. They're sooo moorish.

BigBertha1 Mon 18-Jul-22 15:06:13

Tyrells Naked Crisps
Chocolate brazils and peanuts
M & S trifle- eat the whole thing at one sitting
Haagen Daz Belgian chocolate ice cream

HowVeryDareYou Mon 18-Jul-22 14:57:26

I scoff whatever I like, whenever I like (that's why I'm a fat sod)

HurdyGurdy Mon 18-Jul-22 14:52:07

Danish blue cheese with a pack of Hovis digestives. I could easily eat the lot in a day.

I don't think they make them any more, but Chocolate Chip and Hazelnut Boaster biscuits. I think Cadbury made them

Nine in a pack - which would last just one (large, to be fair) mug of tea.

Asda tiger bread baton (imo the best of the tiger breads) and a pack of Lurpak

travelsafar Mon 18-Jul-22 14:31:38

Nice bread, chocolate biscuits of any kind, homemade cake especially lemon drizzle and liquorice allsorts...even the round bobbly ones!!!

AreWeThereYet Mon 18-Jul-22 13:57:26

Almost anything creamy and/or sugary. And bread. And cakes. I can eat a box of Jaffa cakes or a bag of doughnuts in about 3 minutes flat. I have no control whatsoever. We do have a cake if out for coffee, and dessert when out for dinner, but never bring them home.

paddyann54 Mon 18-Jul-22 13:57:04

Blue cheese ,any blue cheese but especially gorgonzola .I f its not in the house I cant eat it .Sometimes my OH will pick up a piece when he's shopping ....I let it sit in the fridge until its on its sell by date ,take one small piece of it and feed the rest to the birds

Davida1968 Mon 18-Jul-22 13:44:39

Ice cream. Hardly ever buy this, but have some in freezer for this warm weather. (It's purely medicinal, of course.)

Ro60 Mon 18-Jul-22 13:20:24

Jaffa cakes

shysal Mon 18-Jul-22 13:17:10

Most of the above!
My village bakery does a delicious cheese and Marmite cob loaf, which I will buy occasionally on a Saturday and eat all of it over the weekend as one inch slices toasted and thickly buttered.

Tizliz Mon 18-Jul-22 12:56:26

Glacé cherries

Kate54 Mon 18-Jul-22 12:52:45

Mr Kipling French Fancies

Callistemon21 Mon 18-Jul-22 12:50:04

And nice choc chip cookies
In fact any good biscuits

Callistemon21 Mon 18-Jul-22 12:49:01

Shortbread