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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!)

effalump Fri 22-Jul-22 17:32:48

Ice cream.

soop Fri 22-Jul-22 15:24:07

Nuts!

nandad Fri 22-Jul-22 15:13:45

Homemade mince pies. I make a variety and dozens of them on Christmas Eve, by NYE they have disappeared. I tell husband that I’ve frozen them.

Blue cheese, any blue cheese. Every time I open the fridge door I take a little slice out. I need the savouriness to counterbalance the sweetness of the mince pies!

rocketstop Fri 22-Jul-22 14:09:03

Fudge !!!

dogsmother Wed 20-Jul-22 14:38:39

Oh dear…..I blame esspee…..I am craving tablet and it’s unavailable where I live !
Who started this thread..Witzend, perhaps I must grumble at you too .

gardenoma Wed 20-Jul-22 12:40:35

Plain salted peanuts and Lidl sour cream and onion lentil curls. Any cheese with digestive biscuits. Fruit of any description. Sweet stuff doesn't do much for me.

Jaxie Wed 20-Jul-22 11:15:54

Barrett’s pink & white nougat. Very common, I’m ashamed to be seen salivating over them in the supermarket. Used to be quite cheap and in monster bars, now ridiculously expensive and shrunk to half the size. Also custard slices. Ate two, one after the other and decided it was better than an orgasm.

Witzend Wed 20-Jul-22 09:43:30

grandtanteJE65, We both love Christmas pudding (with brandy butter) so I always make 2 big ones that we’ll be eating up well into January, even if guests have made a big hole in the first.
Just as well they’re purely a Christmas thing!

Mince pies, OTOH…. I always make dozens, starting 1st December - never before, and I never buy any shop ones, always too much thick pastry for me, so again just as well they’re purely a midwinter thing. We do make pigs of ourselves for that one month.

mrsgreenfingers56 Wed 20-Jul-22 08:47:14

Fudge, oh dear now naughty is that? I love it and often bought it for Christmas and doesn't last long!

Cindylou Wed 20-Jul-22 08:44:36

That Spicy Mexican cheese . Once I start , I’m back and forth to the fridge

Knittynatter Wed 20-Jul-22 08:13:36

Food in general but mainly bread and supermarket Lurpak!
Last week I had grandchildren staying and supermarket Lurpak was sold out when I went so I bought Utterly Butterly - it cured my bread habit very quickly ??

Froglady Tue 19-Jul-22 23:34:14

Liquorice for me and especially those special ones like shoe laces,.
Pontefract cakes

Froglady Tue 19-Jul-22 23:32:28

henetha

Chocolates , especially those Belgian shell ones.

Oh yes, I could eat them at any time.

Catterygirl Tue 19-Jul-22 23:11:56

My teeth aren’t so good these days, so only favour soft food.

pandapatch Tue 19-Jul-22 22:29:31

Oh so many of those things!! I recently rediscovered jelly babies. I always have a treat in the cupboard for my little grandsons when they visit, bought a fairly big bag. He is only allowed a few, when he had gone I had one -then ate the rest. Also NEVER by a sharing bag of anything, they never get shared!!

SparklyGrandma Tue 19-Jul-22 22:03:38

A whole vanilla cheesecake.

Sawsage2 Tue 19-Jul-22 21:42:52

Kit kats and chocolate raisins

happycatholicwife1 Tue 19-Jul-22 21:04:51

Three Musketeers Bars (tho inflation has now made them more like One Musketeer), regular M&Ms, chocolate covered dried cherries or blueberries. I binged on the Tudors and chocolate covered cherries years ago; and any chocolate covered nut.

Doodledog Tue 19-Jul-22 20:19:11

Ice cream fans, I can really recommend Sainsbury's own band Iced coffee ice cream. It is delicious and is on offer for £2 just now.

The Morrisons one is identical, I think, and is the same sort of price.

Summerfly Tue 19-Jul-22 20:05:09

Toffee popcorn ?

Witzend Tue 19-Jul-22 19:57:44

I forgot Maltesers - they’re lethal! I usually get a big box from dh at Christmas (when sheer piggery is allowed) but I never buy them.

Booklover1948 Tue 19-Jul-22 19:48:22

Lemon Curd

Silvergirl Tue 19-Jul-22 19:34:33

Häagen-Dazs Dulce de Leci Icecream (Love It)

Skyblue2 Tue 19-Jul-22 18:30:48

Crunchy nut cornflakes. I had to stop buying them. When I started having them as a night time snack and afternoon snack I knew it was time to stop!

lilydily9 Tue 19-Jul-22 18:21:09

Coffee and Walnut cake... one slice is definitely not enough!