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Witzend Sun 21-Dec-25 14:30:00

Almost every year I buy one of those big M&S 🎄tins, because the tins just fit nicely a double batch of the cheese straws I often make for family gatherings (they always go).

Plus they just fit very nicely a dozen fairy cakes, which I often make for Gdcs’ birthday parties. But the tins do eventually get a bit tatty, so need replacing.
Dh can usually be persuaded to eat the shortbread….

Does anyone else buy it largely, or at least partly, for the tins?

labazs Sun 21-Dec-25 14:42:01

must admit do like a nice bit of shortbread but I agree the tins are pretty and you dont often see proper tins just plastic which get so brittle.
i like shortbread as you can nibble it while watching tv or add fruit and cream to it or have it with ice cream

JaneJudge Sun 21-Dec-25 14:44:30

I've bought the jack in the box shortbread tin from M&S for the little girl next door. The family are Indian and I thought it was quite a 'British' thing to do

TillyTrotter Sun 21-Dec-25 17:03:07

I buy them each year and unfortunately - for my waistline - I love the shortbread too.
It’s very good quality if you don’t bake your own (as my Scottish MIL used to).

crazyH Sun 21-Dec-25 17:11:10

Love shortbread. Just bought a pack today ?

teabagwoman Sun 21-Dec-25 17:44:57

I love shortbread and make my own but am very pleased to have been given a tin of M&S as I’m in need of a new cake tin for my flapjack.

ginny Sun 21-Dec-25 17:47:02

I make my own and use a pretty tin that a friend gave me several years ago.

Beechnut Sun 21-Dec-25 18:29:39

Shortbread lover here and I use the tins for my craft bits and bobs.

graciemabel Mon 22-Dec-25 15:03:00

Mmmmm shortbread! I could eat loads dunked in a cup of tea, yes dunked!

WithNobsOnIt Mon 22-Dec-25 15:35:40

graciemabel

Mmmmm shortbread! I could eat loads dunked in a cup of tea, yes dunked!

You know how to enjoy life.
Yummy paradise!!

Maremia Mon 22-Dec-25 15:40:24

That jack in the bix tin sounds lovely.

Peaseblossom Mon 22-Dec-25 17:53:18

Why are all the messages coming up the wrong way round? The first ones are at the bottom! On my laptop I can click on "flip", but not on my phone. I don't understand why this is happening, but it's very annoying!

Allira Mon 22-Dec-25 18:03:34

Just been given a tin of M&S shortbread - after deciding not to buy one this year!

I do have a collection of those tins which I keep meaning to throw out but they are so useful (not just for food).

Davida1968 Mon 22-Dec-25 18:20:45

I've bought a tin of Adi's "all butter" shortbread for a friend. The picture of a robin on the tin is so nice that I'm tempted to keep it for myself! (Can't face returning to Aldi before Christmas: perhaps they'll have them reduced, next weekend!)

Rocketstop2 Mon 22-Dec-25 18:33:56

Ah unfortunately I like the tins AND the shortbread, end up stuffed and a cupboard stuffed full of tins from each year !

Kathmaggie Mon 22-Dec-25 21:03:45

My dear late husband loved shortbread with a glass of ginger wine on Christmas Eve, a real tradition that I miss so much. Haven’t bought any this year

ufix1 Tue 23-Dec-25 09:27:19

What a great idea I will go out and get one later we have a local small M&S and give the contents to my Community Gardening project for our tea time. Brilliant

aonk Tue 23-Dec-25 11:49:46

We were disappointed that the biscuit assortment we like at Christmas is only available in a box. DH bought 2 lovely tins with flower patterns on Amazon which are the exact same dimensions. We have put the biscuits in still in the plastic insert.

4allweknow Tue 23-Dec-25 13:42:07

Do enjoy shortbread byt it's got to have rice flour in it to give the "crunch" when eating.

fancyflowers Tue 23-Dec-25 14:14:29

I don't especially like shortbread, but we get a tin of it every year from my daughter's mother-in-law, so DH eats most of it and I usually save the tins for my leather making bits and bobs.

Some years she buys a tin in an unusual shape, which we ditch. I suppose I could ask her for a nice rectangular tin and give her measurements, but I don't think it would go down well!

Allira Tue 23-Dec-25 14:53:40

Some years she buys a tin in an unusual shape, which we ditch.
😲 Those are the ones which are probably collectable.
Believe it or not, people collect tins!

A Huntley & Palmers biscuit tin, which was made in 1929 and doubles up as a clockwork double decker motor bus, exceeded expectations at Derbyshire’s Hansons Auctioneers. (on Nov 19) It sold to a private UK buyer for a hammer price of £2,500.

Some have sold for far more.

I'm not sure about the M&S shortbread tins though. 😁

grannysyb Tue 23-Dec-25 16:31:37

Best shortbread is Lidls deluxe version.

Esmay Sat 27-Dec-25 11:16:44

I love shortbread and the cheap ones from Iceland are absolutely delicious !

Grammaretto Sat 27-Dec-25 12:00:00

I was an unintentional tin collector!
Such pretty ones and loath to throw them out. But oh the disappointment when the DGC find they're full of sewing things.

Oreo Sat 27-Dec-25 12:31:54

Biscuit tins are pretty and useful once the contents have been snaffled.Biscuits don’t last long in our house.🙈