Favourite small treat when feeling blue or conversely a bit flush

There is a small M&S in my local hospital. To cheer myself up after an outpatient visit, either with a friend or for myself, I buy a cheese covered giant pretzel. If travelling home by bus I surreptitiously tear bits off and eat it. Otherwise when I get home it is lovely microwaved for a few seconds.

My favourite treat is a home baked scone warm from the oven with butter and jam on it.
But the cheese covered pretzel mentioned by shysal would go down really well too.

Peach Magnums. Soo delicious. Peachy, creamy and crispy. Makes me happy to even think of them.

We sometimes drive to a little French creperie. It is owned and run by a lovely French lady who cooks all the crepes and makes wonderful coffee. A real treat.

Gin cocktail at one of my favourite restaurants

My occasional treat , more for cold weather time, is to go to my nearest Cafe Nero, taking my own china mug of course, and have my americano as I like it and an apricot croissant, which they heat up for me. It is quite a big cafe , with a selection of good seating and very nice staff, and as a type 2 diabetic, but only controlled by diet etc., it is a rare but much enjoyed treat.

Lidl do lovely jam doughnuts. And you can buy just one.
So I do, only occasionally, as a treat.

Scones for me too, for the very occasional afternoon treat with a lashing of clotted cream and jam, and a pot of tea, a nice china cup is a must. None of those thick mugs please, the receptacle has to be right, for moi ultra fussy occasional tea drinker. I've started eating the scone in the alternative subversive style, cream first, topped with jam - surprisingly still as good I love a cheese scone too,.

The cafe in one of our local parks sell wonderful cherry scones - I could eat them all day long. I also often buy myself a box of Nairn cheese oatcakes and have to ration myself or they wouldn’t last five minutes!

Henetha. I can’t walk past Lidl’s pecan plaits!!

Some great almond croissant alternatives here...I'm very tempted!

Mine is "School Cake" from Lidl after yoga class once a week . They don't always have it which makes it more special 😀

Last night I scoffed an entire tin of black cherries. I was just craving ‘something nice’ - and it certainly was.

Aveline

Peach Magnums. Soo delicious. Peachy, creamy and crispy. Makes me happy to even think of them.

Ooh Aveline I haven’t seen those so will be keeping a lookout. I just know I will like them too. Thanks 😀

Not food, but my treat this week was a taxi instead of a 20 minute walk ( with luggage) in this heat.

For me, at home, a cup of coffee and a box of Maltesers. They are almost pricing themselves off the market because I rarely see them on shelves, although I try to keep away from that section.

Cherries, definitely.

When in season (which is pretty short) I treat us to luscious fat black British cherries from M&S.
While the Gdcs were staying recently we got through rather a lot, since they found them pretty irresistible, too.

Living up to your name Cabbie and good on you for treating yourself, I find it very difficult to call a taxi if my bus pass will get me there for free.

a wee pack of 4 individual melton mowbray pork pies

Ooh, cherries!! And they are one of a very few treats that are truly seasonal nowadays so you have to get them while you can.

Chocolate ginger every time.

Oh yes I agree , wonderful cherries, which last for such a short season it gives you permission to have as many as you can afford, while they are around.

We have an open market here twice a week and you really see the fruit at its best, and I want to support the market in any case. The stall holders get to know you and over time will learn what you like, and call out and tell you when a favourite fruit or vegetable is there at its best , or just arrived. Also I dont want 6 apples of one sort living alone, and with them I can pick and choose . Result good quality choices, with very little ever wasted or thrown away, supports local farmers too and if I am having a bad day, the stall holders are kind enough to get me things if I am struggling. Win/win situation and if we keep the market going the supermarkets cant take over and leave us with poorer choices at higher prices. There is even a fresh fish stall comes too , which adds to fresh choice.

So many lovely things!

Black cherries a must.
Now Magnum do a cherry lolly.
Cookie dough ice cream
Big fat warm jam doughnut
Rockie Road
Warm fat scones, with cherry jam and clotted cream
Large glass of Pimms

Obviously not all at once! 🐽🐷🐽🐷

M&S salmon pate.

Chocolate ice cream or extra-chocolatey hot chocolate if I'm really fed-up.

An Alpro chocolate milk will suffice if I'm slogging through a boring / difficult job & need a reward halfway through.