I tried out the weirdest Christmas food from supermarkets including jalapeno pigs in blankets and creme brulee nuts
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CHRISTMAS classics have been turned upside down this year by supermarkets bringing out wacky alternatives. From chocolate cheese and spicy pigs in blankets, to passionfruit martini panettone and crème brulee flavoured nuts, you can now buy a new twist on every Christmas staple.
![[Rosie Taylor tasted unusual Christmas foods from all major supermarkets]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/07980775577-sun-consumer-reporter-rosie-952841625.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Reporter Rosie Taylor tried a festive feast of new flavours from Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Aldi. Here she gives her verdicts on the best and the worst:. This version of the classic pigs in blankets had a great meaty taste with a fiery kick. There wasn’t an obvious cheese flavour but they were rich and moreish.
![[The Morrisons cheese and jalapeno pigs in blankets were a winner]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/775577-sun-consumer-reporter-rosie-952841620.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
A great alternative to the original – but only if you like spice. I wasn’t expecting to like this because it sounded like a crazy combination of flavours but, surprisingly, it worked. It was a decent cheddar with tasty ginger pieces and a very subtle hint of wasabi – although if I hadn’t been told it contained wasabi I might not have noticed it was there.
![[Aldi's cheddar cheese with wasabi and ginger surprisingly worked]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/07980775577-sun-consumer-reporter-rosie-952703341.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The overall combination made for an interesting cheese which would perk up your Christmas cheese board. I was hit by the smell of passionfruit as soon as I opened the packet of this Morrisons panettone. It had a great passionfruit flavour, boosted by candied passionfruit pieces – but there weren’t many of them so the panettone was lacking in fruit.
![[The Morrisons passionfruit martini panettone was tasty but lacked fruit]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/07980775577-sun-consumer-reporter-rosie-952841623.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The dough was soft but claggy in places. The ingredients list said it contained vodka, although I couldn’t taste this. It would make a unique alternative if you’re bored of classic panettone. This luxurious Asda yule log was like a mash-up between a chocolate orange and a Swiss roll.
![[Asda's clementine and white chocolate yule log was very rich]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/07980775577-sun-consumer-reporter-rosie-952703345.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
