Best mince pies of 2024 taste tested, from Waitrose, Asda and more

Biscuiteers x Humble Crumble Mince Pies

Rating: 4.5/5

If, to you, mince pies are simply a vas for enjoying heaps of shortbread, this delectable collaboration betwixt Biscuiteers and Humble Crumble is acceptable to beryllium your festive saviour. Surprisingly deep, there’s ample pastry and a decent magnitude of filling, but not truthful overmuch arsenic to overwhelm the wonderfully buttery crumble topping. Subtly fruity acknowledgment to full currants and oh-so-sweet, bask with a cupful of tea, beryllium back, and relax.

Tesco

Rating: 4/5

If you’re a instrumentality of our yearly mince pastry roundups, you’ll cognize we ever springiness other points for a festive plan – and we loved the information that these mince pies person ‘Merry Christmas’ etched into the aureate brownish tops. Far from anaemic, the pastry had a cleanable crisp and a sprinkling of crunchy sweetener connected apical which paved the mode for the smooth, spiced and perfectly saccharine filling. Bravo, Tesco.

Selfridges

Rating: 4/5

A enactment of miniature mince pies with varying toppings, not lone were these delectable treats housed successful a chic, minimalistic and yet someway festive container – but they tasted divine. I’m partial to a mini mince pastry with a cupful of beverage astatine astir 4pm successful the run-up to the festive season, and these bite-sized treats don’t marque maine consciousness blameworthy astir it. I peculiarly liked the ones with candied orangish peel connected top, which brought retired the saccharine and citrussy flavours of the mince.

Waitrose

Rating: 3/5

When cinnamon and nutmeg are listed connected the flavour illustration of mince pies, we’re usually resigned to the information that the candied mincemeat volition overpower immoderate consciousness of festive spice. Not with these delicious all-butter pies from Waitrose. We truly liked the festive snowflake plan and the information that these mince pies had a slickly thicker crust than most. The filling had afloat currants and a fruity flavour.

Asda

Rating: 3/5

Despite their seemingly pallid exterior, Exceptional by Asda’s Luxury Mince Pies sensation hearty and festive. We loved the information that determination are full currants to beryllium enjoyed which haven’t been crushed up into a good paste, arsenic good arsenic the warming candied orangish undertones.

DukesHiIl

Rating: 4/5

The St Clements mince pies from Dukeshill person a delightfully hand-crafted consciousness with a delicately braided rim. These citrus-heavy pies were created to conscionable lawsuit request for other orangish and citrus peel to chopped done the richness of the brandy-soaked mincemeat.

They are amazingly shallow, which we are not needfully complaining astir due to the fact that the filling is truthful incredibly tart that it’s bully to person a thicker, heftier serving of pastry to temper it. These unique, artisan pies won’t beryllium for everyone, but they’ll surely assistance to dainty a lawsuit of scurvy. Sailors rejoice.

Aldi

Rating: 3.5/5

Exceptionally fruity, these crumbly mince pies don’t clasp their signifier erstwhile you instrumentality a wound – but they bash sensation beauteous wonderful. Topped with icing sweetener and generously sized, we appreciated conscionable however overmuch filling was included successful 1 pie. They weren’t overly aromatic but decidedly had a festive flavour. Available from November 24.

GAIL’s

Rating: 4/5

The sugar-coated treats from GAIL’s is simply a coagulated mince pastry that is precise filling. These are designed to beryllium shared oregon volition beryllium a dessert successful its ain right, paired beautifully with custard oregon crystal cream. There’s a bully level of pastry to springiness it a welcomed crisp, thing lone further by the sugary crunch. Available successful November.

Morrisons

Rating: 3.5/5

On a idiosyncratic level, I thoroughly enjoyed these ultra buttery, axenic shortbread mince pies from Morrisons. While immoderate whitethorn see the heavy crust alternatively dry, I deliberation it tastes beauteous with a warming cupful of Yorkshire. The filling is sweet, fruity and filled with tasty stewed full currants. I didn’t truly get immoderate hints of brandy oregon cider, but I enjoyed the aromatic aftertaste.