Aiee! Run From Kelvin's Brainsplurge!

Non-Cornish Cornish mince pie #3! Custard! The custard had set so I bunged this one in the meecrowavey to get the molecules a-jiggli...

Non-Cornish Cornish Pasty mince pie day two! Chocolate today. The pastry is really quite nice, with a similar texture to yesterday'...

Special #MincePieFest2024 special feature special! The first of four mince pies from Brighton's non-Cornish Cornish Pasty Shop. I h...

I'm certain I will be consuming more mince pies and mince pie related items in the coming days and weeks, but the testing is over. THE...

The Greggs vegan sausage roll is rightly famous, but are the mince pies any good? The pastry looks a bit anaemic, and so it proves in ...

No picture of the box, as they are bakery fresh, so here's a picture of the shop, which is sort of a big brick and concrete box, if you ...

The last of the supermarket chain pies, these are apparently "improved". Let's see. The pastry has a good, firm texture,...

DID YOU THINK IT WAS OVER? It's not over! We found these in a corner shop, but most corner shops are part of a chain these days, ...

Unprecedented! We have a tie at the top*, which has never happened before. So, for the first time ever, we enter a SECOND ROUND. The...

Well. Here we go. The champions of 2021. The champions of 2022. The champions of 2023. The champions of 2024? The pastry strik...

Merry. The Tesco ones were called "merry" too. I wonder if that's an established nomenclature and I've just not been...

These chunky pies have a pastry that's a touch too firm for me, tipping over into a biscuity crunch, of which I am not fond. The fil...

The pastry has a bit of a salty taste, and I'm not a fan of salt, but otherwise it has a decent flavour and a good, firm, texture. ...

These often get picked as the best supermarket mince pies by the gutter press, so let's see. The pastry has a good texture, firm but...

I do not like the pastry on these mince pies at all. AT ALL. Crunchy and far too sugary (which doesn't help with the crunch), I supp...

M&S classic. They look as dry as Jack Dee doing a gig in the Atacama Desert, and the reality is not far off. The pastry feels and ...

"Exceptional"? That's quite the boast, bold given the last lot . I love the pastry on these pies; chunky and thick, wit...

Look, mummy, look at all the glittery sugar! The filling has an almost savoury flavour that is quite interesting, but the taste fades...

I honestly thought we'd found an early winner. The pastry has a lovely texture, just the right balance between soft and firm, with...