Aiee! Run From Kelvin's Brainsplurge!

I got these as a Chrimble present, so although the main scoring is finished, the reviews continue! The pastry is a little crispy and t...

"The best mince pies in the world" according to the shop 's owner. The owner who also told me that they don't like mince p...

Bonus round! I haven't tried the Bastard Kipling's actual pies yet -- I'm still trying to work up the courage -- but I can nev...

A Brighton institution! Sorry, you won't be able to get these where you are. Unless you're near Brighton. Obviously. Right, s...

Okay then, I'm ready to call it. I've tested almost every nationally-available mince pie -- not the Bastard Kipling; I will, but the...

These look impressively chunky! Both pastry and filling are quite bland, even tasteless, were it not for a welcome but far too late af...

These are much smaller than they were in previous years. Yet somehow around the same price. The pastry has a nice texture, almost bisc...

Tee. Ee. Ess. Cee. Oh. (But fancy!) The pastry has a nice bite, perhaps a teeny tiny touch too soft, but generally good, and with a ...

Tee. Ee. Ess. Cee. Oh. The pastry has a pleasant firmness and, aside from the sugar on top, is not too sweet. It is a bit dry though, ...

They are not a supermarket, but they are a national chain, and I was in there for a vegan sausage roll anyway. The pastry has a nice c...

These have a lovely filling, all booze and spices, and the pastry has a pleasant, biscuity, crumbly firmness to it. Alas the pastry is a ...

Well. These have a lovely firm but crumbly pastry and a filling that tastes of... nothing. Not bad, not good, just literally tasteless...

Crikey, it looks like a footballer's coffee table. These have a nice firm pastry and I'm fairly certain there's a good, f...

These have a firm pastry, just on the right side of the dreaded crispy, a bit sweet for me but not unpleasant. The filling is... unusual....

These have a soft pastry, a bit too soft, and a bit sweeter than I like too. The filling has a good initial hit of spicy flavour, but it...

The winners in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. How do they get on in 2025? These have a gorgeous texture, with a firm bite and a pleasant ...

These have a strong, buttery scent that I didn't hate. The pastry is firm but not crunchy and is not too sweet, nor has the bitterne...

These are very sweet! There's a dusting of sugar on the pastry, the (very soft) pastry itself is sweet, and the filling is sweet too....