Mr. Kipling Deep Filled Mince Pies

Mr Kipling is a bakery company producing various tarts, cakes and pies. Mince Pies The Mr Kipling Mince Pies are brought out for the festive season and hold the title of "Exceedingly Merry Deep Filled Mince Pies". They are described as being "butter enriched filled pastry cases deep filled with delicious mincemeat. Each pie contains 11% pastry and 48% filling (apple, sultanas, apricot etc) and a sprinkle of sugar. They are suitable for vegetarians and do not contain hydrogenated fats, unnatural flavourings or colours. The mince pies can be heat up in the oven (6minutes) or microwave (10seconds ... more

Christmas just isn't Christmas without mince pies. I must admit, I am very partial to mince pies, and have tried a variety of different makes, ranging from Mr Kipling to supermarket own brand version. My only regret being that the majority of shops do not sell them all the year round. I also like bargains. This weekend just gone, doing my weekly Tesco shop, I noticed that they were doing one of their famous 'buy one get one free' offers on Mr Kipling 6 Deep Filled Mince Pies. Usual price being £1.35 for one box, but with the offer I got 2 boxes for the price of one. Bargain I thought. Then ... more

Intro And so it was all those Christmases ago, log fires ablaze, the tree glistening in the evening light and the mince pies cooking in the oven. The excitement and anticipation rising each day as Christmas day itself arrived. No huge presents as is customary these days, just something simple, and something heartfelt. A kiss from Mum that seemed more special than the other kisses you got throughout the year. My mum always made her own mince pies and I do have her recipe, but I have over the years managed to get entangled in the kerfuffle, which is modern life, so these days I buy them like ... more

Christmas is coming and what's one of the best things about Christmas?....Mince pies of course! Every year the shops are filled with these delightful little treats and I can't resist buying a box or six when I'm doing my weekly shop. I think I have a Christmas time addiction to mince pies, every year as soon as they hit the supermarket shelves I buy them in bulk loads. Up until a few weeks ago it didn't matter what brand of mince pies I bought, I had always thought that mince pies are mince pies no matter the brand, how wrong can you be? The Product The Pie The Mr Kipling brand have been ... more

Nothing can ever beat home made mince pies, but when you are given a free box of Mr Kipling Mince Pies you can't really refuse them! The box comes with 6 mince pies, each with a foil wrap on a red plastic tray. The box itself is 21cm x 14cm x 4cm and is red all over, with white text and various images of the pies all over the box. The front has the Mr Kipling logo, a title and the following: “...butter enriched fluted pastry cases deep filled with delicious mincemeat”. The rear contains all the usual information that can be found on food products. Each pie comes in a light pastry with a small ... more