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Bill McCarrick of Sir Hans Sloane is one of my favourite chocolatiers, so when I bought some of these warm and spicy Christmas pudding shaped truffles recently, I was delighted when he gave me another box to give away free to World Chocolate Guide readers.
These “Sloane Street” boxes contain ten deliciously Christmassy with a warm ginger ganache filling, perfect for sharing around at Christmas parties, or just keeping to yourself.
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I just LOVE my mothers homemade Christmas Puddings! She starts making them in October and feeds them whiskey every few days. They are AMAZEBALLS! lol……full of beautiful fruit, nuts, orange and lemon zest, plump raisins and much more….we tend to have the pudding many times over a few days and I love it served with Ice Cream, custard, squirty cream and even Double Cream! Brandy sauce is quite nice but you simply CANNOT beat CLOTTED CREAM! mmmmmmmmmm, nom nom nom, VERY naughty but extremely nice! (I have just felt my waistband tighten and theres still 11 days to go LOL) Merry Christmas Ladies and Gents xxx
Oh dear, my above comment didnt appear under my member name for some reason??, would it be possible for you to remember that its from me please?? Many thanks. D Sadler. aka xcardiffbird. xxx
chrismas pud!! because its tasty and traditon wouldnt be xmas without it
We always have a summer pudding! Made with frozen berries from many months before and stale bread, it’s wonderful!
i love homemade bread pudding especially when it is still warm from the oven. my nan used to make it for me when i was little and i can remember having it on picnics at the coast in the summer x
It has to be the hot mince pies with custard. Just so yummy
Bread and butter pudding – I make individual little ones by putting diced bread in small ramekins and cover with plump soaked raisins, cream, butter and cinnamon. Very cute and very yummy.
christmas pudding and lashings of cream
My favourite Christmas dessert is Trifle. Not any Trifle but raspberry Amaretto Trifle with bananas and lots of sponge soaking up sherry at the bottom, layered with peaches and strawberries and mashed up raspberries with a genourous layer of custard and whipped cread and of course grated milk chocolate with a cut strawberry pattern on top. OMG I can’t wait for my Christmas desssert!!!
Christmas pud with custard, not rum sauce!
Christmas pudd with brandy butter
My aunt always makes a Sachertorte. Magically delicious.
Quite partial to a nice slice of Stollen. But I think it may have something to do with my Almond addiction!
it’s got to be Christmas Pudding!
I love my best friends warm Pear and Ginger Tart ..it is amazing and i can eat loads of it
I always make a chocolate mouse with a sharper home-made mincemeat layer underneath. Do try to make ginger tuiles too but, though they are getting better, find them so difficult to get right. As we usually have shop bought brandy snaps at the back of some cupboard or other its never a complete disaster !
Panettone of course, because I’m Italian!
I make a huge fruit, creamy trifle for all the family. However big it is there is never any left though – too scrummy for words
Due to my father and sister’s reluctance to eat Christmas Pudding and their dual hatred of marzipan (which I never shared and was always very sad) ruling out christmas cake, we used to eat Dutch Apple pie – it has enough christmassy spices in it to be somewhat classed as festive (nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon and then cardomom, mace and pepper) as well as a healthy dollop of apples and raisins and a glug of brandy. It may never have been conventional, but it was always awesome and I carry on that tradition!
Bread and Butter pudding! XXXX
I make my own black forest trifle, which the family demolish between them. It’s made with chocolate swiss roll instead of sponge, black cherries, cherry jelly and chocolate custard, it,s quite simply…Delicious ♥
Mine is birthday cake! Its my mums birthday on Christmas Day so we always have birthday cake as pudding!
Trifle
Christmas Pudding as we only get it once a year.
I really don’t like Christmas cake or Christmas pudding but stollen is rather yummy.
Why Pumpkin Pie of course! Ultimate Yummm!
I love making Christmas puddings, but I prefer to follow a huge dinner with something lighter; christmas pudding ice cream fits the bill
Puff pastry mince pies – because they are only available at Christmas!
My mum’s Chocolate Crunch – it’s so amazing, sticky & chocolatey…& she only ever makes it at Christmas now we’re not living at home!
Sherry trifle, because it’s indulgent without being too stodgy
mince pies and brandy cream super yummy lol
a fresh strawberry pavlova, nice and light after a xmas dinner.
Christmas pudding with both custard and Brandy butter
I don’t like christmas pudding or cake so I would have a chocolate sponge with lots of gooey chocolate sauce
My Mums home made mince pies, Because they just melt in the mouth.
its gotta be my home made mince pies but if i had to choose something i can’t make it would be genoa cake
It just has to be mince pies, homemade with lots of brandy and then lashings of homemade brandy butter on top! Who wouldn’t feel happy after that!
mine is christmas pudding, its really nice after christmas dinner and really christmassy
xmas pudding with lots of brandy sauce yum
Bread and butter pudding for me, yum yum!
Apple Crumble with Custard (None of my family like Xmas Puds or Mince Pies!)
Baileys bomb. just yummy.
pine tarts
Christmas pud, made by mother in law, perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has to be the traditional Christmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce, not with gravy like my granddad used to eat it.
choclate cake and custard
Christmas Pudding because it smells like Christmas!
My partner’s bread and butter pudding with apricot jam, raisins, cinnamon and pears with homemade custard yummy.
I love mince pies with clotted cream
Chocolate Gateau
mince pies but have to be gluten free now!
its got to be christmas pud and fresh cream yum yum…. cant wait!!!
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My favourite is a pavlova filled with raspberries, strawberries and blackcurrants that I harvested from my garden and stored in the freezer. Lighter than christmas pud, reminds me of summer and if it goes wrong, I can just mix it all up together and call it Eton Mess!
Christmas pudding is my favourite christmas dessert – my mother stores hers for a year to make it extra special and mature.
My favourite pudding is my partners homemade Fudge Tart. Tastes delicious when piping hot with double cream poured all over. Bad for the diet, but hey its Christmas!
Tis the season to eat chocolate!!
The more chocolate the dessert has on it the better, Dark choc mud pie is my idea of heaven
am i aloud to say whipped cream and strawberry sauce all over my fella? lol merry xmas xx
Definitely has to be trifle- I don’t normally eat it, but a trifle filled with booze is great at crimbo!
Dan
I know its not very Christmassy but we always have sum kind of chocolate gateau/profiterole type dessert. I hate traditional puds like xmas pudding or trifle. It has to be CHOCOLATE!
Apple strudel – my granny used to make it from scratch, I use a ready-made pastry …
There is nothing better than a rich Christmas pudding as it is a fitting end to hopefully the most memorable meal of the year!
My favourite is Christmas cake because of the thick, yummy Royal icing and marzipan that my mum covers it in! When I was younger I used to just eat the marzipan and icing but now that I’m an adult I behave myself and eat the cake as well! It’s so special as you don’t have it any other time of year!
Christmass pud with single cream and brandy butter because I’m worth it.
I love them all, but Dundee cake is a personal favourite as it is lighter than Christmas cake and I love almonds!
I just adore christmas cake with all the gorgeous fruit in it that has been steeped in brandy!
Xmas pud with lashing of cool, clotted cream mmm!
Christmas isn’t Christmas without Christmas Pudding – It’s traditional and I love it
Christmas cake …………………it always seems to taste nicer at this time of year
It has to be home-made christmas pudding ice cream.Much lighter to eat after a roast dinner
We all love Christmas pudding so much that we have to try out lots during December. Each recipe needs careful consideration and we rarely agree on which is best. In order to make Christmas Day a little different my daughter is going to bake gingerbread cupcakes with toffee and cinnamon topping. Of course we’ll all enjoy chocolates afterwards.
We always have Christmas pudding with clotted cream, and don’t forget the silver six-pence coin.
Christmas pudding. Delicious and traditional
Trifle!!!!!
I don’t like christmas pudding, so my favourite dessert has to be cheesecake- particularly a chocolatey one!
Homemade Christmas Pudding with homemade Rum sauce or Rum Butter – wow – it can’t be beaten. Both recipes have been in the family for the last 100 years or so – its such a tradition.
Chestnut and Chocolate Truffle Tart, very rich and decadent but hey it’s Christmas!!
Mince pies and clotted cream .. we we are in Devon its expected! .. and Yummy of course
Christmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce
YULE agree it has to be profiteroles. The LITTLE DEERS love it and go CRACKERS for it!
Has to be Sherry Trifle – my signature dessert!!
Homemade Christmas pudding made with lots of nuts and cherry brandy. Served with fresh single cream.
My favourite Christmas dessert is my Mum’s trifle. She makes the jelly with real fruit (raspberries, blackberries and the like) and puts in several generous glugs of Amaretto. Every year my Dad and I have a friendly ‘tussle’ over which one of us gets the final helping – it’s somethign of a ritual in our house!
Strawberry Ice Cream
Christmas pudding for me, with homemade custard if possible!
I love Christmas Pudding with white sauce
I like stollen because it’s rich and full of fruit (but no alcohol)
Home-made Christmas Pudding, made to my Grandmothers very vague recipe, think it’s my favourite because it’s a once a year treat
Brandy snaps with whipped cream and salted caramel sauce. It would be a christmas pud but generally after dinner we’re way too stuffed to fit a cake in. A few brandy snaps are perfect!
I love christmas pudding and all the fruit and alcohol what goes in it as its the only time i eat it at xmas time and i always look forward to eating it with custard
Tunis cake
Christmas wouldnt be Christmas without my mums homemade mince pies
Chocolate Log, its chocolaty, its yummy, and everyone loves it! Thick chocolate butter cream on a chocolate spongecake = BLISS!
Homemade trifle, lovely large luscious strawberries, jelly, biscuits, homemade custard with vanilla flavouring and whipped cream with chopped strawberries on top
Having homemade xmas pudding, flamed with grand marnier, and lots of ganache chocs with coffee afterwards – filling and frankly rather too much for me; but it’s a tradition
I have a recipe for old english trifle , made with Real custard, Marachino cherries and Amaretti Biscuits . Its been a firm favourite in our family at Christmas for years x
simply homemade mince pies with extra thick double cream
I love Christmas pudding. Traditional, tasty and so full of calories you can only legally eat it once a year!
Christmas pudding