New: Old El Paso's Stand 'N' Stuff Soft Taco Kits

Thought tacos were always crunchy? Think again! Old El Paso's new Stand 'N' Stuff Soft Taco Kits contain 8 Stand 'N' Stuff soft flour tortillas which are uniquely shaped to make them easy to fill and eat with delicious taco fillings. You can buy the soft tortilla tacos separately, but these are two new meal kits. The Smoky BBQ features a smoky BBQ seasoning mix and a scrummy savoury taco salsa. If you can't handle the heat, Old El Paso have ensured that you don't miss out; there's a mild version! In the Extra Mild Super Tasty you'll  find a cool herb topping mix and a mild tomato stir-in Sauce.
£3.20 each in Sainsbury's

New Innocent Kids' Smoothies

Well, they've really gone and done it now. Innocent have created a kids smoothie that not only tastes brilliant, it’s packed with a whole portion of fruit & veg. The new fruit & veg range currently has two flavours: pineapples, apples & carrots  with pumpkin for extra veggie-goodness and orange-ness, and strawberries, apples & beetroot. Both are velvety smooth and are sweet to the perfect degree, even for little taste buds! Certainly, the mouth-watering zing of pineapples blended with tasty apples, pumpkins and carrots will give you reason to wonder, “what will they think of next?” 



£2.00 for a pack of 4, Asda

New Reese's Doughnuts

Good news for Reese's fans. After a high demand for the return of Krispy Kreme’s Reese’s peanut butter doughnut, the flavour is back for the summer along with two new nutty Krispy Kreme Reese’s products.

The Krispy Kreme Reese’s doughnut contains smooth Reese’s peanut butter, hand-dipped in chocolate icing, sprinkled with caramelised hazelnuts and Reese’s peanut butter drops.

Krispy Kreme’s new Reese’s Peanut Butter Ring is coated in sticky Reese’s peanut butter icing and topped with chocolate and Reese’s peanut butter drops.

Krispy Kreme is also introducing the new creamy Reese’s Kreme milkshake. It's swirled with sweet Reese’s peanut butter sauce, and topped with cream, crunchy hazelnuts and peanut butter drops.

The Krispy Kreme Reese’s peanut butter shell and ring doughnuts are priced at £1.90 and £1.50 respectively. The Krispy Kreme’s Reese’s milkshake is priced at £3.25 and available at selected retail Krispy Kreme UK stores. 

The king of tortillas?

Take a look at these new offerings from the brand whose tortilla crisps are king of the tapas table... They're all made from  finest white corn masa, rested then gently toasted for a smooth, flaked texture.

Manchego & Green Olive

Tortilla chips with green olives and a manchego cheese seasoning.

This recipe brings a splash of Spanish Spirit to the tortilla line-up;  juicy green olives and sweet, mild pimiento are the perfect compliment to tangy Manchego cheese. This rectangular shape enables maximum dip-scooping!

Tomatillo Salsa

Tortilla chips with red and white quinoa seeds and a tomatillo salsa seasoning. This is a celebration of Latin America combining the ancient grain of the Andes with the vibrant tastes of Mexico and Peru. The Amarillo is the much loved chilli of Peru, and it brings a distinctive fresh and aromatic heat that yields to the fruity sharpness of the Mexican Green Tomato. This is a generously size 'Totopo' triangle! Crumble onto an avocado and tomato salad or enjoy with Guacamole or salsa verde.

Green Lemon & Pink Peppercorn

Tortilla chips with green adzuki beans, red kidney beans, garbanzo beans and a green lemon and pink peppercorn seasoning. The creamy bean flavours are enhanced with just a splash of zesty green lemon and a twist of gentle pink peppercorn for a simple chip that's impossible to ignore.This gives a little glory to the humble bean; in Latin American cuisine, these hearty little ingredients can be relied upon to provide soothing smoothness in a world of sharp flavours and vibrant tastes. It's shape is a homage to the original Mexican Tostada - the large circular tortilla that's toasted and then enjoyed heaped with fresh, tasty toppings. This has quite a creamy texture.

All £2.00 each for a 160g sharing bag, Waitrose

Broken Liquorice Toffee

Penchant for a sweet/salty combo? These new sweets were inspired by Scandinavian liquorice toffees, and the salty liquorice cuts through the sweet toffee perfectly.£1.50, M&S

New yogurts for those with a sweet tooth!

Weight Watchers Caramel and Banoffee Layered Fromage Frais
Sainsbury's, £1.60




Limited Edition Perle de Lait Caramel
£1.85, Sainsbury's




Milkybar Mousse
£1.00, Tesco


Rachel's Luscious Fruits
Two Apricot & Vanilla, two Blueberry & Vanilla
£2.00, Sainsbury's

It's Back! Oat So Simple Winter Pudding

The fruity plum based porridge was released a few years as a seasonal limited edition. By popular demand, it has returned to our shelves as the days get shorter and the temperatures start to dip (sorry!).  This time the packaging does not state that it's a limited edition, so let's hope it's here to stay. 

Food Doctor Mini Packs

An new selection of mini snacking bags to fill those crucial gaps between meals, when healthy options are all too scarce.

ROASTED BEAN MIX 
An innovative blend of beans and peas which have lightly roasted with a pinch of salt to create a healthy alternative to crisps and peanuts. Whether you enjoy them by themselves or as a topping to add even more crunch to a fresh salad, instead of croutons, you will benefit from the fibre and protein they provide.

RAW SEEDS & NUTS

This raw mix of seeds and nuts is high in fibre and a rich source of protein making them an excellent snack to enjoy anytime, whilst providing a slow release of energy to keep you going for longer.

SAVOURY ROASTED SOYA

The Soya beans are generously seasoned with soya sauce. 

SAVOURY SEED BLEND 

A blend of seeds (sunflower, pumpkin, linseeds, sesame and hulled hemp) is seasoned with wheat-free soy sauce.

SPICY SEED & NUT BLEND

As with the Savoury Seed Blend but with the addition of almond & cashew nuts  to add even more goodness and the chilli, peppers and garlic give a real kick.

£1.10 each, ocado

New: Kit Kat Snap & Share

KitKat has launched a new variant: the Snap & Share. It is a 170g sharing block, and will be available in two flavours; Milk Chocolate and Cookies & Cream. It looks like this new format will increase the bar's popularity for a number of reasons. Firstly, the bars are designed so consumers can “Snap & Share” them with friends and family, thus tapping into the major consumer trend for sharing confectionery. Secondly, chocolate blocks are known to have a younger audience compared to chocolate in general and are therefore expected to introduce KitKat to an even wider audience. Finally, KitKat products are typically eaten as a snack during the day, whilst total chocolate blocks consumption is skewed towards the evening, therefore opening up more evening consumption occasions for the brand.

Chocolate Cheese Board

Some people choose to follow their main course with a cheese board. Others (myself included) prefer something rather sweeter. But now you can have both, thanks to Choc On Choc's latest creation. 
Handmade from the finest milk, dark and white Belgian chocolate, this cheese board truly is a show-stopper that will get all your guests talking at your next dinner party! Each set contains an engraved chocolate board, dark-and-white chocolate Stilton, white chocolate Brie, Camembert, and Emmental, and even chocolate grapes. It's presented in a cream hamper box on a bed of shredded paper. I'm just glad that a cheese board has been made out of chocolate, rather than a block of chocolate made out of cheese. Surely it won't be long though....

£30

Meridian Peanut Bars

Nut brand Meridian Foods has extended its range of snack bars with the launch of three new variants. The peanut and banana, peanut and berry and peanut and cocoa bars are made using the British brand’s peanut butter and are now being sold in Holland & Barrat at £1.19. The range was originally launched in spring 2014 to great success with peanut and almond variants, with a cashew bar added earlier this year. These new bars tap in to two major trends; the demand for high-protein products and the craze for peanut butter. 

Arctic Rolls With A Twist

At the moment, the weather is not exactly conducive to ice-creams or frozen deserts. But should you feel the need to cool off, then be inspired by Asda's twist on the classic Arctic Roll. 

Blueberry Ice Cream Roll
Soft blueberry flavoured sponge wrapped around purple and white blueberry and sponge flavour ice creams with a layer of zingy blueberry sauce.

Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Roll
Rich chocolate flavour sponge wrapped around cream flavoured ice cream with chocolate flavour cookie crumble and chocolate sauce. What's not to like?

Both £1 from Asda

Asda's response to Graze?

My local Sainsbury's has just started stocking the new Graze snack boxes which seems to have generated quite a buzz among the media, but on my latest trip to Asda, I spotted these.... Are they Asda's response to the perfectly-packaged and ingeniously inventive Graze products? Well, yes, they are snack-sized pots of healthy stuff. The packaging is quite clear and bold, but not especially attractive, and the products in the range are not nearly so inventive and to be honest, are quite boring and repetitive. There are 10 in the line-up; Brazils, Cashews, Cranberry & Macadamias, Walnuts, Cranberry, Almonds & Seeds, Pistachios, Mixed Nuts, Fruit & Nut, Cashews & Cranberry,



£1.00 each in Asda

Prestat Organic Chocolate Truffles

Prestat’s new box of Fabulous Organic Chocolate Truffles is the first ever organic collection created by the fancy chocolatier. The selection of truffles has a caramel theme and include sweet juicy orange, summer strawberry, heather blessed honey and sea salt caramels – all enrobed in milk or dark chocolate. And if that's not enough...
The box – ‘Sunrise at Glastonbury’ – designed by Kitty Arden, captures a bucolic arcadia filled with a host of mythical creatures. Above them is a huge sun and the stars which make up Orion’s Belt and The Great Bear. And if that's not enough....

Prestat are adding to the truffles’ ‘feel-good factor’ by donating a percentage of the sales they generate to the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST), which supports excellence in craftsmanship by awarding Scholarships and Apprenticeships to some of the country’s most promising and talented craftspeople.
£16.50

Portlebay Popcorn

Portlebay Popcorn has released its latest creative flavour of gourmet popcorn, Cappuccino which features “notes of silky caramel and a bitter hint of coffee”. This is, I believe, the first coffee flavoured popcorn to grace our shelves. 
Spotted in Budgens

New in Waitrose

Gazpacho Shots

Gazpacho is the quintessential summer soup, but you’d never have thought of taking it on a picnic —until now. These new ‘shots’ of the chilled Spanish soup are full of chopped tomatoes, fresh garlic, red pepper and cucumber, and are cool, light and refreshing.

£2.49 for 6 x 50g

This new Yorkshire Wensleydale with Salted Caramel cheese is an intriguing option for cheese fans with a sweet tooth: the caramel contrasts with the saltiness of the cheese.
£2.75 

Limited Edition British Red Gooseberries - A naturally sweet tasting and satisfyingly plump berry which apparently is delicious fresh in fools and fruit salads, in pies and crumbles or as a complement to oily fish. 

Ginsters Limited Edition Slice

Combining two of the West Country’s proudest traditions of pastry and cider, this new limited edition snack will have even the purist of Cornish pasty connoisseurs praising the Gods to high heaven. It combines British chicken, leek, Cornish cider, onions and wholegrain mustard in a Westcountry double cream sauce, wrapped in light puff pastry. 

£1.69 in Waitrose

Ben & Jerry's Special Edition

Ben & Jerry's are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Bob Marley's Legend album with this new tasty tribute: 'Satisfy My Bowl'. It's a groovy mix of banana ice cream with caramel and cookie swirls and chocolatey peace signs. In partnership with the 1Love Foundation, this flavour will help to fund a youth empowerment programme in Jamaica, supporting Bob's vision for a fairer world. Music to your ears and your taste buds. I love the name, I love the flavours, and I love the inspiration behind it. 

Currently £2.24 in Tesco

Limited Edition Bubbles of Joy

For those of you who like your chocolate creamy and white, this one is for you. Cadbury have launched a new limited edition 'Bubbles of Joy' in white chocolate. I'm not sure whether this will replace their limited edition chocolate orange variant of the same range. The Cadbury mousses are less bubbly that the Aero mousses, but they're creamier and feel more indulgent. 

Kallo Milk Chocolate Corn Cake

This summer, Kallø is offering a new edition to its Corn Cake range with the launch of new Belgian Milk Chocolate Corn Cakes. At only 78 calories per corn cake these treats will most likely appeal to those who like a healthy snack. They also offer a great entrance to the world of corn cakes for those who believe that they are rabbit food!
Kallø Belgian Milk Chocolate Corn Cakes are available in Waitrose now.