Matthew Walker Luxury Christmas Puddings, 907g, 2 puddings

Monster Christmas puds..... almost 1kg each, and there are two of them! Currently on for an excellent price for the pair, I was expecting them to be nearing their 'best before' date - but the BB date on these is April 2019.I usually make my own Christmas puds as they're far nicer than shop bought, but home made take hours and hours to steam and now I've run out of time if the puds are going to be able to mature. So I looked online.What attracted me to this particular make were the very positive reviews from other purchasers, and the ingredients in the puds - plenty of fruit, nuts and booze.When they arrived, I did undo one and had a little peek, - they're beautifully presented in a plastic bowl with a shrink seal lid, well wrapped and only need to be heated up, either steamed for a couple of hours or two minutes in a microwave.Having opened one, I took a teaspoon and dug out a little taster...Delish. Very rich, fruity and dark, with a gorgeous Xmas pud fragrance, succulent and although not over boozy, I can taste there's been a bit of booze added. These are luxury puds. The description is accurate.All I've done with these is to spike a few little punctures in them, added a tablespoonful of brandy to each one to soak in, replaced the seal top with clingfilm and now I'm going to leave them until Christmas.Then when I serve them up, I'm just going to smile benignly when everyone says how fab my home made Xmas puds are, and where on earth do I find the time.If I don't get found out and strung up for a liar, I'll be back to update. In the meantime, if these are still on for around sixteen quid for this pair of brazen beauties, grab them, quick.You don't need to add any extra booze. I only did because I'm clearly a very bad Maggie.

Moist full of lovely tasty fruit enjoyed by my ladies in France.

Honestly haven’t tried it yet. We’re waiting for a big snow. It looks good.

These were surprisingly tasty. I hate Christmas fruit cakes, and generally things with nuts in them. Raisins and candied, dried fruits are terrible unnatural things that were obviously made by something quite evil.However these were nice, the nuts inside them added a delicious crunch and they were bursting with flavour from start to finish. People can look down on Christmas puddings that you microwave, but honestly these ones were great, especially compared to ones I've been forced to eat previously. It recalls fond memories of when a distant relative brought round what I can only describe as a rock with a burnt bread covering that they'd been maturing for a few years in their pantry, that I can honestly say I'm probably still digesting now, and that was what, six years ago?Don't let terrifying Christmas puddings happen to you. Buy this one instead. You'll thank me, really. Everyone seemed to like it, and I hate stuff like this but I still ate it pretty quickly. Tasted nice. Somehow.Oh and you also get two of them, which is good for the price (unless you like subjecting your family to the horror of eating a pudding that cost you like £2) and also means you can give one away to your best friends or favoured family, so that's nice.Anyway good Christmas pudding. You can't go wrong. In all honestly, I'll probably buy it again.

Really loved this pudding! We were travelling from Australia to have Christmas in the UK and this was a great easy option that really stood up to the homemade puddings I've previously had. Great quality. Very enjoyable. We didn't have space in the kitchen to steam it, so heated in the microwave and it was just as good. Definitely recommend.

Received 2 x puddings and what a surprise - moist, rich and tasty!. I divided the pud into 4 and spaced out the sections on a dinner plate before microwaving for 3 minutes. Sizzling hot plus vanilla ice-cream and approval all round. We have our pud for Christmas tea hence the big pieces! Still got another one left and I can heartily approve this Christmas pudding.

Very good pudding as before, and they arrived fairly promptly.

This packet contained two puddings (2 x 907g), each big enough for at least 6 people. The pudding itself was very tasty. I had it sent to Germany and the delivery took less than a week (and that's just before Christmas).