December is now on the horizon, and all of the major supermarkets have started to stock up on mince pies. ASDA, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Lidl, Aldi, M&S and Waitrose will all be stocking their shelves with Santa's favourite in-flight snack, and there's a fierce competition to be named the best.
This year's prestigious BBC Good Food Christmas Taste awards tested mince pies from the UK's major supermarkets to find out which came top.
In a perhaps surprising result, it wasn't an offering from one of the Big Six which took the crown - but a £2 pack of mince pies from the Spar. READ MORE: McDonald's accused of 'discrimination' over 'disgusting' drive-thru rule Here are all of the results from this year's BBC Good Food Christmas Taste
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