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Lunchables on steroids
It appears that Asda has inadvertently – or maybe not so inadvertently – created a giant-sized adult version of popular kids snack Dairylea Lunchables. Lunchables, as any time-pressed parent will tell you, consists of a number of 10p-piece-sized crackers with accompanying slices of ham and Dairylea cheese. Not exactly the lunch of champions, but that’s pester power for you. Asda’s newly-launched-for-Christmas Party Snack Platter offers a spookily similar scaled-up collection but with the added bonus of two types of cheese and the addition of what it describes on the box as “extra tasty” chicken slices. Its similarity to Lunchables was first flagged up on Facebook’s Extreme Bargains and Savings UK page, where one eagle-eyed shopper asked: “Is it just me or has Asda remade Dairylea Lunchables for adults?” As usual, the public’s opinion was split on whether this was genius or madness,
DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT
with over 1,000 comments running the full spectrum from “Christmas dinner sorted” to “You just know that when you peel back the ham and chicken side you’ll get a waft of fart”. The truth, like a slice of extra tasty chicken sandwiched between two Ritz
crackers, probably lies somewhere in the middle.
unleashing a pack of snarling lawyers
which actually has a single Ferrero
on it by coyly calling its creation the
Rocher nestled at its core, can be
Ambassador’s Golden Balls brownie.
yours for only £26.
Sticking with the pimp-my-snack
For younger readers of The Week
You may, however, be better off
theme, UK gourmet brownie com-
In Retail, this is a nod to the classic
spending your hard-earned cash
pany, Bad Brownie, has rolled-out
1990s ‘Ambassador’s reception’ TV
elsewhere.
(literally) what it’s calling “this fes-
ad which had chocolate munchers up
Since a 300g box of 24 Ferrero
tive season’s must-have stocking
and down the land spouting “Mon-
Rocher retails for something in the
filler” – a giant half-kilo Ferrero
sieur, with zees Rocher you are really
region of £8.50, you could buy a
Rocher-inspired brownie.
spoiling us.”
whopping 900g-worth for £26.
Bad Brownie has deftly avoided confectionery
giant
Ferrero
The giant 500g brownie-fied interpretation of the iconic Italian treat,
And have 50p left over to spoil yourself with.
WEDNESDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2021 / ISSUE 85 / SLRMAG.CO.UK / 43
