Our food team have been busy taste-testing festive food and drink from the supermarkets and online to find the best buys to add to your shopping list this year

Make life a little sweeter with sensory gifts SUGAR RUSH Jammy blackberry and woody oak make for an enveloping gourmand scent in Miss Dior Essence (£130 for 50ml, dior.com). MILK IT Hotel Chocolat’s l

Tesco is now selling limited edition Diet Cherry Coke for those who love a bit of nostalgia! Even the packaging is retro, which we’re obsessed with. The flavour is available in 24 x 300ml multipack ca

Clockwise, from left: custard cream felt tree decoration, £6, John Lewis; chilli pepper tree decoration, £6, souschef.co.uk; glass pizza slice hanging decoration, £5, M&S; brussels sprout tree decorat

SERVES 1 PREP 3 mins COOK 3 mins V 1 egg2 tbsp sugar2 tbsp double cream150ml whole milk1 tbsp brandy (optional)few drops of peppermint extractgrating of ground nutmegcandy cane, to serve Whisk the egg

1 Twelve Triangles croissant biscotti (£5.95, twelve-triangles.myshopify.com) The cult no-waste Scottish bakery takes slices of its croissants, dips them in cream, sugar and salt, then slowly carameli