Quality Street Has Teamed Up With John Lewis To Let People 'Pick And Mix' Their Ideal Tin

Arguing over the chocolates in a tin of Quality Street is as much a part of Christmas as the Queen's speech or pigs in blankets.

However, it looks like John Lewis and Nestlé Confectionery might be about to put a stop to this particular tradition by allowing customers to create their own pick and mix style tin using just their favourites (The Purple One) and leaving out the less delicious ones (Green Triangles).

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11 John Lewis stores will be introducing the pick and mix stations, where customers can go and fill their tins with a minimum of three different types of sweet from the 12 on offer. There's even the option to get a personalised lid for the tin, to help keep away the thieving hands of friends and relatives this Christmas. Perfect.

Debbie Bowen, senior brand manager for Quality Street said: "Everybody's got a favourite Quality Street sweet and an opinion on which is the best, so providing a pick and mix option, for the very first time, could spell the end of that particular Christmas debate.

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"This is a very exciting move for us and for Quality Street. We've beenpart of Christmas for more than 80 years and over that time we have had so many requests from people for a chance to create their own bespoke tin! It's finally here and we're delighted."

If you don't pick The Purple One, Coconut Éclair and Caramel Swirl you're doing this all wrong, by the way.

And if that wasn't enough chocolatey excitement for you, Quality Street are also releasing an advent calendar this year, for the first time ever. Amazing.

The advent calendars will feature every Quality Street sweet twice in a completely random order, so no two calendars are the same, but why not buy six and find out for yourself?

You can get your filthy mitts on one of the pick and mix tins, priced at £12, at John Lewis stores in Bluewater, Cambridge, Cheadle, Cribbs Causeway, Glasgow, High Wycombe, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Liverpool, Trafford and White City. Is it too early to say, Merry Christmas?

Topics: Food, UK News, Chocolate

Claire Reid

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