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Holiday season is here in full force and all the weight of its pressure is on. When it comes to gatherings, particularly with close friends and family, we’re still making up for lost time and feeling the compulsion to make each one not only count, but exceed expectations. We want to serve the best—memorable, unique, high-quality bites that match the caliber of the company we keep.
However, that’s no easy task we’ve assigned ourselves. Sourcing and curating gourmet or seasonal food items can be a wild goose chase at times. And with inflation looming ever larger on our financial horizons, it’s even more challenging to fill the table with those types of bites.
But we have good news: you can leave it to Lidl this year.
Without further ado, these are some of our favorite picks on how to level up your holiday entertaining game with fun, exciting apps, snacks, desserts and drinks without getting too spendy.
Apps & Snacks
Of course, you can’t have a meat and cheese selection without some salty, briny olives to go with them. Lidl’s got plenty of them, frombasic pittedtopimiento-stuffed manzanillato aMediterranean medley. Or, to appease all palates, just get the 1-poundDeLallo Entertaining Collection, which has pitted olives jubilee, Greek feta salad, Provolini antipasti and pitted Kalamata olives. Pick up sometomato and olive focacciafrom the fresh bakery to really go all-in on these flavors.
But of course, we can’t round out appetizers without some hot selections, especially when the weather outside is frightful. You can turn it up with comforting bar bites like toasted mac and cheese biteswithorwithout bacon, or skip the mac and go straight for cheese with anauthentic Swiss fondue.
On the other hand, seafood always makes a splash at any holiday party, and earns you host-with-the-most points instantaneously. Grab a few boxes ofscallops wrapped in hickory-smoked baconor crank up the heat with BAP-certifiedHot & Spicy Butterfly Shrimp.
Sips & Sweets
Skipping right to the good stuff since we know you have entrees on lock: desserts, drinks and dessert drinks.
In the dessert category, there’s anawful lot of pie. In addition to thebrown-box factory-bakedkind you can expect at any supermarket, Lidl also carries its own line of frozenpumpkin,cherry,appleandpecan pies. That’s in addition to name-brand pies likeMrs. Smith’s, too.
If baking isn’t enough DIY for you, Lidl has a heaping selection ofgingerbread house kitsunder different brands and in collaboration withPezandOreofor something different. They’re also carrying winter-gearedsnickerdoodle-flavoredandred crème-filled Oreos, too, if you want more from that brand. To round out that sandwich cookie situation, don’t sleep on theLidl-brand candy cane crème version.
All of that is obviously super seasonal, but what says “winter” better than chocolate? Lidl has already made a name for itself with its usual selection, so it’s no surprise that its holiday offerings run a wide range. Interesting choices include the Frankford-Dunkin' chocolate collaboration, which features the “donut” brand’s Boston Kreme, Brownie Batter and Chocolate Crème flavors;Queen Anne cordial cherries(for the non-Cella camp!);Partake gluten-free chocolate peppermint cookies; andNiagara Chocolatesclusters and cups.
If you’d rather your guests sip their chocolate, there’s an enormous array of those options, too. Be unexpected withFrankford peppermint hot chocolate bombsor just plain cutewith white chocolate snowmenthat dissolve to reveal marshmallows when hot milk is poured over them. Alternatively (and more cost-effectively), you can dress up classic hot chocolate packets with toppings likepeppermint whipped creamorwinter-themed Peepsin lieu of conventional marshmallows.
And hot chocolate isn’t the only classic holiday beverage Lidl has fully embraced. They’re carrying eggnog for everyone, fromtraditional non-boozy ‘nogtoAlmond Breeze’s nondairy taketoSouthern Comfort’s version. For those who want to celebrate with a more overt tipple, affordableproseccois certainly something to cheers over.
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