I Just Found the M&S Christmas Tin Dupe That's Making Everyone Lose Their Minds

By HOAR Team 4 September, 2025 5 mins read 4123 Views

Okay, confession time. I'm one of those people who gets genuinely excited about finding a good dupe. Like, embarrassingly excited.

So when I spotted this Facebook post about B&M's new Christmas Treats tin being a dead ringer for M&S's famous £10 festive selection – but for just £3 – I literally did a little happy dance in my kitchen. My neighbor probably thinks I'm losing it.

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The £3 Tin That's Got Everyone Talking

This thing is 70% cheaper than the M&S version, and honestly? It looks pretty damn good. The tin is packed with gummy gingerbread men, Christmas trees, little reindeers, and Santas. Plus there's popcorn, chocolate pretzels, white chocolate buttons and candy. For three quid!

Someone in the Facebook comments nailed it: "They look like the M&S tin but a lot cheaper." Exactly.

Another person wrote they "wasn't impressed with the M&S Easter one and it cost £10 so will give it a go." Smart move, honestly.

But Here's Where It Gets Messy

Not everyone's jumping on this bandwagon. Some folks are being surprisingly sensible about the whole thing.

One comment made me laugh: "I can not buy chocolate and sweets now I will eat them before Christmas." Same, friend. Same. The self-awareness is real.

Another person was properly annoyed: "For goodness sake, way too early to be buying Christmas food etc." Fair point – it's still September and we're already talking Christmas treats. But also... three pounds!

Then there's the practical concern: "If you bought that now it will be stale by Christmas." Which, let's be honest, assumes any of us have that kind of willpower.

M&S Started This Whole Madness

For context, M&S has been selling their "Very Merry Munch Mix" for £10, calling it "the original" Christmas tin selection. Bit pretentious if you ask me, but whatever. Their version includes milk and white chocolate popcorn, salted and dark chocolate pretzels, milk chocolate peanuts and caramel almonds.

Sounds fancy. Costs ten pounds. You do teh math.

Everyone's Getting in on This Game Now

B&M isn't the first to try muscling in on M&S's Christmas tin territory. Last year, Aldi had shoppers going absolutely mental for their Reindeer Munch Mix at £4.99 – still 50% cheaper than M&S.

That one had toffee-coated popcorn, salted pretzels, roasted and caramelised peanuts and milk chocolate-coated malt balls. They also did a Snowman Munch Mix with marshmallow-flavoured toffee popcorn and jelly beans.

Even Home Bargains jumped on the bandwagon with their Santa Munch Mix.

At this point, it's like watching every discount retailer in Britain try to out-dupe each other. And honestly? I'm here for it.

Just don't expect me to wait until December to crack mine open.

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