Greggs’ Christmas menu including festive bake and pigs in blankets goes on sale today

GREGGS' Christmas menu is back and from today fans of the bakery chain can tuck into festive bakes, pigs in blankets and more.

This year, fans around the UK had to vote to get the Festive Bake first before it made its nationwide comeback on November 7, with Newcastle winning the vote.

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The savoury snack is made up of chicken breast, sage and onion stuffing, and sweetcured bacon in a creamy sage and cranberry sauce, all encased in golden puff pastry with a crunchy crumb topping.

But watch out because the price has gone up 5p this year from its previous £1.50 - we've asked Greggs why and we'll update this story if we get a response.

Bear in mind that there are 453 calories in each bake - an adult man should consume 2,500 calories a day while it's 2,000 for a woman, according to NHS guidelines.

Also making a comeback is Greggs' Christmas lunch sandwich and soup, as well as its pigs under blankets baguette.

All of its savoury items, its festive hot drinks, as well as its mince pies, will be available from today but you'll have to wait longer for the rest.

The tiffin bites, which are new to the menu this year, and Christmas shortbread biscuits are available from November 14.

While everything else is available from November 18.

Also new to the menu this year are Greggs' packs of two choccy penguin biscuits.

We round-up some of our favourite festive treats below.

Just bear in mind that Greggs' prices vary from store to store so you may pay more than the prices we list below, which are starting points.

Christmas lunch sandwich - from £2.72

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Enjoy a classic Christmas sandwich complete with sliced turkey breast with pork, sage and onion stuffing, sweetcured bacon, fresh salad leaves with a cranberry and port sauce and mayonnaise on malted bread.

The sandwich contains 497 calories.

Pigs under blanket baguette

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As well as a traditional Christmas sandwich, Greggs is also selling a pigs under blanket baguette that sees a French baguette stuffed with pork sausages, sweetcure bacon, pork, sage and onion stuffing.

It's topped with a cranberry and port sauce and contains 583 calories.

Pigs in blankets from £2.25

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You can tuck into a tub of mini sausages wrapped in smoked streaky bacon with these festive treats.

They're available in 600 of Greggs' more than 1,850 shops. But that is up from just 120 stores last year. Use to find your nearest.

Just bear in mind that they contain 325 calories.

Christmas tiffin bites - £1.50 per six-pack

New this year are Gregg's Christmas tiffin bites.

These see pieces of biscuit, shortbread and sultanas enveloped in Belgian dark chocolate and topped with Belgian milk chocolate.

They're only available as a six-pack and there's 92 calories per biscuit.

Penguin Biscuits - from £1.50 per two-pack

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Also new this year is Greggs' two-pack of penguin biscuits.

The caramel flavour biscuit is coated with Belgian milk chocolate and could make the perfect accompaniment to one of Greggs' hot drinks.

Mint hot chocolate - from £2.75

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Warm up this winter with Greggs' hot chocolate flavoured drink made with milk, mint flavoured syrup, topped with cream and sugar sprinkles.

Just bear in mind that it contains 334 calories.

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In other festive news, Eat’s Christmas menu has been revealed and it includes a Christmas dinner hot pot and peppermint brownie.

While Starbucks' red cups are back.

But if you're making your own, Christmas dinner could be more expensive this year as the cost of frozen turkeys has jumped 11 per cent.