Easter wouldn’t be Easter without a traditional hot cross bun. But for 2022, supermarkets from Aldi to Waitrose are launching a whole host of creative new twists on the classic – and it’d be rude not to give them a try, too.
First, there’s the super sweet-toothed options like sticky toffee, triple chocolate and salted caramel. Then there are plenty of fruity infusions, too – try triple berry, Bramley apple or St Clements orange flavours.
For those with a more savoury tooth, look no further than M&S’s ever-popular Marmite Cheese hot cross bun (which is actually available all year round now due to such high demand), or how about Asda’s tomato & red Leicester buns, which were touted as tasting like pizza when they launched for the first time last year.
As you can see, there’s a hot cross flavour to suit all tastes and palates, even those hot cross bun-haters out there will find a flavour to fall in love with this Easter.
However, if chocolate’s more your thing, then you’ll want to see our round-up of the best Easter eggs for 2022 – there’s everything from chocolate hens to cereal milk flavoured eggs.
Sticky toffee
4 Sticky Toffee Hot Cross Buns, £1.65, Waitrose
Tomato & red Leicester
Extra Special Tomato & Red Leicester Hot Cross Buns, £1.50, Asda
St Clements
4 St Clements Hot Cross Buns, £1.50, Tesco
Marmite cheese
M&S Marmite Cheese Hot Cross Buns, £1.75, Ocado
Triple chocolate
4 Triple Chocolate Hot Cross Bun, £1.65, Waitrose
Cadbury Dairy Milk
Cadbury Dairy Milk Hot Cross Bun, £1, Morrisons
Bramley apple
Specially Selected Bramley Apple & Cinnamon Hot Cross Bun 4 Pack, £1.19, Aldi
Mocha coffee
Heston from Waitrose 2 Mocha Coffee Hot Cross Bun, £1.75, Waitrose
Blond chocolate & salted caramel
M&S 4 Salted Caramel & Blond Chocolate Hot Cross Bun, £1.75, Ocado
Triple berry
Triple Berry Hot Cross Bun Taste the Difference, £1.25, Sainsbury’s
