Cadbury Mini Snow Balls - 74g

Mini Snow Balls belong to the seasonal end of the Cadbury range, the bits that only turn up in British shops when the nights draw in and the selection boxes start stacking up by the till.

People in Canada go looking for them because nothing else quite stands in for the moment. The tree is up, the telly is on, and a bag is going round that you did not buy but are very happy to help with.

They come in a 74g bag that tucks neatly into a stocking or the back of a cupboard. Keep it somewhere cool and dry, away from the radiator, and fold the top over if you have the willpower, which nobody does. Tip a few into a bowl and watch the bowl quietly empty.

Cadbury makes the rest of the British Christmas line-up too, from the Dairy Milk bar to the tubs of Roses and Heroes. A bag of these sits happily alongside them in a parcel for someone who misses home.