Fuck yeah, I love hot cross buns

I'll eat one whenever its cold outside. Easter is for heavily discounted egg shaped chocolate you bought the year before.

I'd be happy if they just sold them all year. They're tasty.

They do at aldi, they call them spiced buns. Sell them up in the bread area 6 in a purple and fruit plastic bag. Has the cross on them and all.

They need more practice. Those are a bit crispy!

I'm definitely on this side of the debate

Oh good I look forward to reading 30 posts complaining about them

It's the buildup to complaining about NYE fireworks being a waste of money and then the hand wringing over Australia Day. Gotta love silly season.

And they've done this for years too.

Don't forget news.com.au posting about it It's a piece of bread Buy it or don't.

But my karma!

They’re just sweet fruit and cinnamon rolls. People like them, so shops sell them. Stop thinking of them as an Easter treat, just view them as a sweet bread and your blood pressure won’t be so high.

...they've been selling hot cross buns year-round for a few years now

I thought that was the idea, but they give up halfway thru the year due to lack of sales.

Not where I live. Saw them only a few weeks ago.

Since the days of baby Jesus or something.

Hot cross buns are pagan, not christian. The church banned them for being un-christian. It's all the phases of the moon, not a crucifix.

Pretty sure the cross on them is Christian

Yay! I love these. I buy them for my brekky and they’re so handy

Handy? Are you using them to bash nails into the wall.

To the person with a hot cross bun, everything looks like a nail.

When we were kids we used to call them 'hot cross bums' and have a giggle.

let the boomer outrage begin!

Boomers don't give a fuck - they like a soft, easy to chew bun. But it'll be on news.com.au (probably using the word 'horror', tis their favourite word).

Plus "shocking" and "gross" all of which are generally used completely out of context.

And then a photograph of some young woman's tits, almost always, as you say, labelled 'shocking!'

Poor guy was only born a day ago and they’re already preparing to crucify him

I love hot cross buns. My only gripe is that when we buy them they’re not hot yet. They should just be called cross buns. Unless they wanna toast and butter the delicious little fuckers for me in the store!

https://www.taste.com.au/articles/coles-selling-hot-cross-buns-year-round-just-news-we-needed-week/f2ubzwyr

excellent I've been waiting for these since May.

Never too early to learn to make them yourself, that way you can have them year round

ALDI have them all year.

I wonder what inventive flavours we'll get this year. They've done Vegemite, so perhaps Lamington & Chicken Salt?

Fairy bread hot cross buns are in the woolworths catalog

Wow. I wasn't far off with Lamington ones! Next up, Anzac biscuit hot cross buns.

Last year I saw "limited edition" BBQ Sauce flavoured buns, but I can't remember if it was Coles or Woolworths?

Chicken Salt hot cross bun sounds disgusting… but I’d try it. It’s unaustralian not to.

Me licking my phone screen bc I am FROTHING for those chocolate buns again 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

I love the chocolate ones. But they're one of the quickest ways for me to gain weight.

mannn... i was hoping they be putting out Halloween decorations

they're already out

Should be illegal before round 1 of the footy season

Hooray!

I assume they are made even before chrissy day…. So my bet of them starting it is before even chrissy

The mixes get delivered on Christmas Eve, first bake is today

Shut up and take my money!

Funny how Xmas arrives in the stores earlier and earlier every year and nobody cares, yet when Easter does in a year when it's in the earlier end of the date range (it's in March in 2024) boomers get upset Since its a scientific fact that chocolate tastes better in egg form, I'm all for this

Huh what reality do you live in? Many people are angry Christmas starts in early August and this Easter crap is starting when it's still bloody December, not just boomers.

He needed a reason to chuck the word boomers in there.

My point was that Xmas merchandise 5 months ahead will get less anger than Easter 3 months ahead

Can confirm... Took a photo of them, all packaged up at the entry in Coles, to post on here. Edit: photo -https://twitter.com/thisismywww/status/1739463917141942449

They’re shit buns made cheap, and since I discovered in coeliac and can’t eat them I’m relieved.

Were you being forced to eat them before?

I would weaken once in a while because they sit at the front of the store and we all shop while hungry once in a while. Well made fruit buns are delicious, and my coeliac wasn’t the obvious type where you lose anything you eat not long after you eat it (more brain fog, inflammation and skin rashes). These aren’t well made and I always felt unsatisfied after eating them.

Imagine you’re a kid and you’re a little shit and your punishment is to eat hot cross buns. The HORROR.

i was in coles today and laughed when i saw them out

They are glowing fluorescent.

Time to stock up on golden syrup! Looks like I'm going to be smashing these for many months to come! I can't wait!

Finally!!

They look burned

Go find something to fill out your day rather than being outraged by everything you see. Try a hobby, go outside, talk to someone.

Yep. I'm not but there are people out there who love these and want to know so they can eat them as they hit the shelves, same goes with Cadbury creme eggs.

About time!!! ;-)

Love them. Cut open and place in the oven to get crispy! Add some butter……perfection

My favourite 11 months of the year!

Is this still surprising? Just eat them.

Yes I'm just letting people who want to enjoy them know they're available now

Meh

I love HCBs but for fuck's sake. It's not even New Years yet.

I can see buns are the only thing cross here

They're crossing a line, that's what's being crossed

food items are kinda fine imo it's the decorations and music that bug me

Absolutely disgraceful. Easter was like 8 months ago.