While it’s nice to imagine that aspirational scene of spending all day jovially spooning homemade mincemeat into homemade pastry cases, transferring them to the oven and filling the kitchen with lovely festive aromas, in the middle of the Christmas rush it can be hard to find the time. And with the huge variety of ready-made mince pies in the shops, it’s sometimes necessary to stock up on a few boxes for all the parties, estranged family members and other social occasions Christmas brings. After a blind taste test of twelve different boxes, here are the five that tickled our taste buds the most.