The best frozen Christmas food

Fill your freezer with festive favourites and take the pressure off Christmas entertaining. From easy party food and impressive centrepieces to golden-roast trimmings and indulgent desserts, our frozen range has every course covered. Stock up now and enjoy effortless festive feasting.

This Christmas, serve up a picky tea in a flash with our frozen party food. Pop these straight from freezer to oven and you’re ready to impress – no stress, just flavour.

• Bacon, Mac and Cheese Balls: Crispy on the outside with a rich, gooey centre, these indulgent bites combine creamy mac and cheese with smoky bacon. Available in store from 14 October.

• Fish and Chip Bites: A bite-sized take on the British classic, packed with all the comforting flavours you know and love. Available in store from 14 October.

• Mini Prawn Toast: Golden, crispy and full of prawn flavour, these are always a hit on a party-food spread. Available in store from 14 October.

• Crispy Mini Chicken Kyivs: Everyone's favourite Kyiv, but mini! Tender British chicken breast wrapped in a crunchy, melt-in-the-mouth coating.

• Mini Duck Spring Rolls: Layers of crispy pastry with aromatic duck, vegetables and hoisin sauce make the perfect bite-sized luxury.

Best frozen turkey

Make your festive table the star of the show with our British Oakham Turkey range. Sourced from trusted M&S Select Farms, our turkeys are reared with care for tender, succulent meat and exceptional flavour. Whether you're feeding two or ten, there's an option for every celebration.

Best frozen beef

Looking for an alternative to turkey? Our expertly butchered beef joint with garlic and herb butter makes a delicious festive centrepiece. Rich, tender and full of flavour, it's generously coated in a buttery garlic and herb topping and is perfect served with all the trimmings.

Best frozen nut roast

For a vegetarian centrepiece that's every bit as festive, try our Plant Kitchen Butternut, Almond and Pecan Nut Roast. Packed with sweet butternut squash, crunchy nuts and warming seasonal flavours, it's a satisfying alternative that deserves a place at the Christmas table.

Best frozen wellingtons

Whether you're catering for vegetarians, looking for an alternative to turkey or simply planning ahead, these frozen showstoppers make Christmas hosting that little bit easier.

• Collection Butternut Squash, Brie and Caramelised Onion Wellington: A vegetarian Christmas favourite, wrapped in handcrafted all-butter puff pastry and generously filled with butternut squash, creamy Brie, caramelised onion, pearl barley, pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries. Rich, comforting and packed with festive flavour. Available in store from 14 October.

• Collection British Beef Fillet Wellington: Tender British beef fillet is prepared sous vide for exceptional texture, topped with a rich porcini mushroom duxelles and encased in flaky all-butter puff pastry. Handcrafted and fully traceable, it's an effortless yet impressive centrepiece for festive entertaining.

These are not just any pigs in blankets. These are double-wrapped pigs in blankets, with each juicy British outdoor-bred sausage wrapped in a whole rasher of streaky bacon. Our frozen versions are perfect for enjoying in the run-up to Christmas, or stashing away to get ahead.

Choose from the classic Our Best Ever Pigs in Blankets made from premium cuts of shoulder and belly, where every bite is packed with rich, indulgent flavour or the Collection Pork, Chestnut and Bacon Stuffing Parcels wrapped in crispy bacon, full of sweet chestnut and indulgent pork, and gluten-free. Find both in store from 14 October.

Our freezers are a treasure trove of decadent desserts, ready to defrost and serve during the busy festive season. Keep on standby in the freezer and make every festive gathering effortlessly sweet and delicious.

• Triple Chocolate S’mores Ice Cream Cake (in store from 14 October): Calling all chocolate lovers. This indulgent frozen dessert combines rich Belgian chocolate semifreddo with layers of triple chocolate flavour, finished with a toasted marshmallow topping inspired by classic campfire s’mores.

• The Big Daddy Pistachio Frozen Dessert (in store from 14 October): Inspired by our Big Daddy Pistachio bar, this frozen dessert brings together the nutty, creamy flavours you love in a showstopping frozen format.

Best Christmas ice cream and desserts

Inspired by our much-loved Peppermint Bark, our I'm Fully Loaded Peppermint and Double Chocolate Ice Cream combines cool peppermint flavour with rich dark chocolate sauce, chocolate pieces and crunchy red sugar crystals. As Laurie Bradley, M&S Frozen Product Developer, says: "Our popular Peppermint Bark has inspired this sensational peppermint-flavoured ice cream, loaded with dark chocolate and crunchy red sugar pieces."

Best mini desserts

• Collection Banoffee Mini Tarts: These frozen bite-sized tarts combine buttery pastry with the classic pairing of banana and caramel, making them an easy dessert to keep on hand throughout the festive season. Available in store from 14 October.

• Collection Mini Chocolate and Guérande Sea Salt Caramel Tarts: Luxurious chocolate ganache and buttery sea salt caramel are encased in crisp all-butter cocoa pastry and finished with delicate caramel flakes. Stored in the freezer and ready whenever you need an effortless sweet treat.

• Collection Mini Sicilian Lemon Tarts: Crisp all-butter pastry filled with a smooth, zesty Sicilian lemon filling for a burst of refreshing citrus flavour. Perfect for adding a lighter note to your festive dessert spread.