Food has taken over our lives. We live to eat, talk about eating, and even doomscroll for the sake of food! After scented candles that look and smell like filter coffee, soaps that remind you of cake, the world’s first lickable wrapping paper has just hit shelves. Aldi has launched a Christmas special gift wrapper, where the wrapping paper smells and tastes as delicious as the edible gift itself. Here’s all about it.
UK Supermarket Aldi Launches Lickable Wrapping Paper
UK-based supermarket chain Aldi has dropped a holiday surprise. It’s unexpectedly delicious and Christmassy! Aldi launched the world’s first gift wrapper that you can lick! No, it’s not an April Fool’s joke! The retailer took a Christmas classic, pigs in blankets, and gave it a spin. The mini sausages wrapped in bacon don’t need to be on just your dinner plates.
They can be embedded in your gift wrapper. So, when you wrap a gift for your loved one, they can firstly lick the wrapper and taste their favourite dish instantly. The Specially Selected Double Wrapped Pigs in Blankets have a smoky, savoury flavour. The wrapping paper comes with stickers. All you need to do is peel them back and reveal a lickable experience.
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Tastes Like Pigs In Blanket
The pastel pink design, festive holly and snowflake patterns give the wrapping paper a holiday feel. At first glance, it looks like a cute gift wrapper. Hold it close to your nose, and you’d inhale the unmissable scent of smoky bacon and delicious sausages. A delight for foodies, the pigs in blankets lickable wrapping paper has mini sausages printed over it. It gives a little hint of what’s to come. But you’d never guess how innovative things can actually be!
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In India, imagine we’d have wrapping papers during Christmas that tasted like plum cake! Or how about a soan papdi-flavoured gift wrapper for Diwali? Now, that’s an innovation we’re totally rooting for!
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