- The competition will run on consecutive days from 1-24 December 2025. Users must click on all 24 Christmas puddings to enter the prize draw. The competition will close at 23:59 GMT on 25 December and after that point, no more entries will be accepted.
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- Winners will be selected at random in January 2026 by an independent judge from all the received, and completed, entries. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The first prize is the Microplane bundle, consisting of 1 x Fine Grater, 1 x Coarse Grater, 1 x Extra Coarse Grater, 1 x Ribbon Grater, 1 x Zester, 1 x Y-Shaped Peeler, 1 x Pizza Wheel, 1 x Spice Mill 2-in-1, plus a signed copy of Nigella’s book Nigella Christmas. The Microplane bundle will be delivered direct by Microplane.
- The next five runners up will receive a copy of Nigella Christmas, signed by Nigella.
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Welcome to the 2025 Nigella.com
Christmas Pudding Hunt
Win this Fabulous Bundle of Microplane Goodies!
The competition is open to everyone – wherever you live in the world – all you need to do is sign into Nigella.com, or quickly register if you aren’t already a member. Don’t worry – it’s a painless process, and free! Then you are ready to play.
Every day, from the 1st to the 24th of December, we’ll give you a hint to find that day’s numbered Christmas pudding, which will be hidden on one of Nigella’s Christmas recipes. Search for the recipe that you believe the hint is linked to, and if correct, you will see a numbered Christmas pudding. Click on the pudding, when signed in to your account, to add it to your collection. The last pud will be on 24th of December – and if you’ve managed to find all the puds, you will be entered into a prize draw for a chance to win this fabulous bundle of Microplane goodies, consisting of 1 x Fine Grater, 1 x Coarse Grater, 1 x Extra Coarse Grater, 1 x Ribbon Grater, 1 x Zester, 1 x Y-Shaped Peeler, 1 x Pizza Wheel, 1 x Spice Mill 2-in-1, along with a copy of Nigella’s book NIGELLA CHRISTMAS, signed for you. And we have five more copies of NIGELLA CHRISTMAS, ready to be signed by Nigella for our five runners-up.
Don’t worry if you miss a day – or if you come to the competition after the 1st – you can still enter. You can see the previous days’ hints below, and collect the puds you’ve missed. It also provides a handy checklist so you can make sure you’ve got all your puds.
The winners will be drawn in the New Year and announced on the site. Happy hunting!
Today's Hint
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It’s our last recipe to find before Christmas, and perhaps the final dish to cook for your Christmas feast despite the protests from many! This traditional veg, a mini cabbage, is garnished with nuts and bacon.
Previous Hints
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23
Today you are looking for a fabulously festive creation which encases an intense chocolate layer cake with a snowy marshmallow icing. Reindeer and fir trees set the scene for your frosty kingdom!
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22
Today you are looking for an alpine scene you might find on a Christmas card. Reindeer, fir trees and a fresh blanket of glittering snow covering a rocky road!
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21
Today’s recipe is a jar of red, spicy jelly often made as a Christmas gift, and a wonderful addition to Boxing Day cold cuts and sandwiches. Go on and spice up your Christmas!
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20
Don’t be fooled into making a charcuterie board with this chocolate confection. It’s carefully strung and dusted with icing sugar, and we think that Christmas really is the time for a culinary pun!
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19
Today you are looking for a clue within a clue, and the namesake of this competition. You last saw this recipe on Stir-up Sunday at the end of November filled with charm-s.
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18
Your Christmas party needs this festively red cocktail! It’s named after the pot plant we love to decorate our houses with at this time of year. And it’s served in a jug to keep your guests well-watered all evening!
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17
Don’t get hung up on your baking skills when you make these tasty snowflake decs. Any Christmas cookie cutters will do here, just hang them high so little hands can’t reach.
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16
These doll’s house Christmas puddings are just the cutest, and you’ll find them arranged like a box of chocolate truffles.
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15
On NYE you do-nut want to miss these deep-fried sugar dusted treats!
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14
This really is the king of Christmas condiments and saved just for your turkey too! It’s definitely the colour of Christmas – Santa’s coat, Rudolph’s nose and the berries on the holly to name but a few!
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13
This slow-cooked black beauty is covered in a treacly coat and decorated with clove-studded diamonds. Dressed to impress for your Christmas table.
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12
These almond bars look like a sausage roll but there’s no piggy in the middle here!
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11
There’s something fishy about the recipe you are looking for today. In Nigella’s house it is known as chip gratin, and this Swedish dish is always a temptation.
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10
These bite-sized pastry treats are just SO Christmassy, you’ll not get through the festive season without being offered one of these, and that includes Santa too when he comes down the chimney!
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9
These Dutch biscuits could be right up your street, and that street is lined with houses that Nigella proclaims are “the perfect Christmas cookie”!
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8
This festive Jammy Dodger is made pretty as a picture with dinky Christmas cutters to show off the glistening red sandwich filling!
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7
Everyone loves this bathing Christmas bird, and it’s always the centre of attention at your festive lunch.
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6
On Christmas morning you might think you’ve overslept when you come down to find this breakfast. It’s certainly trifling with tradition!
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5
Today you are looking for a celestial cocktail in a winter wonderland - let’s hope it’s a flurry and not a blizzard!
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4
This devilishly good canape is always a winner and egg-actly what you need to hand around at your Christmas gathering.
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3
Take a gander at this Dickens-inspired roasted centrepiece for your Christmas dinner, and you will find today’s clue.
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2
Look for a festive cake baked in a Bundt pan. It’s topped with a forest full of snow-topped fir trees.
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1
When Father Christmas steers his sleigh through the night sky to deliver presents, he could always have a nibble at the constellations as he goes!