A Woolworths employee has revealed five interesting facts about the retailer’s hot cross buns including how many are sold sells why they hit the shelves so long before Easter.
The Woolies worker Liam shared the five facts in a video posted to the supermarket’s popular TikTok page.
He said the retail giants sells about ‘five Airbus A3-80s worth of hot cross buns’ across the country ‘which about 2865 tonnes in a year’.
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A Woolworths employee has revealed five interesting facts about the retailer’s hot cross buns including how many are sold sells why they hit the shelves so long before Easter
He said the retail giants sells about ‘five Airbus A3-80s worth of hot cross buns’ across the country ‘which about 2865 tonnes in a year’
Woolworths released their hot cross buns in stores just after Christmas last year which Liam explained was because ‘they are far too good to wait’.
‘We sold over 2million in the first week so we know you love them,’ he said.
Thirdly, Liam said April was unsurprisingly the month that sells the most hot cross buns.
‘The crosses on the top are made of – well that’s a secret, not telling you,’ Liam teased.
Liam said April was unsurprisingly the month that sells the most hot cross buns and there have been a range of limited edition flavours like mocha and banana and caramel
One viewer in the comments speculated, that like many recipes, the white crosses are simply made from flour and water however Woolworths would neither confirm nor deny the claim.
‘We’ve had many limited edition ones as well – banana caramel, apple and cinnamon, mocha,’ he said.
Each year Woolworths releases a unique limited edition hot cross bun variety and last year teamed up with Cadbury to create indulgent Caramilk flavoured and filled Easter treats.
In a previous video posted to their Instagram, Woolworths shared a decadent recipe for Caramilk hot cross bun churros served with a creamy Caramilk sauce perfect for Easter entertaining.
A Woolworths chef starts by cutting up the Caramilk hot cross buns into two centimetre wide strips, places them on a baking tray and brushes them with melted butter.
Previously, Woolworths shared a decadent recipe turning its limited-edition Caramilk hot cross buns into churros with a creamy dipping sauce
Start by cutting up hot cross buns into thin strips, place them on a baking tray and brush them with melted butter then put the bun pieces in the oven for until they are golden and crisp
He then put the bun pieces in the oven for 15 minutes until they are golden and crisp.
To make the sauce, combine 180 grams of chopped up Caramilk chocolate with thickened cream and microwave them together for one minute, stirring half way through.
For the churros, toss the bun strips into a bowl with a cinnamon and sugar mix.
For the dipping sauce melt Caramilk chocolate and cream together in the microwave, stirring half way through, then coat the bun pieces with a caster sugar and cinnamon mix
Ingredients
4 x Cadbury Caramilk hot cross buns
50g melted butter
1/3 cup thickened cream
180g Cadbury Caramilk chocolate
1/4 cup caster sugar
1/2tsp ground cinnamon
Method
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees/180 degrees fan-forced. Cut hot cross buns into 2cm-wide strips
2. Place on a baking paper-lined baking tray. Brush all over with butter. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden and crisp.
3. Meanwhile, place cream and chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high for 1 minute, stirring with a metal spoon halfway through, or until melted. Transfer to a small bowl.
4. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small, shallow dish. Toss hot cross bun strips, in batches, in cinnamon sugar, then arrange on a serving plate. Serve with Caramilk sauce.
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To serve arrange on a plate or board with a small bowl of the Caramilk sauce and enjoy.
Fans were quick to praise the ‘genius’ hack on Woolworth’s social media pages.
‘I tried these today and they were so good! Absolutely delicious. I wish they weren’t for a limited time only,’ one viewer said.
‘This looks amazing, I am doing this ASAP,’ wrote another.
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