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Iceland's Christmas 'minge pies' are going viral... but they're fake

Tragically.

Oct 28th 2014, 1:45 PM 6,060 Views 1 Comment

ICELAND HAS RELEASED a line of mince pies for Christmas, at the bargain price of £1.50 for 12.

And you may have seen this picture floating around the internet today:

The importance of choosing the right font! Iceland should have come to us for their graphic design. pic.twitter.com/rRT3nlR6vv
— SIGMA Technology (@SigmaTechSolsUK) October 25, 2014

Source: Fire Pineapple/Twitter

Minge pies… minge pies.

The image is going viral on Twitter and Facebook, thanks in part to Caitlin Moran:

And some help from the Independent:

Source: independent.co.uk

Here’s the thing, though: the image is actually a doctored fake. Here’s what the real packaging looks like:

Source: Iceland

Tragic, we know. Perhaps a rival supermarket doctored the image in anger after Iceland’s mince pies won the taste test.

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Iceland's Christmas 'minge pies' are going viral... but they're fake

Tragically.