Including a Specially Selected Barmbrack from Stapleton’s Bakery in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
Barmbracks in store from Thursday, 10th September
Aldi announced today that its range of Halloween Barmbracks will be on sale in 143 stores nationwide from Thursday, 10th September. This year, Aldi will be selling a delicious Specially Selected Barmbrack €1.89 baked by Stapleton’s Bakery in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. In addition to that, Aldi will also be selling a Halloween Magic Brack for €0.89 and a Halloween Brack for €1.39.
Stapleton’s Bakery in Roscrea supply Aldi’s with 9 Fresh Bread lines including Handmade Irish Pitta Bread, and due to the unprecedented high demand for flour during lockdown, Stapleton’s also started supplying all Aldi stores nationwide with two varieties of flour!
The history of the Barmbrack:
Barmbrack is the centre of an Irish Halloween custom. The Halloween Brack (also known as bairín breac) traditionally contained various objects baked into the bread and was used as a sort of fortune-telling game. In the barmbrack were: a pea, a stick, a piece of cloth, a small coin (originally a silver sixpence) and a ring.
Each item, when received in the slice, was supposed to carry a meaning to the person concerned: the pea, the person would not marry that year; the stick, would have an unhappy marriage or continually be in disputes; the cloth or rag, would have bad luck or be poor; the coin, would enjoy good fortune or be rich; and the ring, would be wed within the year.
The above products are on sale in 143 Aldi stores nationwide from Thursday, 10th September while stocks last
