Fear not, weary slicers and stone-grabbers of avocado, no longer must you risk the horror of avocado hand to make a topping for your toast every Sunday morning.

While avocados are widely celebrated (I’m not a fan, please don’t throw things), it is a truth universally acknowledged that they are a massive faff to prepare – that’s why every other month there’s a new hack to make them easier to slice.

Once you carefully slice open your avocado you’ve got to stab your knife into the stone and ease it out, all the while risking a chopped finger or wrist strain. It’s a nightmare, really.



To make things a little simpler, M&S has just launched stoneless avocados.


That’s right, people. The joy of an avocado without the annoying stone.

Cocktail avocados are small, elongated avocados approximately five to eight centimetres long. They look a bit like mini courgettes.

And here’s the exciting bit – unlike a regular avocado, there’s no stone and the skin is edible, meaning no peeling, no slicing, no faffing about with weird hacks. You can eat the whole thing. Bite straight into it if you fancy.

A cocktail avocado is simply the result of an unpollinated avocado blossom (no, M&S has not just yanked out the stones for you). Marks & Spencer say the avocado flesh is smooth, creamy, and rich in flavour. Sounds nice.

Now for some bad news. Cocktail avocados are grown in Spain and only available in December, when they’re usually bought up by chefs to be used in high end restaurants. This means they can be quite tricky to get hold of.

This year M&S has a decent stock of the stoneless avos, but these will only be available in selected M&S stores throughout December, while stocks last. Once they’re gone, you’ll have to go straight back to risking your fingers for a nice brunch.

If you are lucky enough to be near an M&S that stocks the avocados, you can buy a pack for £2. Now what are you going to do with the ten minutes you saved not having to peel, chop, and de-stone?

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