Greggs Pigs Under Blankets Baguette
Greggs Christmas menu · 2026
Greggs Pigs Under Blankets Baguette: What’s Actually In It
If you’ve spotted this on the festive menu and wondered whether it’s worth the hype, short answer: yes. It’s basically the best bit of Christmas dinner, minus the washing up, stuffed into a baguette. Here’s exactly what’s in it, how many calories you’re signing up for, and how it’s different from the sharing box version.
Greggs’ Pigs Under Blankets Baguette is a crusty white baguette packed with pork sausages, smoked sweetcure bacon, pork, sage and onion stuffing, and a cranberry and port sauce – all the good bits of a Christmas dinner in handheld form. It’s been part of the festive lineup since 2018, and it’s separate from Greggs’ standalone sharing boxes of pigs in blankets, which come in packs of 2, 4 or 6. At around 570 calories, it sits right in line with Greggs’ other loaded festive baguettes.
So what’s actually in it?
Per Greggs’ own description, this one doesn’t hold back: perfectly cooked pork sausages, smoked sweetcure bacon, a layer of pork, onion and sage stuffing, and a cranberry and port sauce, all packed into a freshly baked crusty white baguette. It’s built to taste like the best forkfuls of a roast dinner, without needing a fork, a table, or your gran asking if you’ve had enough sprouts.
| Component | What it brings |
|---|---|
| Pork sausages | The “pigs” part of the equation, the base of the filling |
| Smoked sweetcure bacon | The “blanket” — wrapped around the sausages for the classic combo |
| Pork, sage & onion stuffing | Adds the savoury, herby Christmas-dinner flavour |
| Cranberry & port sauce | The sweet-tart finish that ties the whole thing together |
| Crusty white baguette | Holds it all together, freshly baked |
How many calories are we talking?
Based on independently logged nutrition data, the baguette comes in at around 570 calories.
| Nutrient | Approx. per baguette |
|---|---|
| Calories | ~570 kcal |
| Carbohydrates | ~77g |
| Fat | ~18g |
| Protein | ~22g |
For exact, currently listed pricing on this and Greggs’ other baguettes, our Greggs Baguette Prices 2026 guide is kept up to date — loaded festive baguettes like this one typically sit toward the higher end of Greggs’ baguette range. If you’re after a bundled deal, the Christmas Big Deal has typically let you pair a festive sandwich like this one with a side and a drink for around £5 — see our Christmas Menu 2026 guide for the current terms.
Baguette or sharing box? Know the difference
This trips people up every year. Greggs actually sells two different pigs-in-blankets products at Christmas, and they’re not the same thing.
| Product | What it is | 2025 price |
|---|---|---|
| Pigs Under Blankets Baguette | A full baguette meal with sausage, bacon, stuffing and sauce | See our baguette pricing guide |
| Sharing box (2) | Bacon-wrapped sausages only, no bread or stuffing | £4.50 |
| Sharing box (4) | Same, larger sharing size | £8.00 |
| Sharing box (6) | Same, largest sharing size | £11.50 |
If you want a full meal on the go, the baguette is your one. If you’re after a festive side or something to share at a desk lunch or a get-together, the box is the better shout.
Not actually new: it’s been around since 2018
For the full current festive lineup once it lands, our Greggs Christmas Menu 2026 guide covers everything, and if you’re after the other big returning favourite, check out our page on the Greggs Festive Bake.
Fun fact: 12 December is officially National Pigs in Blankets Day in the UK, a title first declared back in 2013 by Yorkshire butcher Farmison & Co. It’s not just a novelty date either — an estimated 100 million-plus pigs in blankets get eaten across the UK on Christmas Day alone.
Quick one: why do we even call it that?
“Pigs in blankets” has been the accepted British name for bacon-wrapped sausages since roughly the 1920s. It’s worth knowing the name means something completely different in the US, where “pigs in a blanket” usually refers to sausages wrapped in croissant or biscuit dough — essentially what we’d just call a sausage roll. The UK version has always meant one thing: sausage, wrapped in bacon, no pastry involved. Greggs’ baguette sticks firmly to the British definition, just with a baguette doing the job a dinner plate normally would.
Quick questions, straight answers
It’s a crusty white baguette filled with pork sausages, smoked sweetcure bacon, pork, sage and onion stuffing, and finished with a cranberry and port sauce — basically all the trimmings of a Christmas dinner, minus the sprouts, in sandwich form.
It comes in at around 570 calories per baguette, based on independently logged nutrition data. That’s roughly 77g of carbs, 18g of fat and 22g of protein, which is broadly in line with Greggs’ other loaded festive baguettes.
Yes. Alongside the baguette, Greggs sells a standalone sharing option of bacon-wrapped sausages in boxes of 2, 4 or 6, priced at £4.50, £8.00 and £11.50 respectively during the 2025 Christmas season. These are a separate product from the baguette, aimed at sharing or as a side rather than a full meal on their own.
The short version: if Christmas dinner in a baguette sounds like your kind of lunch, this is the one to grab. Just remember it’s a different product from the sharing boxes, and both tend to sell out fast once December gets going.
