The Woolies bakery item that has customers raving
Woolworths have revealed how they make the ever so popular finger buns. However - there is one thing some customers wish they had more of.
In a TikTok that has clocked-up half a million views, Woolies staff member Liam Kirley, who runs the supermarket’s page, shared a step-by-step guide of how the store makes its classic iced finger buns – which are priced at $3 for a pack of four.
The whole process takes under an hour, with baking staff mixing the dough first for about five to six minutes, before letting it rest for another 10 minutes.
@woolworths_au Your classic afternoon snack. #Woolies #Woolworths #wooliesgang ♬ original sound - Woolworths_au
“Then it gets moulded,” Liam explained while sharing footage of the process.
“We then let it proof and rise with the self-raising yeast in it.
“The dough then goes into the oven for 20 minutes.”
In the meantime, Woolies bakers prepare the icing which comes in two flavours – either pink with sprinkles or white with coconut.
“The buns come out of the oven, we glaze them and then they cool off,” Liam said.
“And then we ice them – and this bit is satisfying,” he says while showing icing oozing out of a piping bag.
“And that is how we make our famous finger buns at Woolies.”
Liam’s clip has been liked more than 63,000 times and hundreds of viewers have taken to the comments section to express their love for the tasty treat.
“I love your finger buns; I get them every time I go to Woolies!” one shopper wrote.
“The fact that I’m literally eating one then I come across this video,” said another, while a third person added: “Of [course] this comes up after my family ate the whole pack and I didn’t get one.”
“I honestly thought these were just a gift from god,” a fourth person joked.
However, while many continued to rave about the bakery item, others said it lacked one thing. “Mate, love the finger buns – they were my childhood – but they never had enough icing,” one person wrote.
“Needs more icing,” said another, with a third agreeing: “Not enough icing though.”
One shopper suggested they should “put icing around the whole thing but the bottom”.
It is understood that Woolies currently has plans to change its finger bun recipe.
“It’s great to hear excitement around our Woolworths Iced Finger Bun range, which has been a customer favourite since it launched,” a Woolworths spokesperson said.
Images: TikTok