Most shoppers are aware you can now pick up your Greggs goodies from Iceland, but it's not the only chain the supermarket has teamed up with.
From Harry Ramsden's to TGI Fridays, the retailer has a rapidly growing list of exclusive brands and among the most recent additions to its freezers is Chiquito. It's been many years since we'd been to the Mexican restaurant itself and our children, aged 13 and 11, had in fact never been.
So of course we had to head there first to sample the delights before comparing it with the supermarket version. We're a chilli and fajita-loving household and although we favour varying degrees of spice - from zero to bring it on - I was confident we'd be able to find something we all liked.
The menu was actually a lot bigger than I remembered, covering everything from nachos and tortillas to burgers and steaks. I think we took our love for halloumi sticks a little too far ordering three lots, but in our defence the portions - five generously sized ones with each serving - were much bigger than in other places we've eaten.
The nachos were a treat too, again a generous portion perfectly displayed with just the right amount of each ingredient. The real beauty of eating out is being able to order exactly what you want, exactly how you want it and with the 'build your own' tortillas, that means you get to 'spice it your way' from BBQ or mild, to hot or even volcano.
But it was no big deal making changes to anything on the menu - our waitress totally unfazed by our 'no cheese on that', 'extra cheese on that' requests. As full as we were, it was the same friendly waitress to blame for the 'golden nugget cheesecake' arriving when we were clearly fit to burst. It was more of a recommendation than a gun to our heads, but I was once told it's not a review if you don't order dessert so I'm sticking with that.
I'm glad we did. 'Filled with chocolate pieces, topped with chocolate-coated honeycomb and chocolate sauce', it was every bit as delicious as it sounds.
And despite being too full to finish his chicken burrito - we probably could have got away with the children's menu in this place - our youngest didn't have any problem polishing off his 'toffee popcorn brownie'.
After such a feast, it was more than a week before we felt able to put Iceland's Chiquito dishes to the test. There are 22 products to choose from in all - some of them being online exclusives. And most of them are different to what appears on the menu, a wise move considering a frozen meal is rarely going to meet the standard of a freshly-made restaurant dish.
While some make a meal on their own - the spicy chicken enchiladas a particular hit - other products like the wraps, piri piri half chicken and sunshine rice can be used in the same 'build your own' way that the restaurant offers.
The biggest difference is the heat though and I don't mean me sweating trying to get the timings of everything sorted in the oven and microwave.
Although there were a few items the children would eat - fajita chicken strips, piri piri skin on fries and halloumi sticks (shock) - much of it was simply too spicy.
"I need a glass of milk," panted our youngest after tucking into the beef burrito bowl - perhaps we should have warned him about the double chilli pepper label on the box.
They were happy with a wrap with some chicken and sunshine rice though, the sweet chilli tortillas went down a storm. And of course they managed to leave room for some churros, which come with some cinnamon sugar and chocolate dip, and we didn't have a problem finishing the plateful.
It might not be as sweet as eating out and not quite the same standard as having a chef cook up fresh ingredients from scratch, but it was a treat nonetheless and a much cheaper one at that - and it sure comes with a kick.
Prices in Iceland's Chiquito range start from £1.50 and can be ordered online.
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