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Daily Mirror

National

Astrid Hall

Britain's favourite chocolate bars as voted for by Brits - do you agree with the choices?

Sweet-toothed adults will consume a massive 18,144 chocolate bars, cakes and biscuits in their lifetime.

This represents a calorie-busting 7,560 chocolate bars, 2,268 slices of chocolate cake and 8,316 chocolate biscuits.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) study revealed the average adult will also enjoy 3,024 mugs of hot cocoa, 126 Easter eggs and feast on 2,898 miniature chocolates.

Snickers topped the poll as the nation's favourite chocolate bar, beating the classic Cadbury Dairy Milk by a narrow margin.

The study of 2,000 adults also found Galaxy is the nation's third favourite chocolate bar, which was controversially followed by Bounty - beating a KitKat for fourth place.

Classics Twix, Twirl and Wispa, snuck into the top 10, followed by Mars Bar and Flake.

Jo Pullin, Dechox campaign manager at the BHF, said: "We know that chocolate isn't an essential part of a healthy diet but is a much-loved indulgence in the UK.

"Whether it's in cakes, biscuits, a tasty dessert or a chocolate bar, there are so many options available it's easy to lose track of how much chocolate we're consuming.

"It can be difficult to break our chocolate habits but Dechox is the perfect way to help cut your chocolate cravings whilst raising money for a good cause."

The study also found the average UK adult will enjoy 6,048 Bounty, Snickers, Milky Ways and KitKats over their lifetime.

Around 9,072 Double Deckers, Mars Bars, Twix, KitKat Chunky's, Yorkies and Boost bars will also be consumed alongside 6,804 Cadbury Dairy Milks, Twirls, Kinder Buenos and Lion Bars.

It also emerged more than two-fifths of Brits confess to being chocoholics, and 45 per cent would really struggle to try and give up the treat.

The average UK adult will enjoy 6,048 Bounty, Snickers, Milky Ways and KitKats over their lifetime (X90072)

As many as two-fifths agreed chocolate is their favourite food, and an equal percentage (40 per cent) confessed they couldn't live without it.

Of the 21 per cent who HAVE attempted to scrap the sweet stuff, they have managed to last an average of 20 days before caving to cravings.

The research, conducted via OnePoll, found 57 per cent struggle to give up things which are bad for them - where chocolate is a frequent culprit.

The figures have been released ahead of the BHF's Dechox campaign - the charity's annual challenge to get the nation to give up chocolate for the month of March to raise funds for the BHF's life saving research into heart and circulatory diseases.

Jo Pullin, of BHF, added: "We know we're a nation of chocolate lovers and that's why we're calling on the nation to put their will power to the test this March for a fantastic cause.

"Dechox is a great way to help curb your chocolate cravings and fund the British Heart Foundation's vital research into heart and circulatory conditions, which affects around seven million people in the UK."

Send chocolate packing and challenge yourself to a Dechox this March. Find out more at www.bhf.org.uk/dechox