Christmas wouldn't be the same without tucking into a box of chocolates.
Quality Street, Roses, Celebrations and Heroes selection tubs are often big hits in the festive season.
But supermarkets have their very own versions, which are just as good, if not better.
While a standard 650g Quality Street tub costs £3.50, you can pick up a Sainsbury's 'Chocolate Treats' 650g tub for the same price.
Head to Morrisons and you'll find a 650g 'Our Big Selection' for £4.
Quality Street may have 12 choices, compared to Sainsbury's nine and M&S's ten, but quality can sometimes overrule quantity.
Essex Live decided to sample each supermarket's selection boxes and find out who is top of the chocs.
Milk Chocolate Fudge - Sainsbury’s
Flavour: 6/10
Creaminess: 8/10
Chewiness: 7/10
Wrapping: 8/10
Chocolate design: 7/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 6 /10
Overall rating: 7/10
Fudge - Quality Street
Flavour: 7/10
Creaminess: 8/10
Chewiness: 5/10
Wrapping: 6/10
Chocolate design: 8/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 6/10
Overall rating: 6/10
Caramel Fudge - M&S
Flavour: 8/10
Creaminess: 8/10
Chewiness: 2/10
Wrapping: 9/10
Chocolate design: 7/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 8/10
Overall rating: 8/10
Hazelnut in caramel - Sainsbury’s
Flavour: 7/10
Creaminess: 8/10
Chewiness: 5/10
Wrapping: 3/10
Chocolate design: 4/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 8/10
Overall rating: 6.5/10
Hazelnut Whirl - Sainsbury’s
Flavour: 3/10
Creaminess: 3/10
Chewiness: 0/10
Wrapping: 2/10
Chocolate design: 8/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 10/10
Overall rating: 3/10
The Purple One - Quality Street
Flavour: 9/10
Creaminess: 6 /10
Chewiness: 6/10
Wrapping: 10/10
Chocolate design: 9/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 6/10
Overall rating: 9/10
Hazelnut in caramel - M&S
Flavour: 5/10
Creaminess: 4/10
Chewiness: 4/10
Wrapping: 4/10
Chocolate design: 4/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 8/10
Overall rating: 5/10
Orange Creme - Sainsbury’s
Flavour: 9/10
Creaminess: 10/10
Chewiness: 2/10
Wrapping: 8/10
Chocolate design: 8/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 2/10
Overall rating: 9/10
Orange Creme - Quality Street
Flavour: 8/10
Creaminess: 9/10
Chewiness: 3/10
Wrapping: 7/10
Chocolate design: 8/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 2/10
Overall rating: 8/10
Chocolate Orange Crunch - Quality street
Flavour: 7/10
Creaminess: 4/10
Chewiness: 5/10
Wrapping: 9/10
Chocolate design: 10/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 7/10
Overall rating: 6/10
Orange Creme - M&S
Flavour: 8/10
Creaminess: 8/10
Chewiness: 5/10
Wrapping: 8/10
Chocolate design: 8/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 4/10
Overall rating: 7/10
Strawberry Fondant Creme - Sainsbury’s
Flavour: 7/10
Creaminess: 7/10
Chewiness: 4/10
Wrapping: 7/10
Chocolate design: 7/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 8/10
Overall rating: 8/10
Strawberry Delight - Quality Street
Flavour: 6/10
Creaminess: 7/10
Chewiness: 4/10
Wrapping: 7/10
Chocolate design: 7/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 7/10
Overall rating: 7/10
Strawberry Flavour Creme - M&S
Flavour: 5/10
Creaminess: 6/10
Chewiness: 4/10
Wrapping: 6/10
Chocolate design: 8/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 5/10
Overall rating: 5/10
Double chocolate Eclair - Sainsbury’s
Flavour: 8/10
Creaminess: 7/10
Chewiness: 9.5/10
Wrapping: 7/10
Chocolate design: 6/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 7/10
Overall rating: 7/10
Coconut Eclair - Quality Street
Flavour: 8/10
Creaminess: 3/10
Chewiness: 6/10
Wrapping: 8/10
Chocolate design: 7/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 5/10
Overall rating: 8/10
Butterscotch Eclair - M&S
Flavour: 7/10
Creaminess: 8/10
Chewiness: 10/10
Wrapping: 6/10
Chocolate design: 6/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 1/10
Overall rating: 7/10
Dairy Toffee - Sainsbury’s
Flavour: 5/10
Creaminess: 6/10
Chewiness: 10/10
Wrapping: 8/10
Toffe Design: 3/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 0/10
Overall rating: 6/10
Toffee Penny - Quality Street
Flavour: 4/10
Creaminess: 4/10
Chewiness: 8/10
Wrapping: 7/10
Toffee Design: 4/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 0/10
Overall rating: 5/10
Toffee Finger - Quality Street
Flavour: 7/10
Creaminess: 7/10
Chewiness: 6/10
Wrapping: 6/10
Toffee Design: 5/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 6/10
Overall rating: 7/10
Cream Toffee - M&S
Flavour: 3/10
Creaminess: 2/10
Chewiness: 9/10
Wrapping: 3/10
Toffee Design: 4/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 3/10
Overall rating: 3/10
Chocolates that were unique to each tub
Salted Caramel - M&S
Flavour: 6/10
Creaminess: 7/10
Chewiness: 5/10
Wrapping: 6/10
Chocolate Design: 8/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 7/10
Overall rating: 5/10
Coffee Truffle - M&S
Flavour: 8/10
Creaminess:9 /10
Chewiness: 5/10
Wrapping: 6/10
Chocolate Design:7 /10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 3/10
Overall rating: 8/10
Biscuit in Caramel - M&S
Flavour: 6/10
Creaminess: 6/10
Chewiness: 8/10
Wrapping: 7/10
Chocolate Design: 6/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 7/10
Overall rating: 6/10
Milk Creme - M&S
Flavour: 8/10
Creaminess: 9/10
Chewiness: 6 /10
Wrapping: 7/10
Chocolate Design: 8/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 9/10
Overall rating: 9/10
Chocolate Fudge Brownie - Sainsbury’s
Flavour: 8/10
Creaminess: 4/10
Chewiness: 9/10
Wrapping: 9/10
Chocolate Design: 6/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 7/10
Overall rating: 9/10
The lowdown on supermarket selection tubs chocs
The Green Triangle - Quality Street
Flavour: 8/10
Creaminess:8 /10
Chewiness:5 /10
Wrapping: 7/10
Chocolate Design: 8/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 0/10
Overall rating: 9/10
Milk Choc Block - Quality Street
Flavour: 8/10
Creaminess:7 /10
Chewiness: 6/10
Wrapping: 3/10
Chocolate Design:4 /10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 0/10
Overall rating: 8/10
Caramel Swirl - Quality Street
Flavour: 8/10
Creaminess: 9/10
Chewiness: 3/10
Wrapping: 0/10 (it ripped)
Chocolate Design: 8/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 7/10
Overall rating: 8/10
Chocolate Caramel Brownie - Quality Street
Flavour: 7/10
Creaminess: 8/10
Chewiness: 4/10
Wrapping: 7/10
Chocolate Design: 8/10
Chocolate to filling ratio: 3/10
Overall rating: 6/10
After tasting each and every chocolate we are all feeling rather full, and the general consensus is that the M&S 'Big Selection' tub was by far the best.
