When it comes to Christmas chocolates, Quality Street is usually everyone's go to but do you actually get as much chocolate as you think inside its tubs?
A standard 650g tub of Quality Street will set you back around £4 unless stores reduce them which usually happens during Christmas week so keep an eye out.
Whereas Sainsbury's 'Chocolate treats' 650g tubs cost £3.50 and Marks & Spencer's 650g 'Our Big Selection' tub costs £4.
Quality Street has 12 different chocolates while Sainsbury's and M&S' only has 10. But how do the three compare in taste and best value for money?
Our sister paper in Essex, EssexLive decided, in the spirit of Christmas, to eat all the chocolates which resulted in a very surprising verdict.
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
The following are the other random 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 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
The results
After tasting each and every chocolate we are all feeling rather full, and the general consensus was the M&S 'Big Selection' tub was by far the best.
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