We are all guilty of overindulging in chocolate, desserts and snacks over Christmas.
It's one of the best things about the festive season.
Many of us are unaware of just how small the recommended portion sizes of our favourite Christmas treats are...
Play Like Mum has looked into the recommended portion sizes and nutritional value of some of the UK’s favourite Christmas treats.
They have found out how much should you be eating this holiday season and which Christmas treats are the healthiest.
Christmas Chocolates
| Product | Full Size | Recommended Portion Size | Portion as Fraction of Full Pack | Number of Individual Pieces | Calories per Portion |
| Toblerone | 360g | 32.7g | 227/2500 | 1 triangle | 175 |
| Terry's Chocolate Orange | 157g | 31.4g | 1/5 | 4 segments | 164 |
| Chocolate Coins | 70g | 23g | 1/3 | 2.6 coins | 119 |
| Quality Street | 650g | 19.69g | 3/100 | 2 sweets | 89 |
| Quality Street Mint Matchmakers | 120g | 15g | 1/8 | 4 sticks | 72 |
| After Eight Mints | 300g | 16.6g | 11/200 | 2 mints | 72 |
According to the recommended serving sizes, a 650g tub of Quality Streets should contain approximately thirty-three servings, which works out as just two sweets per serving!
Whilst another Christmas favourite, Toblerone, recommends just one individual triangle per serving, with each one containing 19.5g of sugar.
Christmas Snacks
| Product | Full Size | Recommended Portion Size | Portion as Fraction of Full Pack | Number of Individual Pieces | Calories per Portion |
| Pringles Sour Cream & Onion | 200g | 30g | 3/20 | 13 crisps | 152 |
| Tesco Scottish Shortbread Assortment Tin | 500g | 18.5g | 1/27 | 1 biscuit | 94 |
| Cadburys Festive Friends | 150g | 16.6g | 111/1000 | 4 biscuits | 83 |
| Bip 10 Pack Peppermint Candy Canes | 125g | 12g | 12/125 | 1 cane | 49 |
Overindulging is easy done when the recommended serving size of Sour Cream and Onion Pringles is 13 individual crisps...
Christmas Cakes
| Product | Full Size | Recommended Portion Size | Portion as Fraction of Full Pack | Number of Individual Pieces | Calories per Portion |
| Christmas Pudding | 400g | 100g | 1/4 | 1/4 pudding | 301 |
| Tesco Mini Topped Christmas Cake | 150g | 75g | 1/2 | Half cake | 284 |
| Chocolate Profiterole 12 Stack | 260g | 65g | 1/4 | 3 profiteroles | 238 |
| Strawberry Trifle | 600g | 150g | 1/4 | 1/4 trifle | 213 |
| Mince Pies | 324g | 54g | 167/1000 | 1 pie | 209 |
| Yule Log | 260g | 33g | 127/1000 | 1 slice | 134 |
If you’re looking to keep the calories down this Christmas, you might want to avoid the Christmas pudding, as 1 portion contains 301 calories.
A more diet-friendly option for Christmas dessert is a small slice of yule log at only 134 calories a slice or a quarter of a strawberry trifle for 213 calories.
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