With Easter eggs already lining supermarket shelves across Britain, shoppers are snapping up chocolate treats for children – and plenty for themselves, too.
In the UK, the average adult eats between three and four whole chocolate eggs over the Easter period.
Now, the most calorific festive eggs have been revealed – with one packing more than 2,000 calories, the entire recommended daily intake for the average woman.
Experts at digital healthcare provider ZAVA analysed more than 40 popular Easter egg chocolates on supermarket shelves to reveal which treats pack the biggest calorie punch this season.
The Ferrero Rocher Golden Easter Egg tops the chart as the most calorie-dense, with 613 calories per 100g.
Inside its golden shell, there are six Ferrero Rocher chocolates, bringing the full 250g treat to 1,532 calories.
This is more than 60 per cent of the NHS daily calorie recommendation for men and nearly 77 per cent for women.
The treat also contains a hefty 103g of sugar – roughly 26 teaspoons.
The Ferrero Rocher Golden Easter Egg tops the chart as the most calorie-dense, with 613 calories per 100g
In second place is Raffaello’s Large White Chocolate with Coconut and Almond Easter Egg, which contains 606 calories per 100g.
Weighing 235g and housing six Raffaello pralines, it contains 100g of sugar – the equivalent of 25 teaspoons – more than three times the NHS’s daily sugar limit (30g).
Three Waitrose eggs make the top ten, led by the Cracking Pistachio Easter Egg in third place (602 calories per 100g).
The 320g treat contains 142g of sugar – nearly five times the NHS daily limit – and 1,926 calories, roughly the equivalent of four Big Macs.
Other products from the flat egg collection – the Milk Chocolate & Caramelised Biscuit Flat Egg and Dark Chocolate & Nut Flat Egg – follow in sixth and tenth place, packing 583 and 565 calories per 100g respectively.
Another pistachio-packed contender is ASDA’s Pistachio & Himalayan Salt White Chocolate Egg, hopping into fourth place with 591 calories per 100g.
The 200g treat contains 45g of sugar per 100g, edging above Waitrose’s pistachio egg in sweetness.
Rounding out the top five is Lindt’s Lindor Dark Chocolate Easter Egg.
While it has the lowest sugar content in the top ten at 25g per 100g, its calorie density remains high at 587 per 100g, totalling 1,525 calories overall – roughly equivalent to four Greggs sausage rolls.
It comes as the calorie-tracking app MyFitnessPal has revealed that Cadbury Mini Eggs in sharing bags came out as the most logged Easter item overall, with 230,614 logs.
A standard 90g bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs contains around 444 calories. One 30g serving of around nine eggs contains 148 calories.
Despite slightly lower calorie counts, some Easter eggs deliver a jaw-dropping sugar hit.
Toblerone’s Golden Edgy Egg with Golden Truffles tops the list, with 61.2g of sugar per 100g – around 40 teaspoons in the full 258g treat, roughly double that of Ferrero Rocher’s Golden Easter Egg (26g per 100g).
Close behind is the mint-infused Aero Peppermint Chocolate Easter Egg, with 60.4g of sugar per 100g.
Rounding out the top three is the Rolo Large Easter Egg, which contains 59.9g per 100g.
