Fine MILK chocolate 45% (sugar, MILK powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin), sugar, skimmed MILK powder, palm oil, HAZELNUTS (6.5%), concentrated BUTTER, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin. Ingredients: White chocolate 29.5% (cocoa butter, sugar, skimmed MILK powder, concentrated BUTTER, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin), sugar, palm oil, WHEAT flour, HAZELNUTS (10.5%), skimmed MILK powder, MILK powder, MILK chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, skimmed MILK powder, concentrated BUTTER, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin), fat-reduced cocoa, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), salt, vanillin. Fine MILK chocolate 50% (sugar, whole MILK powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin), sugar, skimmed MILK powder, palm oil, HAZELNUTS (5.8%), concentrated BUTTER, dark chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin), glazing agents (gum arabic), glucose syrup, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin.

The most important things to consider when buying a chocolate Santa are price, appearance and, of course, taste. Given how many sweet treats most of us are likely to consume over the festive period, I think it’s highly unlikely that anybody is going to choose one chocolate Santa over another based on it being slightly less unhealthy. So scores in these three areas will determine the chocolate Santa league table. Ingredients: fine MILK chocolate 45% (sugar, MILK powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin), skimmed MILK powder, sugar, vegetable fats (palm, shea), concentrated BUTTER, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin. Total milk constituents: 32% - total cocoa constituents: 14.5%. Milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 32% min., milk solids 22.5% min.

Fine MILK chocolate 40% (sugar, MILK powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin), sugar, skimmed MILK powder, palm oil, concentrated BUTTER, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin. How do you eat yours? It’s the marketing slogan for Creme Eggs, but I expect psychologists would be able to tell a lot about you by applying the question to a chocolate Santa. Do you bite his head off (the method I adopted), or bash him against a hard surface until he breaks into small pieces? There’s no avoiding some form of torture for the poor bloke, and what’s he ever done to you apart from bring you some nice presents?

Fine MILK chocolate 45% (sugar, MILK powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin), skimmed MILK powder, sugar, vegetable fats (palm, shea), concentrated BUTTER, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin.Ingredients: MILK chocolate 31% (sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, skimmed MILK powder, concentrated BUTTER, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin), sugar, palm oil, WHEAT flour, HAZELNUTS (10.5%), skimmed MILK powder, MILK powder, chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin), fat-reduced cocoa, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), salt, vanillin. Fine MILK chocolate 47% (sugar, whole MILK powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin), skimmed MILK powder, sugar, vegetable fats (palm, shea), concentrated BUTTER, emulsifier: lecithins ( SOYA), vanillin. I know, I know, I’m overanalysing. But if I’m going to try to rank five chocolate Santas to help readers understand the differences between them and which is the best one to buy, some very close attention to detail is required.