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What: Ginsters yuletide bake is stuffed with turkey, smoked bacon, cranberries, potato and onion. Festive figures: 514 calories, 32g fat, 1g salt. Verdict: This isn’t going to help you get in shape for a Christmas bash – you’ll need to boogie for an hour to work it off – but cranberries are linked to fighting heart disease. SLOE GIN MINCE TARTS What: Aldi’s twist on the traditional mince pie laced with warming sloe gin. A Morrisons Gin and Tonic Crisps
Number crunched: 137 cals, 7.6g fat, 0.2g salt B Tesco Finest Candy Cane Crisps
Number crunched: 130 cals, 7.2g fat, 0.1g salt C Sainsbury’s Wensleydale and Cranberry Crisps
Number crunched: 129 cals, 7.5g fat, 0.2g salt D M&S Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese & Champagne Hand Cooked Crisps What: Tesco’s quirky, sprout-shaped truffles, contain smooth chocolate ganache inside a crispy coating. There are also chocolate truffle carrots. Festive figures: Per two chocs – 148cals, 9.8g fat, 13.2g sugar. Verdict: They may look like one of your five a day but don’t binge on these green or orange morsels – just three have about the same calories as in a Mars Bar. MINCE PIE ICE CREAM What: Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Mince Pie flavoured ice cream.
Number crunched: 127 cals, 7g fat, 0.3g salt E Iceland Pigs in Blankets
Number crunched: 126 cals, 7.7g fat, 0.3g salt F Lidl Norfolk Turkey, Sage and Onion Crisps
Number crunched: 126 cals, 7.1g fat, 0.3g salt G Pringles Pigs in Blankets
Number crunched: 125 cals, 6.4g fat, 0.2g salt H Asda Port and Stilton Crisps
Number crunched: 125 cals, 6.5g fat, 0.2g salt I Asda Turkey and Stuffing Crisps What: M&S Clementine & Cranberry Bucks Fizz Festive figures: 4% ABV, 94 cals per 125ml. Verdict: Much lower in alcohol than champagne or other prosecco, and you even get a vitamin C boost from the orange juice.
Number crunched: 125 cals, 6.4g fat, 0.2g salt J M&S Bloody Mary Hand Cooked Crisps
Number crunched: 115 cals, 5.2g fat, 0.2g salt K Sainsbury’s Maple Bacon Flavour Festive Pretzels
Number crunched: 107 cals, 2.7g fat, 0.3g salt L M&S Caramel Snowflake Pretzel Mix
Number crunched: 105 cals, 2.5g fat, 0.4g salt Verdict: You can munch a whole meal in crisps – but watch portion size. Pretzels will lower the calories but boost salt – linked to high blood pressure.
HERE we’ve ranked the nibbles from highest to lowest calories, per 25g portion…