Could you eat 1.5 tonnes of chocolate?

Us too, and now it’s official – The typical Brit will munch through almost 1.5 tonnes of chocolate worth more than £12K in their lifetime, according to a new study by Vouchercodes.

Boffins polled 2,000 UK adults and found they’ll each tuck into 7,004 bars on average – including 1,642 dark chocolate, 1,425 white and 3,934 milk, weighing in at a massive 315kg.

The nation’s favourite is Cadbury Dairy Milk, with those polled typically consuming 22 of them in total every year and 1,317 in their lifetime.

Snickers secured second spot, with Brits devouring 14 bars a year, and the third most popular choccy treat is a Bounty with 12 bars consumed annually.

Commissioned by leading savings site, VoucherCodes, the research also found four in 10 Brits admit to being a chocoholic.

And six in 10 would ‘hate’ to live in a world without the cocoa-based treat.

Anita Naik, lifestyle editor of VoucherCodes, said: “As the results show, we Brits absolutely adore chocolate – whether it’s in the form of a bar, a biscuit or even a slice of cake.

“Although more than one third of nation say chocolate is their absolute favourite food, I was still surprised to learn our chocolate obsession will cost each of us £12k in a lifetime.

“It’s clear that despite bar sizes shrinking and prices going up, we Brits are still happy to spend our cash on a sugary pick-me-up.”

It also emerged that:

• Brits will crack into a total of 104 Easter Eggs during their lifetime – that’s 13kg of chocolate overall.
• 668 slices of chocolate cake will be savoured – working out to be 44kg.
• Almost 3,000 mugs of hot chocolate will be downed, weighing in at 943kg.
• And they’ll nibble away at 8,719 or 92kg of biscuits or cookies containing chocolate over their lifetime.
• Nine in 10 Brits are willing to share a box of chocolate.