Many a discussion and argument has been had at Christmas time regarding this debate, but it seems we have finally found the answer.
Thanks to research undertaken by Aldi, the results are in and Celebrations has been named as Ireland’s favourite sweet tin!
In second place was Heroes, and followed closely by Quality Street and Cadbury’s Selection Box which were joint for third.
Meanwhile, it was bad news for Roses lovers as the tin finished in last place.
However, in Donegal the poll saw Quality Street came out as victors as the favourite sweet tin.
The poll may have also settled another argument – which individual sweet is the best – with Maltesers Celebrations coming out on top.
Quality Street’s Strawberry Delight came in second, their Green Triangle placed third, and Celebrations’ Galaxy landed the fourth-place slot. Finishing the top five out was Heroes’ Dairy Milk.
Aldi’s survey also revealed that 68% of participants in the survey admitted to eating more sweets than usual in the lead-up to Christmas. 43% of people also admitted to regularly eating sweets or desserts for breakfast during Christmas week.
Interestingly, the Aldi survey also found that 18% of people would rather sacrifice Christmas dinner than not be able to eat any treats over Christmas week.
The full list is available below:
| Top sweet tins | Top 5 sweets overall | ||
| 1 | Celebrations | 1 | Maltesers – Celebrations |
| 2 | Heroes | 2 | Strawberry Delight – Quality Street |
| 3 | Quality Street | 3 | Green Triangle – Quality Street |
| 3 | Cadbury’s Selection Box | 4 | Galaxy – Celebrations |
| 5 | Roses | 5 | Dairy Milk – Heroes |
| County: | Favourite sweet per county: |
| Wicklow | Cadbury’s Selection Box |
| Dublin | Celebrations |
| Wexford | Heroes |
| Westmeath | Roses |
| Offaly | Cadbury’s Selection Box |
| Roscommon | Quality Street |
| Tipperary | Heroes |
| Galway | Roses/Heroes |
| Kerry | Quality Street |
| Kildare | Quality Street |
| Laois | Heroes/Celebrations |
| Leitrim | Heroes |
| Limerick | Celebrations |
| Louth | Cadbury’s Selection Box |
| Kilkenny | Quality Street |
| Fermanagh | Roses |
| Monaghan | Cadbury’s Selection Box/Roses |
| Antrim | Roses |
| Armagh | Roses |
| Carlow | Heroes |
| Clare | Cadbury’s Selection Box |
| Cork | Cadbury’s Selection Box |
| Down | Cadbury’s Selection Box/Celebrations |
| Donegal | Quality Street |
| Cavan | Celebrations |
| Countrywide | Celebrations |
Do you agree with the choice for Donegal and Ireland’s favourites?
