Posted on March 20, 2015 by Jenny Cromack

 

With Easter approaching it’s safe to say Easter eggs and chocolate treats are lining the shelves of all supermarkets, corner shops and petrol stations. For many people they see it as a time to treat themselves to an easter egg or two…..“it’s Easter after all” and if you have kids it’s often hard to resist the temptation of having a nibble at the kids Easter eggs. I am not writing this blog to be a scrooge but I know many of you will be shocked by just how many of your favourite Easter eggs could seriously effect your health and fitness goals. The calories in Easter eggs is quite phenomenal.

Below I have listed the most popular easter treats and their nutritional content as well as how much exercise you would need to do to burn off each one.

NOTE – The exercise just demonstrates how much exercise you would need to burn off the calories for each of these treats, it will not counterbalance the consequences of taking in high levels of saturated fats or sugars.

How many calories are burned during exercise?

How many calories burned during exercise completely depends on the individual, I would always recommend using a heart rate monitor that is programmes to your weight and height to get a more accurate reading however here are some rough guides

Running 1 mile = 100 calories
Burpees for 1 minute = 10 calories
Jump Lunges for 1 minute = 12 calories
Renegade Rows for 1 minute = 15 calories
Squat and Press for 1 minute = 14 calories

Read below to see how many of these you would have to do to burn off those the calories in following Easter eggs and Easter treats.

MaltEaster Bunny

The names suits perfectly they tease, their small appearance tricks many people into thinking they are only small they can’t be that bad, but…

Per Maltesers Malteaster Bunny (29g)

Calories 157 Carbs 16.5g Protein 2g Fat 9.2g of which Sat 5.0g

You would need to run 1.5 miles to burn off this little bunny or do 16 minutes of burpees

Cadbury’s Mini Eggs

Another popular favourite, even I was shocked at how much sugar was in each individual one.

Per Cadburys Mini Egg (3.3g)

Calories 16,Carbohydrate 2.2g  of which sugars 2.19g, Protein 0.2g, Fat 0.7g,of which sat 0.45g

Eat 10 of these bad boys and you’re doing burpees for another 16 minutes or around 11 minutes of squat and press. 

Lindt Chocolate Mini Eggs

Per Chocolate Mini Egg, Lindt (5g)

Calories 30, Carbohydrate 2.3g of which sugars 2g, Protein 0.3g, Fat 2.3g  of which saturates 1.7g

Wolf down a measly 5 of these little bites and you’re doing jump lunges for over 10 minutes….if you want to not walk the next day then be our guest……

Cadbury Creme Egg

The most popular of Easter treats packs a high number of carbs and saturated fats so think before you add one to your shopping at the checkout.

Per Cadburys Creme Egg (39g)

Calories 180, Carbohydrate 28.5g, Protein 1.6g, Fat 6.3g of which sat 3.9g

Scoff this down and you might as well add another 2 mile run to your workout routine for the week. 

Cadbury’s Buttons Easter Egg

Per Cadburys Buttons Medium Easter Egg (162g)

Calories 858.6, Carbohydrate, 92.0g of which sugars 91.7g, Protein 12.2g, Fat 48.6g of which saturates 30.1g

Wow, eat all of this in one go and you’re going for a 8.5 mile run, and lets face it hundreds of burpees!

Galaxy Ripple Indulgence Easter Egg

This has a very alarmingly high level of sugars and saturated fats

Per Egg Shell (198g)

Calories 1047.4 cals, Carbohydrate 117.2g, of which sugars116.2g, Protein13.9g, Fat
57.2g of which saturates 34.3g

10.5 mile run anyone?

Dairy Milk Easter Egg, Cadbury

Per Cadburys Dairy Milk Large Easter Egg (343g)

Calories 1817.9, Carbohydrate194.8g, of which sugars 194.1g, Protein 25.7g, Fat 102.9g of which saturates 63.8

You may as well be training for a marathon after you have completed the 18 mile run needed to burn this beast off. 

Flake Easter Egg, Cadbury

Per Cadburys Flake Medium Easter Egg (153g)

Calories 810.9 cals, Carbohydrate 86.9g  of which sugars 86.6g, Protein 11.5g, Fat 45.9g
of which saturates 28.5g

Fancy 80 minutes of burpees, that’s what you need to burn this baby off. 

Kit Kat Chunky Easter Egg, Nestle

Per Nestle Kit Kat Chunky Easter Egg (235g)

Calories 1250.2, Carbohydrate 145g,  of which sugars142.2g, Protein12.9g, Fat
67.7g  of which saturates 35.5g

Run a half marathon to burn this off or do 100 minutes of jump lunges. 

 

So there we have it… the truth about the calories in Easter eggs. I may have ruined Easter but you certainly will ruin your fitness goals if you over consume on these.

Lucy