CHRISTMAS is just around the corner and it’s never too early to get your chocolates in.
If you’re on the lookout for tubs of treats this festive season, then you’ll be on the hunt for the best bargain.
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To save you the trouble we’ve rounded up the best deals on offer for the most popular boxes of chocs.
We used the discount-hunting site HotUKDeals and found a saving on the 600g tubs of chocs at Tesco.
We also used the comparison site trolley.co.uk and compared the cost of other Christmas chocolates including Celebrations, Roses, Ferrero Rochers and Heroes.
The tool searches and compares the prices of 130,000 products across all the major shops.
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But you’ll have to be quick because some of the offers are only available for a set period.
It goes to show it always pays to compare prices so you know you’re getting the best deal.
It’s also important to bear in mind that as we approach the Christmas season, there are always sales and special offers on big tubs.
So if you think you can hold out for a lower price keep your eyes peeled over the coming weeks.
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Below we compare the current prices of Christmas chocs across the big supermarkets.
Quality Street
The cheapest supermarkets selling Quality Street are currently Sainsbury’s and Tesco, charging £4 if you’re signed up to their loyalty schemes.
It’s free to sign up, but if you don’t have one, you’ll be charged £5.50 or £5 respectively.
The next cheapest after Sainsbury’s and Tesco are Aldi, Ocado and Asda at £4.50.
Although if you fancy two tubs, Asda does have two for £8 deal.
Meanwhile, Morrisons and B&M are all selling a 600g tub for £5.
The most expensive place to buy the chocs this week is currently Iceland, which is selling them for £5.50.
Celebrations
Celebrations are a lot of Brits’ go-to for Christmas sweets, with a variety of popular Nestle treats.
You can currently nab a 600g tub of Celebrations for £4 instead of £5 at Tesco.
Of course, you will need to make sure you’ve signed up for the Clubcard loyalty scheme.
Although, this is only 50p less than the next cheapest at Asda which is selling the chocs for £4.50.
But again, if you fancy doubling up you can get two boxes for £8.
The next cheapest is at Morrisons for a fiver,
Sainsbury’s, Iceland and Ocado are selling the same size tubs for £5.50.
It means the saving between the most expensive and the cheapest is £1.50.
Ferrero Rocher
Ferrero Rochers are one of the posher choices for a chocolate Christmas treat.
It means they’re always a bit more expensive than the average tub of festive chocolates.
The cheapest choice we found for a box of 24 was at Tesco for just £6.
This is reduced at the moment from a whopping £9.50, and you will need to have a Clubcard if you want them at the discounted price.
It’s free to sign up to the loyalty scheme and you can do so online.
At the other end of the scale, the most pricey box of the posh chocs was at Boots for £8.25.
It means that by picking up the the box at Tesco will save you £2.25 in total.
Heroes
Heroes offers the ideal combination of Cadbury chocolates for the festive season.
Of all the supermarkets listed on Trolley, the cheapest tub for Heroes is £4 at Tesco and Sainsbury’s again for Clubcard and Nectar customers.
That’s the price of a 550g tub, so slightly smaller than both Quality Street and Celebrations.
Heroes are also in the two for £8 offer at Asda though, but you’ll need to make sure you pick up two to get the deal.
Morrisons is selling the treats for £5.
There’s a £1.30 price difference between the cheapest and the most expensive, we found the most pricey shop selling the same size tubs was at Ocado or £5.30.
Roses
Cadbury fans have another great festive option in Roses.
There isn’t a huge price difference between the priceiest and the cheapest this week.
Nectar and Clubcard shoppers can get a tub for £4 at Sainsbury’s and Tesco, or pay £5.50 or £5 without.
Asda and Ocado are selling the same 550g tub for £4.50 each.
Or you can pick up two boxes of the chocolates for £4 each under the Asda offer, but you need to pick up two for £8.
While Ocado is selling the same size box of chocs for £6 – a £2 increase on the cheapest.
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