How long is a reasonable time to....

...if you use a shoehorn, it's even quicker to cram 'em in!!!

20-30 minutes I reckon.

? I'm considering going sugar free as I have the same problem

gillyjp, surely, chocolate is 'essential shopping'? It must be - as it's always top of my online order list!

Nope

Anyone feel sick after consuming a packet of chocolate buttons?

I hope you're all remembering the important fact that in lockdown the calories from chocolate disappear.

A few minutes. One packet is never enough. ?

I can eat whole box of Maltesers in an evening, only slightly quicker than I can devour a packet of McVities chocolate digestive biscuits.

Beechnut - I'm sorry re-what what? Do not recognise this

Two days!!!! That long!!!!! She deserves a medal!! (A chocolate one obviously). Maltesers take longer if you suck them!

Hejira I too love the Uxbridge Dictionary, just bought for my son's birthday, and he might not get it!

Aerofoil - chocolate wrapper

Aerobic - chocolate biro

Cardamom - Mothers' Day card etc!

Would probably have eaten them whilst queuing and would have had to proffer the empty bag for payment!!!!!

Rosina I will tell my friend what you say. She's found a box of Florentines now that she is working through. No helping some people.

My friend tells me it's as long as it takes to drink a cup of tea. It seems the secret is to put a couple in your mouth, take a sip of hot tea and let the chocolate slooowly melt, (note to self - must try this in place of carrot batons)

Is this a question of time management or sheer greed? Using both hands would cut down the consumption time, indeed upending the bag into your open mouth would probably be fastest, but if your question is about restraint, I would say go for it and eat them in one go if you want to. You are going to eat them anyway - does it matter if it is over two days, or ten minutes? I find that one or two chocolates just get my taste buds going - I must have more. Enjoy!!

Hmm, I don’t know but I have tried it with the Maltesers and I would say 30 minutes. I did feel sick afterwards though. So now I make them last an hour by nibbling all the chocolate off a few, then I suck all the chocolate off the next few until they just disappear, some I just chomp my way through, and some are stuffed under my top lip ready for my Marlon Brando (Don Corleoni) impression.
Lockdown antics, good job I live alone, the cat looks a bit concerned.

A reasonable time is very much before your conscience has kicked in therefore the sooner the better, lol.

Sharing bags are no longer for sharing ( lockdown rules)

This has reminded me I have a large tub of heroes I bought for the young children with disabilities who help in a nearby cafe to share at Christmas. Lockdown prevented them opening pre Christmas. I now have a tub which is crying out open me and a use by date that is looming quicker than I foresee the sun shining on the other side of lockdown so what do I do?

Best to eat them all on the way home in my friend's humble opinion.

We found 6 chocolate decorations on the Christmas tree when we took it down, As we have 4 GC my DH and I decided to have one each and leave one each for them. However another one seems to have gone () so now there aren't enough for one each. We may have to eat the rest to avoid arguments.

Ha ha ....love it ....yes, I KNOW the feeling .....I TRY not to buy from those displays, but even in my little local One Stop shop they have reduced chocolate by the till ....this week it was Cadbury Creme eggs ....3 for £1.20 ...WHO could resist ? I am afraid to say I bought 3 and ate one immediately I got home ...but then I had no lunch, and walked for 3 miles along the beach next to me .....so I felt better and less guilt ridden !!

As a diabetic, I would eat them all at once so my blood sugars had one peak and then I could get back on track. After all, if I spread it over a few days, I'll be having high blood sugars for much longer. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

I have to say that anything Cadbury’s, with the exception of their dark milk range is easily ignored in this house.

Same as a packet of crisps, once opened impossible to stop.

Oh well once we've polished off all the Christmas chocs, now we're in lockdown, its 'essential shopping' only isn't it? Good job we're not getting our bags checked on the way out of the shops currently!