Christmas chocolate sweets debates start with Roses vs Quality Street and only get more complicated.

Luckily, Newstalk's business team has come up with an index to tell you what's worth what this Christmas.

Hopefully you can avoid a tin (plastic tin?) with just left-over Coffees or Bounties.

Our base value is one Caramel Barrel to three Coffees

Nothing against Dairy Milk - but it struggles against other Miniature Hero offerings, we're ranking it at two Coffees

Quality Street Coconut is another classic straggler

Throwing caution to the wind here - we're gambling three valuable Caramel Barrels on the mysterious Kinder Surprise

Chocolate Santa lags on quality - but offers strong novelty appeal

The Chocolate Orange is hard to resist...

The selection box dominates