#HAYS RICH EGGY HANUKKAH PLUS#

PRICE: £3.25 for grande made with whole milk, without cream. That's 65p more than a normal Starbucks latte of the same size.

#HAYS RICH EGGY HANUKKAH PLUS#

This has 50 per cent more calories and fat than a normal Starbucks latte made with whole milk (223 cals, 11.5g fat) plus the equivalent of a whopping ten teaspoons of sugar - three times as much as in the standard latte. THEY SAY: Rich, steamed eggnog and our signature espresso topped with ground nutmeg. WE SAY: Proper eggnog is made with raw egg, vanilla, cream and rum - and should be deliciously boozy. You won't find any egg or alcohol in the Starbucks version - the flavouring is all artificial. Despite that, it does taste rather convincing, with a good hit of vanilla, without being too eggy or cloying. The promised sprinkling of nutmeg was sadly missing, however, so apart from the festive cup it looked like any old latte. This clocks in at almost a quarter of a woman's daily calorie allowance, with nearly 150 more calories than the standard Costa hot chocolate in the same size, twice the fat, and more than 11 teaspoons of sugar. THEY SAY: Costa hot chocolate with a dash of mint syrup, topped with freshly whipped cream and served with an elf-sized candy cane. WE SAY: This had an authentic peppermint flavour, almost as if they'd whizzed up a bar of Kendal mint cake and doused it in cream. The elfin candy stick is a real tooth-breaker but looks charming. PRICE: £3.55 for a 16oz medio made with whole milk - 85p more than a normal hot chocolate. This has more calories than the standard hot chocolate (334 cals) and 50 per cent more fat - 7g more than the 13.6g in the normal version. THEY SAY: Costa hot chocolate with a dash of Black Forest syrup, topped with freshly whipped cream, chocolate sauce and a real cherry. WE SAY: It didn't exactly transport me to Bavaria. The hot chocolate doesn't taste of cherry, or Black Forest gateau for that matter. It tasted good, if a bit sweet, but didn't look particularly festive: it came in a plain glass mug with a spoon and a little cherry drowning in a big blob of cream. My barista failed to attempt the drizzled sauce promised in the adverts. PRICE: £3.50 for a medio with whole milk - 80p more than a standard Costa latte in the same size. This has slightly more than the 267 calories in a normal whole-milk Costa latte in the same size - but nearly double the fat and just over four teaspoons of sugar. THEY SAY: A smooth and creamy latte with a dash of gingerbread syrup, topped with freshly whipped cream, gold stars and our signature gingerbread man. WE SAY: The poor little gingerbread man (and he is little, about the size of a Ritz cracker) fell flat on his face when my latte was served. Tiny gold stars are meant to add festive sparkle but mine were a rather underwhelming constellation, obscured by a thick cloud of sickly cream. The coffee had a good gingerbread flavour, though. PRICE: £2.95 for a 'regular' (12 oz, made with semi-skimmed milk - Nero's standard for its hot drinks), served with whipped cream. It will cost you 40p more than a normal hot chocolate. This has 13 teaspoons of sugar and five-and-a-half times the fat found in a standard Caffe Nero hot chocolate, which isn't topped with cream. THEY SAY: Hot chocolate with nut syrup, topped with whipped cream and a swirl of caramel sauce. WE SAY: Probably the sweetest thing you can drink, apart from liquid glucose. Still, it's good and strong, and came with a liberal serving of proper dark chocolate chips. The caramel sauce got lost in the mountain of cream. PRICE: £2.90 for a regular with semi-skimmed milk - 40p more than a normal latte. Hays rich eggy hanukkah plus#Īlthough not the most gut-busting option here, this still has five times the calories found in Nero's normal latte, plus six teaspoons of sugar.

THEY SAY: A double espresso with steamed milk and triple sec syrup, topped with whipped cream and finished with Belgian chocolate sprinkles and a dusting of cinnamon. WE SAY: Sounds sumptuous but has the slightly naff taste of a Terry's Chocolate Orange - so much so that you can't tell if there's any coffee in there the synthetic orange is overpowering.