St Nicholas Day treats calories, lowest first

These are the treats of St Nicholas on 5 and 6 December ranked by calories per portion, from a mandarin at 35 kcal to a chocolate Santa at 270.

Two spiced speculaas biscuits with a pressed windmill pattern on a white plate

1MandarinOne mandarin or clementine35kcal 2OrangeMedium orange, about 130 g62kcal 3SpeculaasTwo speculaas biscuits95kcal 4PepernotenA handful, about a small fistful115kcal 5MarzipanOne piece, like a small marzipan figure or a chunky bar slice115kcal 6GingerbreadOne gingerbread biscuit130kcal 7Chocolate letterA piece broken off135kcal 8LebkuchenOne lebkuchen, the round soft kind160kcal 9WalnutsA handful (30 g)196kcal 10Hot chocolateMug of hot chocolate with milk, 250 ml200kcal 11BanketstaafOne piece, a thick slice off the log230kcal 12Chocolate SantaOne standard hollow Santa270kcal

Numbers for the portion shown, the same as on each food's page. Sports are for someone of about 70 kg.

St Nicholas fills shoes and boots across Europe: Sinterklaas in the Netherlands on 5 December, Nikolaus in Germany, Mikuláš in Czechia and Slovakia, Mikołajki in Poland on the 6th. The fruit, nuts and sweets are much the same everywhere.

The light end is fruit: a mandarin at 35 and an orange at 62. Two speculaas are 95, a handful of pepernoten or a piece of marzipan 115, a gingerbread biscuit 130 and a piece of chocolate letter 135.

Lebkuchen is 160, a handful of walnuts 196 and a mug of hot chocolate 200. At the top are a piece of banketstaaf at 230 and a chocolate Santa at 270. A whole chocolate letter is 720.

Questions

How many calories in a chocolate letter?

About 135 a piece and 720 for a whole letter.

How many calories in pepernoten?

About 115 for a handful.

What is the lowest calorie St Nicholas treat?

A mandarin, at about 35. Two speculaas are 95.

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