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How much exercise will it take to burn off your Easter egg?

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Experts have worked out how long you'd have to spend running, skipping, swimming, walking, cycling, squatting or doing burpees to burn each one off. Photo / 123RF

Experts have worked out how long you'd have to spend running, skipping, swimming, walking, cycling, squatting or doing burpees to burn each one off. Photo / 123RF

Even if you're dedicated to your fitness regime and healthy eating, you might be tempted to allow some leeway for an Easter treat.

But before you crack open that chocolate egg, it might be worth noting just how much exercise you'd have to do to burn off all those extra calories, according to Daily Mail.

Experts from online local services marketplace Bidvine.com have calculated the calories in the UK's 20 favourite Easter eggs - and worked out how long you'd have to spend running, skipping, swimming, walking, cycling, squatting or doing burpees to burn each one off.

Get your walking shoes on! You'd have to pound the pavement for 5.4 hours to burn off the chocolate egg and three Mars bars in this Easter offering. Photo / Mars
Get your walking shoes on! You'd have to pound the pavement for 5.4 hours to burn off the chocolate egg and three Mars bars in this Easter offering. Photo / Mars

To burn off the most popular choice, a Cadbury Creme Egg, you would have to run for 1.6 hours or swim for an hour.

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Even the least calorific option - a Smarties egg - requires one hour 12 minutes of running to cancel. But if you're a fan of swimming, a doable 48 minutes in the pool is required.

Bidvine.com co-founder, Russ Morgan, said: "With Easter coming up we wanted to highlight just how many calories people are actually consuming and, to put it into context, just how long they'd need to exercise to burn it off."

You would have to run for three hours or walk for almost six hours to burn off the 1,758 calories in this Dairy Milk Easter Egg. Photo / Cadbury
You would have to run for three hours or walk for almost six hours to burn off the 1,758 calories in this Dairy Milk Easter Egg. Photo / Cadbury

"We don't want to put people off from indulging in the Easter festivities, however, as with everything, moderation is key."

Here's how to burn off some of your favourite Easter eggs.

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CADBURY'S MINI EGGS EASTER EGGS — 125g packet

They may be small, but a few of these will get your calorie count up very quickly. Photo / Supplied
They may be small, but a few of these will get your calorie count up very quickly. Photo / Supplied

No treasure hunt is complete without Cadbury's solid Easter eggs.

The 125g bag of treats has 15 eggs per packet. With each tiny egg containing 150kJ, that's around 2250 kJ if you eat every single one.

Doing a very energetic hour of Zumba would help you shed around 2092kj, and you'd still need to pump out a few more irons to break even.

But if you decide to just indulge in, say, six eggs (50g) — you're still up for a fair bit of exercise to burn them all off:

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You could power walk with the dog for 85 minutes, or maybe swim for 36 minutes. jump on the crosstrainer for 33 minutes and you're in the clear — or your could clean the house intensely for 70 minutes.

CADBURY'S CRÈME EGG EASTER EGG — 39g

Cadbury Creme Egg (eggs from a 6-pack). Photo / News Corp Australia
Cadbury Creme Egg (eggs from a 6-pack). Photo / News Corp Australia

With its gooey centre and milk chocolate shell, the Cadbury Creme egg is an Easter tradition that's loved by most chocoholics around the world.

But while they may look small, a Creme Egg packs quite a kilojoule punch — thanks to the fondant centre.

Containing 627kj, 6g of fat and 20g of sugar — to burn off a single crème egg you're looking at almost 20 minutes of skipping, a jog for 19 minutes or even a brisk 35 minute walk.

LINDT GOLDEN EASTER BUNNY — 100g

Lindt Gold Bunny might look cute, but they pack a pretty hefty kilojoule punch. Photo / Getty
Lindt Gold Bunny might look cute, but they pack a pretty hefty kilojoule punch. Photo / Getty

He's pretty cute, but the 100g Lindt Gold Bunny will have you walking for hours to burn off the kilojoules.

The average woman would need to walk on the treadmill for around 2hr 16min to burn off the 2272kJ, while men would need 1hr 46min at the same pace.

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If you don't quite have the time, opt for a run instead — which will bring the workout time down to 58 minutes for women, and 45 minutes for men.

The Milk Chocolate Golden Bunny has 33g of fat, 49g of sugar and exceeds the daily intake of saturated fat by almost 20 per cent.

CADBURY'S HOLLOW MILK CHOCOLATE EGG — 105g

Four Cadbury hollow eggs are worth 4480kJ. Photo / Supplied
Four Cadbury hollow eggs are worth 4480kJ. Photo / Supplied

Containing 2355kJ, 31.1g of fat and almost 60g of sugar, Cadbury's 105g hollow Easter egg will take 65 minutes of cycling, more than 60 minutes in a HIIT class or at least an hour and a half in pilates.

- additional reporting news.com.au

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