To think that making chocolate bars smaller does not help reduce what people eat.

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I've just had a chocolate craving and was delighted to find that DH has bought a multipack of Wispa bars today.
I just ate one. It was a tiny 25.5g. I don't think it was supposed to be "fun size". It was just a very small normal bar.
Obviously eating just one did not do the job for the craving so I ended up eating two. (and very nice they were). Because they are tiny though I have ended up eating more chocolate than if the bar has been a proper size in the first place.
It's the same with tiny packets of crisps. Hardly anything actually in them so you simply eat more packets. I'm hoping others think the same, or are you going to tell I am just greedy!

yabu
most people would stick to one.

I think the evidence disagrees with you. And it seems obvious the reverse is true with super sizing etc

No, I'm with you on the chocolate bars. I'd eat two too

Most people crave the taste of chocolate or crisps but don't eat them to feel full... So I think YABU.

They aren't designed to help you eat less. They are designed to reduce costs and increase profits.

I don't think the size is anything to do with encouraging you to eat less, it's a price thing. Multipack ones are always smaller to keep costs down.

I agree with Stealth and why is it obvious that just one didn't do the job with regards to your craving?

It helps me to eat less, because I only ever eat one bar of chocolate at a time unless it's a finger of fudge. It's the way I was brought up so it's just habit really.
It's your resposibility though, not the manufacturers. They have their own reasons for reducing sizes, usually to do with not wanting to significantly increase prices.
I've got to say, poundland are quite bad at this. Their bars are tiny but they are still a nice little treat.

It wasn't a chocolate craving it was a sugar craving. 26 grams of it.

One chocolate bar is never enough to satisfy a craving, no matter how big. As soon as I've you've had something sweet you're raiding the cupboards for what's next.

Presumably he only bought the one multipack, so by the time it's gone you will have eaten less than if the bars were bigger, but agree with PP the main reason the bars are getting smaller is because ingredients are getting dearer and they want to keep the costs and price the same.

if you are hungry make yourself something to eat. then have the bar afterwards.

I bought a multipack of wispas today! I love them. £1 for 4 and small enough to eat without feeling sick. I shared them with the dcs. A full size wispa in the same shop costs 85p so it's a win/win as far as I'm concerned.

You've been proved wrong, repeatedly, by science. Smaller portion sizes, like smaller plates, do in fact make people eat less.

That's not why they're getting smaller though- it's costs, as a PP noted.

They don't keep the costs the same. At 25p a bar even though it's two thirds the size

I think it's refreshing to see chocolate sizes getting smaller!

You're all so restrained at your one bar only (if at all!)
Just to say I did have a healthy dinner first. Lots of veg, modest portion size etc which is probably why I fancied something else afterwards.
I don't often eat chocolate bars but when I do I want to feel satisfied. 25g was only just 2 bites and felt like hardly anything. 2 bars was perfect though. The rest of the pack remain untouched.
It was indeed 4 bars for £1. I agreed in hind sight that does probably explain the teeny tiny size rather than health concerns.

If they were 60g, would you have eaten 5/6 of one and stopped? Thought not.

have you tried dark chocolate?
I agree it's probably sugar you craved, not chocolate.

I never used to be able to eat a full bar of chocolate. I used to wrap it up and eat it later. Nowadays, however I can eat the full bar and still want more. So I think YANBU.

OP just eat it slower. That makes it more satisfying.
I have a crunchie most days, a small one from Poundland. It's my only 'treat' of the day and I really enjoy it. I sit down and eat it slowly instead of scoffing it in 10 seconds like I used to.

I'm the same, OP. If I get an extra big packet (e.g. The huge bags of crisps from service stations or the 'duo' chocolate bars), I find it easier to save half for later! Whereas if someone just gave me half the packet, I'd feel shortchanged and probably have another. I'm v greedy though and like to feel like I'm making a conscious effort to cut down if I am!