
The Lunar New Year is just around the corner, a time to gather with family and friends 🧧. But did you know that many traditional New Year snacks are deep-fried and packed with sugar, causing their calorie content to skyrocket 📈? A few bites might already equal several bowls of rice in terms of calories 🍚!
What’s even more surprising is that the snacks you usually think are the safest might actually have the highest calories 💥! Keep reading to the end – the results will definitely shock you!
#1 Pistachios VS Sweet Pork Sausages
Sweet Pork Sausages are a common ingredient in claypot rice, and many savory New Year snacks include it as well. About half of the composition of sausages is fat, but surprisingly, pistachios have even more calories.
Based on 100 grams, pistachios contain around 607 calories, while sausages have about 437 calories.

#2 Chocolate VS Melon Seeds
A battle of the titans – chocolate versus melon seeds! Based on 100 grams, chocolate contains around 623 calories, while melon seeds have about 590 calories.

#3 Sugar Lotus Seeds VS Sugar Winter Melon
Both are coated in sugar, so you might think their calorie content is similar, right? Wrong! The calories in sugar lotus seeds are actually twice as high as those in sugar winter melon.
Based on 100 grams, sugar lotus seeds contain around 300 calories, while sugar winter melon has about 140 calories.

#4 Butter Cookies VS Tangyuan (Rice Dumplings)
Based on 100 grams, butter cookies contain around 521 calories, while tangyuan contains about 366 calories.

#5 Sugus VS Nian Gao (Rice Cake)
It’s well known that among all New Year cakes, nian gao ranks the highest in calories, but surprisingly, Sugus has even more calories than nian gao.
Based on 100 grams, Sugus contains about 408 calories, while nian gao has around 243 calories. Even though it’s based on 100 grams, those small Sugus can add up quickly!
