Sticky toffee pudding is the nation’s favourite dessert – where does your top pud rank?

STICKY toffee pudding is the nation’s favourite dessert, a poll has found.

Nearly half of the 1,500 adults surveyed picked the British-invented rich sponge treat as the best.

GettyRestaurant booking site TheFork, which did the survey, said: ‘The nation loves a sweet treat’[/caption]

Sticky toffee pudding is the nation’s favourite dessert, a poll has found

Second place went to a French pastry — the chocolate eclair.

But another British innovation — the apple crumble — came a very close third. It first appeared in Britain during the Second World War.

The study found that other puddings that Brits can’t resist are chocolate mousse at 33 per cent and millionaire’s shortbread at 32 per cent.

Three in 10 can’t resist an apple pie, while also on the list were strawberry cheesecake was favoured by 29 per cent of respondents.

Restaurant booking site TheFork, which did the survey, said: “The nation loves a sweet treat.”

The research also reveals that eight in ten Brits confess they have a sweet tooth.

A further 38 per cent say they prefer pudding to a main course or starter.

49 per cent call the course “pudding”, whereas 43 per cent say “dessert”, four per cent use “sweet”, and four per cent prefer “afters”.

The survey also revealed a number of dessert faux pas, with 60 per cent saying you should never decline pudding and then took into someone else’s.

59 per cent said it is wrong to eat someone else’s dessert when they leave the table or aren’t looking.

Just over half of respondents take issue if someone makes passive aggressive comments about how bad sugar and fat is when someone else is trying to enjoy their sweet course.