Men Prefer Chocolate With Griswold, Women Crave Sugar With Rudolph

PARSIPPANY, NJ (CBS) – If you could have one holiday cookie, which would it be? And if you could share that same cookie with an iconic holiday character, who would it be?

It is estimated that Americans consume over two billion cookies annually, with the average person eating 300 per year and approximately 35,000 in a lifetime. That number is helped each year around the holidays.

The results of recent nationwide poll released by Finlandia Imported Butter reveal America's favorite homemade cookie preferences and the iconic holiday characters they would most like to share one with.

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It may come as no surprise that topping the list of the country's favorite cookie was chocolate chip with an overwhelming 31% of those surveyed, followed by sugar (18%) and oatmeal (11%).

But which beloved characters do most Americans want to share those sweet treats with?

The survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults found that (and this also may not be a shocker), most (25%), perhaps wanting to ensure a spot on the nice list, chose to share a holiday cookie with Santa Claus. George Bailey (It's A Wonderful Life) came in second with 13% followed by a four-way tie for third between Clark W. Griswold, (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation), Buddy the Elf (Elf) and icons Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman at 10%.

The poll also determined men are more likely than women to claim chocolate chip and twice as likely to choose oatmeal, while women are more likely than men to select Sugar.

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According to the survey, men are more likely than women to want to share a holiday cookie with Clark W. Griswold, and women would prefer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer than an actual person on the list.

The survey also found a sharp generational contrast among those polled.

Older Americans, ages 65+, are more than twice as likely as younger adults, ages 18-34, to choose shortbreads, macaroons and molasses.

And when asked who they would like to share a holiday cookie with, millennials, ages 18-34, were more likely than older adults, ages 65+, to choose Buddy the Elf and the Grinch.