As your little one’s eagerly await Santa Claus’ arrival, you can start the festive fun early with a chocolate or sweet-filled advent calendar.
Advent calendars have come a long way since their inception with varieties covering just about every basis - from diamonds to dog treats but we’re taking it back to basics with calendars containing sweet treats that will be sure to bring excitement and delight to kids everywhere this Christmas.
Get your little ones counting down to the big day with daily goodies that will build anticipation until Christmas itself.
From some of the biggest and best-known brands on the market that both little and big kids would be happy to receive and options to suit every budget, act fast as they tend to sell like hot cakes.
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Kinnerton LOL Surprise Advent Calendar
If your little one is already obsessed with the LOL Surprise dolls, they will absolutely adore this advent calendars. It features a colourful design with three of the dolls that you open each day to reveal 25 milk chocolates with five chunkier ones in the last five days before Christmas.
£2.49 | Ocado | Buy it now
Lindt Teddy Advent Calendar
Kick off the festive excitement with this Lindt advent calendar that is filled to the brim with chocolaty goodness. The calendar – designed for little and big kids alike – contains fan favourites from the chocolate label with a mini milk chocolate Lindt Gold Reindeer, Teddy figures and snowballs. You will even be treated to a full-size Lindt Teddy for Christmas Eve.
£10 | Lindt | Buy it now
Celebrations® Advent Calendar
Back for its second year after popular demand, you will be treated to an individual mini Celebrations chocolate each day in the lead up to December 25. Behind each window, you will find the likes of Milkyway, Mars, Twix, Snickers, Bounty, Galaxy and Maltesers. The chocolate is housed in a festive box with a snowman snowflake design.
£6.99 | Ocado | Buy it now
Elf Advent
Make this Christmas the most chocolatey yet with this calendar from Thornton’s that contains 25 layered milk and white chocolate piece behind each of the window. There is also a fun festive quiz on the reverse for the whole family to get involved.
£5 | Morrisons | Buy it now
PLAYin CHOC advent calendar
This luxury advent calendar will not only treat your little ones to vegan and allergen free chocolate treats, but the award-winning label also offers puzzles and the outer sleeve transforms into a playmat.
£55 | PLAYin CHOC | Buy it now
Up to Snow Good – Children’s Advent Calendar
For a chocolatey surprise behind each door, the Hotel Chocolat kids calendar will be sure to go down a treat. Each of the chocolates is sculpted by the chocolatiers in-house experts to resemble penguins, Santas and snowmen where there is an extra-special iteration for Christmas Eve.
£8 | Hotel Chocolat | Buy it now
Kinnerton Paw Patrol Advent Calendar
Your kiddies will appreciate this advent calendar with 25 milk chocolates housed in a Paw Patrol inspired design starring the fan favourite TV show’s hero characters on the front.
£2.49 | Ocado | Buy it now
Kinnerton Peppa Pig Foiled Chocolate Calendar
Get into the festive spirit with Peppa Pig who has been given a Christmassy makeover on the front of this advent calendar. The product contains 25 milk chocolates to be enjoyed in the run up to the big day that become extra chunkier for the last five.
£2.49 | Ocado | Buy it now
Cadbury Dairy Milk Angry Birds Calendar
Hit game turned big screen smash, the Angry Birds are even on the front of an advent calendar where your little one will be treated to Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Chunks as well as five toys and stickers inspired by the film’s sequel.
£9.99 | Cadburys | Buy it now
Haribo Advent Calendar
The Christmas countdown just got a whole lot sweeter thanks to Haribo who is offering an advent calendar filled with the brand’s signature sweets.
£5 | Ocado | Buy it now
Lindt Advent Calendar
The biggest calendar in the Lindt range, this advent will take you from the first of the month all the way to Christmas with a mouth-watering milk chocolate each day. A calendar that all the family will appreciate, it contains the brand’s Gold Reindeer, melting snowdrops, mini Lindor truffles, and a milk chocolate Santa.
£5.99 | Lindt | Buy it now
Nono Cocoa Vegan & Free From Advent Calendar
This calendar is designed to ensure that no one has to miss out on the advent fun. Offering vegan and free from tasty treats each day, you can expect star shaped chocolates in a range of flavours like pink raspberry, blue marzipan, orange, lemon, 'milky' and dark.
£15 | Yumbles | Buy it now
Milkybar White Chocolate Advent Calendar
Treat your loved one to this white chocolate Milkybar calendar where behind each window lies the classic great tasting goodness that you have come to know and love from the bars.
£2.19 | Ocado | Buy it now
Cadbury 3D Advent Calendar
For an advent that will be met with delight, this calendar from Cadbury is 3D and measures an impressive 40cm in height. Each day, you will unveil a Cadbury figure, bag or treat-sized bar.
£10 | Cadbury | Buy it now
Harrods Chocolate Advent Calendar
Treat your little ones to a luxury selection of milk and caramel chocolates care of Harrods. The delicious treats are housed in a calendar designed with a typical Christmassy scene.
£12 | Harrods | Buy it now
The Lindt Mini Advent Calendar
This mini advent will be make the perfect pre-Christmas gift for your kiddos. It contains a combination of milk, white, dark, hazelnut and baked apple flavoured wrapped chocolate truffles.
£5 | Lindt | Buy it now
Montezuma's Christmas Organic Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar
Behind this festive calendar, there is a fair sized piece of organic dark chocolate to help you and your little one’s countdown to the Christmas season.
£9.99 | Ocado | Buy it now
Hershey's Cookies n Creme Advent Calendar
This chocolate-filled countdown has an extra special twist with a delicious cookies and cream flavouring. There is also a secret gift behind door number 24 that will be sure to put a smile on your little one’s face.
£5 | Ocado | Buy it now
Moo Free Dairy Free Advent Calendar
This dairy-free alternative advent calendar plays host to 24 organic treats that are instead composed of cocoa, sugar and rice.
£4.99 | Ocado | Buy it now
