Chocolate advent calendar season is very much upon us, so here are the best chocolate countdowns on offer in 2022
There's not much better than a good old fashioned chocolate advent calendar to set the tone for Christmas. Sure, we all definitely credit Christmas as the most wonderful time of the year due to the endless Christmas gifts, Christmas cracker gifts, and all the food and drink and alcohol delivery services we call in year after year… But taking it back to basics during the Christmas countdown and opening those perforated doors to reveal a sumptuously sweet treat every day is an instant mood lifter.
We simply cannot miss the opportunity to provide you with a sneak peak into the chocolate advent calendars available for 2022’s festive season too, and encourage you add one to your checkout. It is the time of year for indulging, after all… right?
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Keep scrolling for our round-up of the 21 best chocolate advent calendars 2022 and get yourself in the spirit.
Kinder chocolate is a favourite among family and loved ones each year so make sure to grab their annual Christmas calendar for 2022 before it sells out. Full of milk chocolate and dark chocolate treat, edible Santa figures, mini eggs and, of course, some Kinder Surprises, this calendar is certainly a wishlist item and, for buyers with dietary concerns, the chocolate - on average - contains sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, milk powder and a soya and vanilla flavouring emulsifier.
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With 10 different flavours including dark chocolate almond sea salt, milk chocolate hazelnut, milk chocolate almond honey nougat and white raspberry popping candy, the Tony's Chocolonely Countdown advent calendar for 2022 is certainly set to impress. Not to mention all the flavours are created with Fairtrade chocolate with a long-term goal to create a 100% slave-free chocolate industry. Eco-friendly (seriously, they're the most sustainable brand in the Netherlands), ethical and hella tasty choc, what could be better?
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For those who need to take note of certain allergens when buying an advent, we'll get the boring stuff out the way first. The Reese's peanut butter miniatures advent calendar contains both skimmed milk powder and whole milk powder (for those looking out for lactose), as well as peanut butter (for those with nut allergies) and soya lecithin. Now, onto the good stuff; with Reese's peanut butter cups in all the flavours you love - dark cups, milk cups and white cups - you'll be full of nutbutter goodness for the whole of the festive season.
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If you're a fan of a Ferrero Rocher Christmas chocolate truffle in December then this 24-day Italian chocolate calendar will be just the ticket. With coconut, dark chocolate and milk chocolate truffles within, for just £12, you'll be spoilt for choice come the holiday season. And, for those of you with specific allergies, this calendar contains almonds and hazelnuts.
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A high-end luxury chocolate advent calendar, this C&B number is filled with belgian chocolate treats, including high-quality 50% cocoa solids dark chocolate, 23% cocoa solids white chocolate and 32% cocoa solids milk chocolate. And, of course, for those of you with dietary requirements, this advent calendar contains nuts, vegetable fats, anhydrous milk fats and lactose.
Vegan and dairy free, Nomo's chocolate alternative advent calendar uses vegan-friendly and plant-based alternatives to cow's milk - e.g. rice powder/rice milk - to create that same creamy flavour that'll leave chocolate lovers happy and satisfied come Christmas Eve when you open the final door. It's suitable for buyers with either an intolerance or dietary preference to avoid gluten, dairy, egg, peanuts and tree nuts.
Available with guaranteed next day delivery for parents with, err, a penchant for being a tad disorganised, this Cadbury Santa's Workshop advent calendar will have families sorted in a jiffy. It has treatsize bars of all your favourite Cadbury Dairy Milk bars, including Curly Wurlies, Chomps, Buttons, Freddos, Dairy Milk Chunks and Fudge. Dreamy. What a perfect way to lead up to Santa leaving a bundle of presents under your Christmas tree.
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A top pick for children and, if you ask us, adults, too; the Cadbury original Dairy Milk advent calendar offers buyers an extra creamy chocolate offering with at least 426 ml of Fresh Liquid Milk in every 227g of Milk Chocolate and at least 20% milk solids. We're big fans and with the option to add a personalised message if you're sending the calendar as a gift, we'd argue this is one of the best chocolate advent calendars - especially with the less than £3 price point.
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If you make it through all 24 days without scoffing this away in one go, then you're a much better person than we are. A top pick for adults, this Cadbury Dairy Milk bar advent does away with the miniature snowmen and penguins, offering instead a minimalist ‘snap off a piece a day’ bar for big kids who still want in on the smooth melting filling feeling of a choc advent, but perhaps don't want all the milk chocolate santas and Christmas decoration tat.
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If you can't choose between a caramel chocolate advent calendar, a milk chocolate adven calendar or perhaps something with nougat, then the Cadbury Heroes advent will be just the pick for you. Complete with fan-favourites including Eclairs, Wispa, Crunchie and Dairy Milk caramel, this countdown calendar will have you styling out each day in the lead up to Christmas with a different morsel of chocolatey goodness and we, quite frankly, are jealous.
Note - contains Barley malt extract, nuts, wheat and dairy.
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If you're not the tipple sort at Christmas time then perhaps you fancy a more warming, cosy hot chocolate to ring in the holiday period. This Whittard advent calendar for two is filled to the brim with sachets of all sorts of hot chocolate flavours, including orange, cookies & cream and, of course, a classic luxury hot chocolate flavour. If you're not the sort to want your advent calendar's fillings ruined before December then stop reading here but, if you are, then salted caramel lovers can rejoice because according to the calendar's product info, you'll be getting not one but TWO sea salt caramel sachets.
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Child friendly with a sans-dark chocolate advent calendar makeup, this milk chocolate Peter Rabbit advent calendar from Parisian-British chocolatier Charbonnel et Walker is a real luxury treat and, with its gorgeous packaging, makes for a gorgeous Christmas decoration, too. It's just a shame it's not reusable for next year.
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Joe & Seph's, popcorn masters that they are, actually make a vegan popcorn advent calendar edition, too. That said, whether you're looking for dairy free chocolate popcorn, or you're happy with the brand's original butter toffee offerings, this 24-sachet collection with a whopping 19 different flavours (including caramel and chocolate from Belgium 😍) will be sure to tickle your tastebuds. Just make sure to check the product information to ensure you pre-order the right dairy or dairy free advent calendar ahead of Christmas.
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If you love a Lindt Lindor with its incredibly creamy double milk filling then chances are you'll simply jump at the chance to get your hands on a personalized pick and mix Lindor advent calendar with your choice of the master chocolatier's 23 different Lindt chocolate flavours. For us, we'll be nabbing the original Lindt milk chocolate Lindor truffles as well as, of course, the strawberries and cream. Delicious.
Alongside the iconic milk chocolate gold reindeer, the Lindt teddy advent calendar is, in our eyes, award-winning and offers buyers everything from gorgeous packaging to the even more sumptuous-tasting Lindt & Sprüngli chocolate within. Plus, for children, who wouldn't want a gorgeous Lindt teddy bear to wake up to each morning?
Palm oil free for eco-friendly buyers, this Moo Free vegan chocolate advent calendar is five-star reviewed by over 550 people for a reason. Naturally cruelty-free, gluten-free and - you name it - it's probably free of it (though, the factory it's made in does handle nuts), the Moo Free milk chocolate alternative calendar is going straight on our Christmas wishlist.
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Fairtrade and available with free delivery for new Amazon customers and Prime members alike, you might have seen Plamil in your local Holland & Barrett and, if you haven't, you need to get this brand on your radar in time for Christmas. A dairy-free milk chocolate advent calendar in a fun Santa-themed packet, both you and your family will enjoy opening each day's sugary treat.
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Montezuma's is one of our fave chocolate brands so we were thrilled to see their milk and white chocolate advent calendar back on sale for Christmas 2022 once more. It's organic, so needs to be kept in a dry place and, unfortunately for buyers with a gluten intolerance, the brand's PRD states that the product make contain gluten, cereals and nuts. Other than that it most certainly gets our vote, in fact we'll be bulk buying five…
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Fairtrade, reasonably priced and generating money for a good cause - to help fund literacy and income-generating projects for women cocoa farmers in Ghana - this Divine chocolate advent calendar not only tastes good, but does good, too.
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Ah, Hotel Chocolat - the kings and queens of the luxury advent calendar and even some of the best vegan advent calendars, too. With a whole selection of Hotel Chocolat advent calendars to choose from, including The Grand advent calendar, The Everything Advent Calendar and the Up To Snow Good advent calendar, it wasn't easy to pick just one but here at team GLAMOUR we're big white choccy fans, and this one certainly comes out top. Noquestions asked, just pop this in your basket, now.
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Only on pre-order currently, this truffle advent calendar from James Cadbury (descendant of the Cadbury family) is a top luxury pick and at a relatively reasonable price, considering. We love the London-theme packaging and we absolutely can't wait to try the praline and ganache picks. Yum.
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