The contents: In our edit you'll open the door to reveal a full-size single-serve portion of velvety-smooth, intensely creamy hot chocolate each day.

No matter how old you are, there’s something inherently exciting about an advent calendar. The anticipation of opening up a window each day, revealing a bitesize piece of festive joy. If you’re after something extra special this year, then look no further than The Grand Advent Calendar. Brimming with decadent chocolate slabs, batons and truffles, you’ll discover a new indulgent treat each day in the run-up to Christmas.

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Super-creamy and tooth-achingly sweet, white chocolate is, quite frankly, delicious. Dentists might not recommend it every day, but we do, which is why we’ve selected some of the best white chocolate calendars available this year for your consideration. Hotel ChocolatWhite Chocolate Advent Calendar The information below is a guide only and we emphasise that our chocolates are made in a factory that handles nuts, peanuts, wheat, milk and soya and therefore may contain traces of these ingredients. What: Tony’s Chocolonely’s not only tastes great, but the business is also trying to make the world a better place. With Fairtrade sourcing and a mission to make 100% slave free the norm in chocolate, we think it’s safe to say these are some pretty good guys. The chocolate is chunky and addictive, and this countdown calendar offers ten different flavours of chocolate so you can sample all that they offer before settling on your favourites to buy in bulk throughout the year. Favourites of ours include the dark milk chocolate with pretzel and toffee pieces as well as the salted caramel. What: This child-friendly treat-filled calendar gives you change from a tenner while also making sure you get a proper chocolate hit. Hiding behind each door is a sweet little milk chocolate shape which will keep you guessing day to day, and you can get the Christmas Eve choc personalised with a name on it. If you've got a big brood, Thorntons often does special offers on multiple calendars, so make sure to keep an eye out in the run up to Christmas.

Variety: Whether you love milk, dark or white chocolate (or a mix of all three), I've chosen a variety of options, including some unique flavours, too. At their inception, Advent calendars were used to count down the four-week period preceding Christmas. Though they began as a religious tradition, today they are used to also celebrate the anticipation and joy of the holiday season with a surprise behind each door or window of the calendar.

For allergens, see ingredients in CAPITALS. May also contain milk, cereals containing gluten (wheat), egg, sesame, nuts and peanuts. Now we know deep down that chocolate shouldn’t really be part of your breakfast, but that adds to the indulgence of it all, and arguably the small bite-sized squares you get in an advent calendar taste even better than a full-sized bar as a result. The issue comes when making the decision as to which one, or in our case how many, you’re going to commit to buying this year, with so many different options on offer. Milk Chocolate Blends - The milk chocolate advent calendar contains blends that are slightly sweater. The milk chocolate highlights and complements the delightful added flavors. Lip Balm Fruit - 30gChocolate Cream Liqueur (Contains MILK, SOYA) - 50 ml e / 15% vol Salted Caramel Vodka Liqueur - 50ml e / 24.4 % volCocoa Gin - 50ml / 40% vol What:Made with oat milk and 100% Colombian chocolate, H!P's advent calendar is vegan-friendly, and it's plastic free so entirely recyclable when you get to Christmas Day! Plus, the calendar mixes things up with four different chocolate flavours - plain, salted caramel, gingerbread and white chocolate - so you're not getting the same old same old every day.

Some days you may find a Cacao Gin or a Velvetised Cream Liqueur miniature. We don’t recommend having these tipples before breakfast, but they’ll give you something to look forward to after work.

What makes a luxury chocolate?

emulsifier: SOYA lecithin; flavourings), marshmallows (5%) (glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, water, pork Milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 38% minimum, milk solids 14% minimum. Dark chocolate contains cocoa solids 55% minimum. What: This little choclate factory in Wales makes all their bougie chocolates by hand, and at a very reasonable price too. These advent chocs with a difference include flavours likeraspberry cream in dark chocolate, spiced milk praline, christmas pudding, and lemon sherbet in white chocolate.'Nadolig Llawen' (merry Christmas) indeed! What: We’re slightly cheating on this one, as it only contains one box of hot chocolate among 25 luxurious F&M treats, but we couldn’t help ourselves – just look at it! As well as Fortnum & Mason’s mini milk hot chocolate box, this whopper of an advent calendar (that definitely also belongs under the ‘luxury’ category below) contains everything you could want over the festive season, from tea and coffee to chocolate, biscuits, preserves, condiments and alcohol. Merry Christmas indeed.

Dark chocolate contains minimum 70% cocoa solids. Milk chocolate contains minimum 40% cocoa solids, minimum 20% milk solids. White chocolate contains minimum 36% cocoa butter, minimum 27% milk solids. Caramel milk chocolate contains minimum 36% cocoa solids, minimum 26% milk solids. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in BOLD. All chocolates in the box may contain tree nuts, peanuts, milk, soya, gluten, wheat, egg, sesame.We designed the Kopp to enhance a brew of speciality tea or coffee. The shape encourages the flavours and funnels aromas.