Foodie Advent Calendars

No more boring chocolates; level up your advent calendar game this year with our pick of foodie advent calendars that you and your family will want to wake up early to open.

Bonne Maman

It’s time to take a magical walk in an enchanted forest with this year’s limited edition Bonne Maman Advent Calendar. Cheerful little festive characters and cheeky animals will help you discover 23 mini jars of delicious seasonal conserves, chocolates and caramels, plus a surprise decorative gift on Christmas Eve. 

A perfect gift to treat loved ones – or yourself – every Advent Calendar purchased from the Bonne Maman website includes flavour combinations developed exclusively for Christmas and not usually available in the UK, such as orange, guava and lime, Madagascar vanilla caramel, mango and ginger, or blueberry and lychee with rose, plus a complimentary special edition Christmas jar of hazelnut chocolate spread.

RRP: £33.00, including postage and packing

Available from Bonne Maman and retailers including Waitrose & Partners, Selfridges and Fenwicks. 

Tracklements

For foodies who like it tangy, sweet, or a little bit spicy, Tracklements' first ever advent calendar will stock up their Christmas pantries with a daily treat. Expect a range of punchy ketchups, relishes, mustards, mayonnaises and chutneys.

RRP: £25.00

Available from Tracklements

Fattoria La Vialla

Here at Chatting Food, it's not Christmas until we're unwrapping something delicious from the lovely Fattoria La Vialla, a sustainable, biodynamic family-run farm in Tuscany that only sells their produce directly to customers. You can go luxe with The Grand Advent, a stunning selection of 28 full-size La Vialla goodies including wine, grape juice, antipasti, pasta, sauces, cheese, meats and sweet treats - perfect for the Italiophile in your life and a delicious surprise to reveal each day.

Alternatively, for something a little different to the usual chocolate calendars, The Mini Advent contains 60 sweet surprises - traditional Italian biscuits, chocolates and other sweet delicacies, all baked at the Fattoria. Each window also conceals a drawing and the name of the treat in Italian.

RRP: The Grand Advent, £200; The Mini Advent, £35.80

Available from Fattoria La Vialla

Lakrids by Bülow

A Lakrids by Bülow advent calendar is the ultimate countdown to Christmas for any liquorice lover. The standard calendar features much-loved familiar flavours from the classic and slow-crafted range, as well as limited-edition flavours from the winter collection. The large calendar has four pieces of liquorice behind every door, so they may even share some with you.

RRP: Large advent calendar £70.00; standard advent calendar £45.00

Available from Lakrids by Bülow

She Grows Veg

Ideal for gardeners and foodies alike, enjoy a truly unique countdown to Christmas this year with She Grows Veg’s heirloom seed advent calendar, packed full of wonderful heirloom seeds. 

This beautifully-presented calendar includes 25 individually-wrapped numbered envelopes in brightly-coloured veg-inspired wrapping paper, each containing a packet of seeds. The envelopes come in a festive eco cotton sack that can be reused in the garden for tools, seeds or equipment after the festivities. 

RRP: £70.00

Available from She Grows Veg

Roly’s Fudge

Photography by Nick Hook

The Roly’s Fudge Advent Calendar, brand new for Christmas 2025, features 25 windows that open to reveal a selection of the company’s most loved and classic fudge flavours, including Vanilla Clotted Cream, Sea Salt, Honeycomb, Chocolate, Salted Maple & Pecan, and their special Christmas Pudding Fudge.  Using a classic West Country recipe, each fudge batch is cooked in small quantities using natural ingredients to create rich, crumbly fudge with a unique texture. 

RRP: £55.00

Available from Roly's Fudge

Doughlicious

Say goodbye to boring chocolate and let it dough, dough, dough this December with the Doughlicious frozen Advent Calendar, handcrafted in London and packed with festive indulgence. Behind every door, a delicious surprise awaits: soft, chewy cookie dough wrapped around creamy artisan gelato, then finished with a dusting of cookie crumb. With 12 unique festive flavours to discover, from indulgent Chocolate Truffle to festive White Chocolate Snowball, it’s a one-of-a-kind advent calendar that delivers a daily moment of sweet, frozen joy.

RRP: £13.00

Available from Doughlicious

Moth Cocktails

Twenty-four festive cocktails, all bar-strength and ready to unwrap. MOTH’s best-selling advent calendar is the top-shelf countdown that swaps daily chocs for luxury cocktails made with award-winning independent spirits.

Behind the doors: Espresso Martini, Margarita, Passionfruit Martini, Spicy Marg, Negroni and more. Sip them by the twinkling lights. Give them to a cocktail lover. Bring them to the office party and become everyone’s favourite elf. And hidden inside one calendar: a golden MOTH can. Find it and win a very big present that will last you all year long.

RRP: £79.00

Available from Moth

Virgin Wines

Photography by Virgin Wines

These beautiful hand-illustrated limited-edition calendars from Virgin Wines will reveal a world-class mini bottle of wine, craft gin, or artisan beer behind every door, each one selected for exceptional flavour by Virgin’s expert and award-winning buyers.

For wine, choose from a red, white and rosé, or mixed wine calendar, each containing 24 expertly curated mini wines, plus a full-size 25th anniversary limited-edition bottle to toast Christmas Day. The beer calendar features 24 full-size cans of craft beer, each carefully chosen from some of the UK and Europe’s most exciting breweries, from big names to boutique brewers, while the gin calendar has 24 hand-picked mini bottles of craft gin, each with a twist.

RRP: Wine Calendars £99.99; Gin Calendar £99.99; Beer Calendar £79.99

Available from Virgin Wines

Wise Bartender

This Christmas, Wise Bartender is bringing the festive cheer to everyone with its brand-new Alcohol-Free Advent Calendars – the perfect way to sip, savour and celebrate the run-up to the big day. Behind every door you’ll find a delicious alcohol-free drink, tucked inside a beautifully designed box.  There are three calendars to choose from:  

• Sweet & Tasty Advent Calendar: packed with alcohol-free cocktails, ciders and botanical spirits that taste as good as they look. Includes Sip Cocktails, Ferment Fizz, Jukes, Genie Drinks, Maiden Hill Cider, Pearson, AF Gin, Glen Dochus AF Whiskey, Sea Arch and more.  

• Alcohol-Free Beer Advent Calendar: featuring a hand-picked line-up of the very best alcohol-free brews such as Nuwave, Nirvana, Bero (Tom Holland’s Beer), Brulo, Menabrea, Mash Gang, Firebrand brewing, Lucky Saint, Prime Time Brewing, Wipe and True Brewing.  

• Mixed Beer & Sweet Advent Calendar: a little bit of everything for those who are looking for festive surprises each day, with a mix of the above brands.

RRP: All calendars £80.00 each, including delivery

Available from Wise Bartender

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Deputy Editor, Chatting Food London: Amanda David

Amanda David is a freelance food and drinks writer specialising in London’s restaurants, bars and events. She is the author of EAT THIS NOW! on Substack, the Events Editor and a contributing writer for London Cheapo, a regular contributor to Palate Magazine and a Member of the Guild of Food Writers.

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