Here, Lynsey Hope rounds up ten of the best offerings for December 2023. Bird & Blend Tea Co. Advent Calendar L’Occitane’s “Classic” advent calendar features some of the French beauty and skincare brand’s best-loved products, including items from the Verbena and Almond shower range, youth-boosting Immortelle skincare solutions and shea butter hand cream. These calendars recently underwent a climate-friendly update; in 2020, L’Occitane replaced its plastic interiors with cardboard sourced from sustainable forests, saving 22.5 tonnes of plastic waste.

YawnBrew’s chocolate is Made from a 65% dark chocolate base and does not contain dairy or milk powder. Every year Bird & Blend bring out a brand new, limited edition Tea Advent Calendar. This year they want to spread kindness and happiness which is why they have an extra special treat with not one but two tea bags in each box. You can share your advent experience with a special someone, gift it or you can experiment with it. Try it hot, cold or as a latte. For a slightly different sweet treat this December, why not try an advent calendar from Popcorn Shed? A truly special gift for the coffee lovers in your life, take them on a journey of discovery from 1 December through to Christmas Eve, with two easy-to-use coffee bags to uncover every day. This limited-edition advent calendar features 12 best-selling pieces by designer jewellery brand Scream Pretty, including stud earrings, ear cuffs and charm hoops. Available in both sustainable recycled sterling silver, and gold plated recycled sterling silver, this calendar is designed to make your ears truly stand out at the office Christmas party.The perfect way to wake up each crisp winter morning, each of the 24 advent windows features an individually wrapped, bite-size Walker’s Shortbread treat, with each door adorned with beautiful gold foil digits. There is a vegan, free-from calendar as well as a gourmet option and both are ideal for those looking for something a bit different from traditional chocolate. Lola’s chocolate brownie advent calendar is the perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit. Enjoy 24 delicious full-size brownies, with a six box delivered every six days to ensure you can enjoy your brownies at their best. You’ll have much more tea with two bagsper day. Perfect for sharing orexperimenting with new ways of enjoying these Christmas blends. Treat yourself and sip onbrand new blends and special edition Christmas flavours like Snowball & Hazelnut Rocher. Magical experiences are included in your daily brew with a daily kindness calendar interactive digital tasting notes diary.

So whether you invest or not may depend on how much you love opening those little doors in the run up to the big day. You can get an advent calendar totally devoted to cheese, and there are options featuring gourmet popcorn and marshmallows. And then there’s Fortnum & Mason's stellar offering… We’ve gathered together the best, so keep scrolling and make your choice for a delicious festive countdown. How we chose the best chocolate advent calendars These wonderful calendars are worth a look for anyone partial to some afternoon tea or biscuits with friends. 1. Whittard’s Coffee Advent Calendar for Two It's November, which means we're well and truly in Christmas mode. The best bit? We've got an excuse to buy the foodie advent calendars we've been eyeing up for weeks.Enjoy on toast, with a pastry, in porridge, or for a festive cream tea, Tiptree recommends spreading their conserves onto a freshly baked spiced cranberry scone with a generous helping of clotted cream. The HIDE advent calendar is a wonderfully decadent Christmas treat curated by Michelin-star chef Ollie Dabbous. This calendar contains all the luxuries you might need during the festive season including Mariage Frères tea, Le Labo candles, white truffles, a yule log, mince pies, lobster rolls and 50-day aged ribeye. Husband LOVED this. What I think are weird combinations with licorice, but they work! I think it’s the only advent calendar I’ve given my husband that he looked forward to getting into every day,” wrote one reviewer. The range includes whisky, bourbon, gin, rum and vodka and inside each there are 24 hand-waxed 30ml bottles from brands such as Bathtub Gin, Port Charlotte and One-Eyed Rebel Spiced Rum. German born Sebastian, a past finalist in the World Chocolate Masters and a Chocolatier of the Year winner in the Scottish Food Awards, produces his own range of delicious handmade chocolates, truffles and bars from a workshop in Linlithgow, selling online to a global customer base.

Countdown to Christmas with 24 specially selected craft gins from some of the world’s best distilleries, presented in generous 30ml wax-sealed drams. This gin advent calendar, from Drinks by the Dram, has been awarded an editors’ choice award by Which?.

Hear me out: imagine gifting someone a little ritual they can enjoy with their partner throughout the month of December. This luxurious advent is just that. With 24 miniature puzzles inside, it is an opportunity to sit next to your favorite person for a few minutes each day of the month while you solve a New Yorker magazine-themed puzzle. Unlike so many couple gifts, this is neither weirdly couples-therapy adjacent or overly tipped towards one-half of the couple’s preferences. It’s a truly mutual experience.

It felt really indulgent and special, warming for the winter and perfect for the run-up to Christmas Day. With the Nespresso Advent Calendar, enjoy a surprise a day with Original capsules from 1 to 23 December and a gift on Christmas Eve. The team say: "Discover a new favourite flavour profile and taste and explore bottlings that you might not have tried before. Or if you're hosting this holiday season, impress your guests with a dram or two and use as a festive table favour at Christmas or New Year." The appeal of this item is 24 days of skincare, like moisturizers, and haircare products with different brands each day. Read our full breakdown of the value for the full list of contents. Everything included was incredibly delicious - these really are the tastiest and most luxurious hot chocs around.If you want a simple advent calendar, but don’t want chocolate, Walker’s Shortbread Advent Calendar is the best alternative. Featuring a variety of unique shapes, but the same buttery shortbread each day, it’s a chocolate-free alternative to the classic, simple advent experience. This year you can choose from a 12 day or 24 day advent calendar. Behind each door you will find a beautifully hand painted festive bonbon with 12 varieties inside - the biggest flavour selection yet. With only a few weeks to go until December, festive goodies are starting to line store shelves, with a string of food and drink related advent calendars available.