Whether you call it an Advent Calendar or a Christmas Countdown, we have been testing both edible and non-edible ones this season and here is our selection of some of the best ones under £30 as chosen by the SLOAN! Review Panel.
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You’ll open a world of surprises with each door you pry open in the HORSE CLUB Advent Calendar. Each numbered door in the 2022 HORSE CLUB Advent Calendar contains a special surprise. This year’s calendar includes two horse figurines and a total of 24 HORSE CLUB accessories to build your collection. Picnic baskets and apples, grooming supplies and miniature animals – there’s something special in every box!
CEWE
This advent calendar is one that children are sure to love! It contains three varieties of kinder® Chocolate to help them welcome the festive season with a delicious sweet treat each day. Not only does this advent calendar contain tasty chocolate, but it can also be personalised with an image of your choice. Choose from a family memory, a self-portrait or a drawing they’ve created themselves. This unique design is unlike any on the high street and will allow them to have a countdown to the big day that is rich in memories, as well as delicious chocolate.
Popcorn Shed
The delicious gourmet popcorn advent calendar features a new design for 2022 and improved flavours, making it their best one yet and we are sure you will love it. With this advent calendar you don't have to settle for the same chocolate every morning, but indulge in 24 bags of yummy popcorn in six uniquely mouth-watering flavours instead! It contains the following flavours: Salted Caramel, Raspberry & Dark Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Chocolate Caramel, Pecan Pie and Cookies & Cream.
Sue Ryder
This beautiful Wooden LED Book Advent Calendar is sure to light up your December. It has 24 individual drawers that are ideal for small gifts or sweet surprises so you can totally customise the Christmas countdown for your other half, your little darlings or a favourite member of your household. We really liked how it can be re-used year after year and the LED lights give a warm wintery glow.
LEGO®
Kids can count down to the big day with the LEGO® City Advent Calendar which features a fun surprise behind every door. LEGO® City toys help kids learn about the real world through imaginative play that depicts life in a fun and exciting way. The Advent Calendar is packed with fun mini builds and characters from the LEGO® City Adventures TV series. There's a festive foldout playmat and a Santa minifigure.
Lindt
Exclusively available from Lindt Chocolate shops throughout the UK, this stunning new sleigh-shaped advent calendar is an adorable choice for small and big kids alike. It contains an appealing mix of mouth-watering Milk and White chocolate characters, mini Lindt LINDOR truffles, not forgetting nut Crème and Milk chocolate balls. Also available at www.lindt.co.uk/shop
Hotel Chocolat
Behind each door of Hotel Chocolat’s Advent Calendar you’ll find reindeer, penguins, snowmen and spruces, each cast in smooth, creamy 40% milk chocolate. which is their signature milk blend. Each chocolate is accompanied by an uplifting message to keep your spirits high during this festive season
Ombar
The Ombar Oat M*lk Advent Calendar features four delicious vegan flavours, in super cute mini Ombar form, it’s super good, super sustainable and super festive. The Advent Calendar is a celebration of the Ombar Oat M’lk range, which really is the first of its kind; vegan chocolate with sustainability at its core. The range has LESS THAN HALF the carbon emissions of mainstream milk chocolate and is made using sustainable British-grown ‘naked’ oats.