The best chocolate Advent calendars for 2026, from M&S to Biscoff or personalise your own!

If they've been really good this year, treat them to this luxurious Advent calendar. Behind each of the 24 doors is a handcrafted chocolate, and no two flavours are the same. You can expect the likes of banoffee, made with caramel, freeze dried banana, caramelia pearls and milk chocolate, or white chocolate, strawberry and sour cherry. A truly special selection.

Dark chocolate fans, assemble. Fairtrade brand Divine definitely does things right. Made with the finest 70% Ghanain cocoa, in an elegant festive design, the all-natural ingredients are palm oil-free and more eco-friendly to boot.

We're delighted to see the Cadbury Dairy Milk Biscoff Advent calendar has returned for 2026. Behind each door is either a classic Dairy Milk chocolate chunk or one with a caramelised Biscoff twist, making the countdown to Christmas even sweeter.

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M&S has packed this well-priced Advent calendar with the best of its Big Daddy confectionery range, including dark chocolate bars with peanut centres, and milk chocolate bites filled with creamy white chocolate and pistachio. Yum!

There’s also an extra special surprise on the big day – a whole Little Big Daddy Peanut bar to enjoy.

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If we were giving out awards for the prettiest (and tastiest!) treats, Irish artisan chocolate brand Grá Chocolates, would surely be up there. Each piece in this luxury Advent calendar is hand-painted, revealing daily decadent bites such as the brand's signature cacao-rich Lil' Bit Salty and a pair of indulgent Gingerbread House chocolates.

Make their countdown to Christmas extra special with a personalised Advent calendar. Upload a photo and choose from the likes of Lindt, Toblerone, Milka and more for the lucky recipient.

For a festive taste of Italy, try this delicious Advent calendar, packed with Baci's chocolate-covered hazelnuts. It contains 24 bite-sized delights, with an assortment of moreish flavours such as latte, the dark chocolate 'fondentissimo', white choc bianco, and classico."

Hotel Chocolat has a wide range of Advent calendars for every budget and taste, but this is the most generous yet.

It contains a stunning selection of solid chocolate bars, festive flavoured truffles, hot chocolate sachets and even mini bottles of the brand’s boozy Velvitised Cream range. Luxury in cocoa form.

A serious step up from the chocolate calendars of our youth, Fortnum & Mason has designed a whimsical scene complete with sun and moon characters, and owls playing instruments outside the brand’s Piccadilly shopfront.

The chocolate is just as impressive, made with 35% organic cocoa, for a malty milk taste with notes of caramel.

If you have a penchant for Guylian's Belgian chocolate seashells, you'll be delighted with this 24-door Advent calendar. It contains three flavours, including the new sea salt caramel seahorse option, alongside original praline seashells and milk truffle seahorses.

Granted it's not cheap, but this special Advent calendar is designed to become part of the Christmas decorations. It unfolds into a beautifully decorated Christmas tree and contains 25 individually wrapped chocolates in 11 flavours, including two exclusive limited-edition flavours: Pistachio and Speculoos, each presented as a small gift box to hang on the tree.

Peanut butter lovers rejoice! Reese's Advent Calendar contains peanut butter cups behind every door, with an extra special treat on Christmas eve! Better still, there's a chance to win a trip to Ibiza. We think Santa would approve.

If your favourite bite from the Celebrations tub is a Maltesers Teasers, you'll want to snap this calendar up pronto. It contains 14 milk, five dark and five white chocolate truffles, ready for the countdown to Christmas.

Make your countdown to Christmas extra special with the Galaxy calendar. Behind each door, you’ll find the brand's smooth milk chocolate pieces in festive shapes. A very delicious countdown to Christmas.

Back for 2026, Milky Way is perfect for kids (and big kids!). This calendar contains chocolate pieces and two Milky Way miniatures.

Tony’s Chocolonely’s chocolate has reached cult status, and with good reason. Not only are the flavours divine – we're talking honey nougat, milk chocolate caramel sea salt and more – but it’s properly Fairtrade. So you can enjoy your treats basking in the rosy glow of “doing good”.

Each one is individually wrapped, ready to eat or make hot chocolate with – the choice is yours.

This triangle-shaped Advent calendar caught our eye, and with a selection of 25 white, dark and milk chocolates (not forgetting honey, almond and nougat), it contains all of the brand's most-loved flavours.

We recommend nabbing it now before it sells out.

It simply wouldn’t be Christmas without the mighty selection box. But there’s no need to wait until 25 December to indulge, as Cadbury has taken our favourite miniatures out of the tin – including Wispas, Twirls and Crunchies – and hidden them behind numbered doors to take us right through to the big day.