Best Food Advent Calendars 2026
by Holly Thomson
Advent calendars for adults have become hugely popular in recent years. Everybody loves an advent calendar, after all! The excitement of getting a treat each day brightens up even the darkest of December mornings and eases us into the festive season.
The best food advent calendars bring joy to every December morning – whether it’s unwrapping artisan chocolate, discovering new spices, or indulging in buttery biscuits.
At Sous Chef, we handpick calendars from Europe’s finest makers, from French biscuit houses to Belgian chocolatiers. Below, explore our guide to the very best food and biscuit advent calendars for 2026 – all chosen for their quality, story, and flavour.
The Best Food Advent Calendars 2026
Best 3 Biscuit Advent Calendars for Christmas 2026
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- Lebkuchen-Schmidt PGI Lebkuchen & Biscuit Advent Calendar
- La Sablésienne French Butter Biscuits Advent Calendar
- Tuscan Biscuit Advent Calendar
Best 3 Chocolate Advent Calendars
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- Lakrids Liquorice Advent Calendar
- Neuhaus Sharing Chocolate Calendar
- Francois Doucet French Sweets Advent Calendar
Best 3 Alternative Food and Cooking Advent Calendars
Shop all Advent Calendars here, or for more inspiration, read our guide to the Best Biscuit Advent calendars and Best Alternative Luxury Food Advent Calendars.
What Makes the Best Food Advent Calendar?
We've brought together a selection of calendars here that are full of surprises. Plus some calendars you won't find anywhere else. Each year, we spend months sourcing the finest Advent treats from the world's best producers – from Danish liquorice and Italian chocolate to spices from specialist merchants.
Here's a preview of some of the best food Advent calendars for 2026, with more arriving as Christmas approaches.
Best Alternative Food Advent Calendars for 2026
Looking for something different? Our alternative calendars are chosen to surprise as well as delight. These are the Advent calendars that food lovers remember year after year – and might just become the beginning of a new Christmas tradition.
Spice Discovery Advent Calendar
Behind every door you'll find a different spice sachet, alongside recipe ideas and tasting notes. It's the perfect Advent calendar for cooks who would rather discover a new flavour than another piece of chocolate.
Expect sweet and savoury spices, peppers, salts and aromatic blends from French spice specialists Terre Exotique, with plenty of inspiration for putting each one to use.
Mill & Mortar Organic Spice Advent Calendar
This is an Advent calendar for the serious cook. Inside the wooden chest are 24 organic spices to discover throughout December, turning the countdown to Christmas into a month of new ingredients and ideas.
The wooden presentation makes it feel properly special, while the contents are designed to be cooked with long after the final door has been opened. A brilliant choice for someone whose spice cupboard is never quite full enough.
Baci Advent Calendar
Baci Perugina chocolates are the story of a kiss. Created in Perugia, each famous chocolate combines hazelnut and chocolate, wrapped with a tiny message of love or friendship inside.
The Advent calendar contains a mixture of milk, dark and extra-dark Baci, each topped with a whole hazelnut. A particularly lovely choice for Italian food lovers – and anyone who appreciates a little ritual with their morning chocolate.
Leone Confectionery Advent Calendar
Count down to Christmas with one of Italy's great historic confectioners. Leone has been making sweets in Piedmont since 1857, and this festive calendar brings together chocolates, fruit jellies and the brand's famous pastilles.
Look out for Cri Cri chocolates with roasted hazelnuts and a crunchy sugar coating, alongside colourful Italian sweets made to traditional recipes. It's a wonderfully varied calendar for someone who never wants the same treat twice.
Lakrids Classic Liquorice Advent Calendar
Behind each window you could find an old favourite, or a surprising new flavour combination – all executed with Lakrids’ signature flair. You’ll discover chocolate, raspberry and other ingredients expertly married with the finest Danish liquorice.
This calendar has 24 windows, and comes all the way from one of the finest liquorice producers in Denmark, the home of liquorice. And behind each window there are two pieces of liquorice: two for you, or - if you're feeling generous - enough to share!
Best Biscuit Advent Calendars for 2026
For those who can't resist a buttery crumb or a spiced bite, a biscuit Advent calendar is one of the most delicious ways to count down to Christmas. Browse more in our dedicated guide to the best biscuit Advent calendars of 2026.
La Sablésienne French Butter Biscuit Calendar – Coming Soon
Kick off Christmas with the La Sablésienne Biscuit Advent Calendar. Behind each door you'll discover individually wrapped bags of the French biscuit house's famous shortbread, with flavours including classic butter, salted caramel chip, raspberry chip and chocolate.
La Sablésienne has been baking in France's Pays de la Loire since 1962 and is particularly known for its crisp, buttery petit sablé. The beautifully illustrated calendar makes an excellent gift for anyone who believes December mornings should begin with biscuits.
Lebkuchen-Schmidt Biscuit & Lebkuchen Advent Calendar – Coming Soon
Count down to Christmas in true German style with soft spiced lebkuchen, cinnamon stars and chocolate-covered biscuits hidden behind the 24 doors.
Lebkuchen-Schmidt is based in Nuremberg, the historic home of Germany's most famous gingerbread. The company has been baking festive biscuits for nearly a century, making this one of the most traditional Christmas calendars in the collection.
Babbi Luxury Wafer Advent Calendar
For the person who would choose a crisp wafer over a biscuit, Babbi's Advent calendar is filled with some of the Italian maker's most-loved creations.
Behind the illustrated doors are chocolate-covered wafers and pralines, including Babbi's famous layered wafers with smooth cream fillings. Expect hazelnut, dark chocolate and other classic Italian confectionery flavours, with plenty of crunch along the way.
Best Chocolate Advent Calendars for 2026
A great chocolate Advent calendar should be filled with chocolates you'd happily buy in their own right. These are made by specialist chocolatiers across Italy, Belgium and Germany, with pralines, truffles, marzipan and filled chocolates to discover throughout December. Find more in our ultimate guide to chocolate Advent calendars 2026.
La Perla di Torino Chocolate Truffle Advent Calendar
La Perla di Torino makes chocolate in Turin, the heartland of Italian gianduja. Behind the doors of this striking red-and-gold calendar you'll find the brand's rich chocolate truffles alongside other small Italian treats.
Flavours range from pistachio and raspberry to limoncello, tiramisu and espresso, plus a special Christmas truffle scented with mandarin and winter spices. This is one for people who want something a little more exciting than a square of chocolate every morning.
Mozart Chocolate & Marzipan Advent Calendar
For marzipan lovers, this German Advent calendar is particularly hard to resist. Open the doors to discover milk and dark chocolates filled with almond marzipan, pistachio marzipan, hazelnut praline and other nutty centres.
They're made by Reber, the historic confectioner famous for its Mozart chocolates. The combination of chocolate, marzipan and praline makes this feel nostalgic and luxurious at the same time.
Heidel Nostalgic Chocolate Advent Calendar
Sometimes the appeal of an Advent calendar is in its simplicity. Heidel's traditional German calendar combines classic Christmas artwork with a chocolate treat behind each door.
At under £10, it's a charming option for Secret Santa gifts, stocking fillers or anyone who wants the familiar pleasure of a traditional chocolate Advent calendar without the luxury price tag.
Best Luxury Advent Calendars for 2026
Show-stoppers packed with some of the finest flavours from across Europe. These Advent calendars are made for gifting, sharing – or making December significantly more indulgent.
Neuhaus Sharing Advent Calendar
This is the big one. Neuhaus' spectacular sharing Advent calendar contains 78 Belgian chocolates, so there's no need to negotiate over who gets today's treat.
The calendar unfolds into a row of festive houses and is filled with the Belgian chocolatier's pralines and chocolates. It's a brilliant choice for couples, families or any household where one chocolate a day was never going to be enough.
Neuhaus Chocolate Story Book Advent Calendar
Neuhaus' red story book opens to reveal 25 doors and, gradually, a festive illustrated scene. Behind them are milk, dark and white Belgian chocolates with fillings such as hazelnut gianduja, coffee nougat, spiced biscuit praline and soft caramel.
It's exactly what a luxury chocolate Advent calendar should be: excellent chocolate first, beautiful presentation second, and enough variety to keep every December morning interesting.
Neuhaus Classic Chocolate Advent Calendar
If you're more interested in the chocolates than elaborate packaging, choose Neuhaus' classic calendar. Behind its doors are 25 of the Belgian chocolatier's best-loved creations, including hazelnut pralines, caramels and nutty filled chocolates.
Neuhaus is credited with inventing the Belgian filled praline in 1912, so this is a particularly good choice for the chocolate purist.
François Doucet Advent Calendar
François Doucet's Advent calendar brings a little Provençal confectionery to December. Behind the doors you'll find a mixture of crunchy caramelised nuts, aromatic fruit jellies and chocolates from the traditional French confectioner.
There is often more than one treat hidden behind a window, which makes it especially generous – although whether you choose to share is entirely up to you.
Lakrids Advent Calendar
Lakrids' luxurious Advent calendar returns with a mixture of familiar favourites and new flavours, all built around the Danish maker's signature combination of liquorice and chocolate.
Expect chocolate, fruit, coffee and other flavours paired with soft liquorice centres. The larger sharing calendar contains two pieces behind each window – technically enough for two people, although December generosity is optional.
Shop all Advent Calendars here, or for more inspiration, read our guide to the Best Biscuit Advent Calendars and Best Alternative Luxury Food Advent Calendars.
