Best Biscuit Advent Calendars 2025
by Holly Thomson
The Joy of a Biscuit Advent Calendar
Advent calendars aren’t just about chocolate anymore. For those who love a buttery crumb, a spiced snap, or the crunch of biscotti with morning coffee, a biscuit advent calendar is the most delicious way to count down to Christmas.
At Sous Chef, we handpick every calendar for quality, story and flavour, from German lebkuchen masters to French butter biscuit specialists. Here are the very best biscuit advent calendars for 2025.
Shop all Advent Calendars, or read our buyer's guide to the best luxury and alternative food advent calendars.
Our Favourite Biscuit Advent Calendars
Lebkuchen-Schmidt Biscuit & Lebkuchen Advent Calendar
Nuremberg is the home of Germany’s most famous Christmas treat: lebkuchen. Behind the 24 doors of this calendar you’ll find soft spiced gingerbread, cinnamon stars, and chocolate-coated biscuits. Lebkuchen-Schmidt has been baking festive biscuits for nearly a century — a true taste of German Christmas.
La Sablésienne French Butter Biscuits Advent Calendar
Straight from France’s Pays de la Loire, this butter biscuit advent calendar is filled with individually wrapped shortbread bags in irresistible flavours: classic butter, raspberry chip, chocolate chip and salted caramel. Beautifully decorated, it’s as charming on the outside as it is delicious within.
Tuscan Biscuit Advent Calendar
Bring a taste of Italy to your Christmas countdown. This Tuscan calendar includes biscotti, cantucci, and chewy almond nougat — flavoured with cocoa, coffee and limoncello. Each bite evokes festive mornings in Florence, making it a wonderful gift for biscuit lovers.
Babbi Italian Wafer Biscuit Advent Calendar
Is a wafer a biscuit? Yes! And Babbi’s luxury wafer advent calendar is a festive treat filled with their most iconic creations. Behind 24 beautifully illustrated doors, discover bite-sized delights made in Italy.
Enjoy Babbi’s famous Viennesi wafers in vanilla, pistachio and dark chocolate, plus CuBon pralines and Babbini in flavours like coffee and coconut. Each wafer combines crisp layers with silky cream, the perfect December indulgence.
Keep it for yourself or gift it to a sweet-toothed friend. This stunning calendar brings the joy of Italian wafer biscuits to Christmas 2025.
Why Choose a Biscuit Advent Calendar?
Perfect with coffee or tea – The ultimate December morning ritual.
Something different from chocolate – A refreshing alternative for those with a sweet tooth.
Gift-ready – Beautifully packaged, they’re thoughtful presents for friends and family.
Tradition & provenance – Many biscuit houses, from Nuremberg to Nantes, have been baking for generations.
Shop Biscuit Advent Calendars
This year, treat yourself or a loved one to the simple joy of biscuits at Christmas. Explore our full range of biscuit advent calendars or browse more Christmas food gifts to find festive inspiration.
