I can’t believe it’s only a week until the start of December! When this realisation dawned upon me yesterday, I thought I’d better start looking for advent calendars. Since my family loves chocolate so much, I’ve sought out some great options that suit both the milk and dark chocolate lovers. Along the way, I also came across some cute chocolatey stocking fillers 😉
All the festive chocolates presented in this post happen to be dairy free and vegan, so they can be enjoyed by anyone, including those that are intolerant to dairy.
And I mean anyone! Who was the party pooper that decided that advent calendars and stockings were only for children? If there’s chocolate involved, I’m definitely joining in 😉
For Milk Chocolate Lovers ♥
Moo Free Organic Fairtrade Dairy Free Advent Calendar
Moo Free has replaced cows milk with rice milk to create a delicious dairy free and vegan confectionery that actually taste like milk chocolate! The award-winning Moo Free chocolate calendar is available in the UK from Waitrose and other high street and online retailers. It’s also available in Europe and the US.
Priced £4.75 – £4.99 (120g)
Moo Free Organic Dairy Free Chocolate Santa
These milky chocolate santas would make a great stocking filler for vegans, or anyone with a dairy allergy or lactose intolerance.
Price: 99p (32g)
Plamil Organic Fairtrade Milky Dairy Free Advent Calendar
Here’s another scrumptious chocolate advent calendar that has all the taste of dairy milk but with no dairy! It’s made in their own factory which never uses dairy, gluten or nuts.
Price: £4.95 (135g)
Plamil Dairy Free Chocolate Snowmen
Another scrummy stocking filler for kids of all ages!
Price: £4.95 (125g)
Plamil chocolates are available to purchase from many UK health food shops or online, directly from Plamil or from other online stores. They’re also available to purchase in Europe.
For Dark Chocolate Lovers ♥
Hotel Chocolat Ultimate Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar
I checked this out yesterday in our local Hotel Chocolat, and it’s absolutely exquisite! It contains 24 fabulous Christmas sculptures cast in 70% dark chocolate.
Price £12.50 (125g)
Hotel Chocolat Dark Tiddly Penguins
These penguins are so cute! They’re cast in 70% rick dark chocolate and would make a super addition to stockings or as an after dinner chocolate (for big and small kids alike 😉 )
Price: £5.50 (85g)
Hotel Chocolat Ho Ho Ho Dark Chocolate Pillow Pack
I think any dark chocolate lover would be happy to find these cute santas in their stocking!
Price: £2.50 (30g)
Hotel Chocolat confectionery is available to purchase online from their UK and US sites. They also have a number of high street stores. I found that the availability of dark chocolate festive treats was limited in the Hotel Chocolat in Bath, but I’m pleased to find that their website provides a ‘click and collect’ service, with free collection.
Montezuma’s Organic and Dark Chocolate Advent Calendar
This top quality calendar is filled with Montezuma’s wonderful house-blended organic dark chocolate. Perfect for all dark chocolate lovers, including vegans and those on dairy-free diets.
Price: £9.99 (240g)
Montezuma’s Dark Chunky Snowmen
This set of eight cute little snowmen, made of organic 73% dark chocolate, would make the perfect stocking filler for dark chocolate lovers ♥
Price: £4.99 (110g)
Montezuma’s chocolates can be purchased directly from their website. It’s also available in high street health food shops and online stores.
Are you planning on having an advent calendar this year? I’ll definitely join in the fun (if one of Santa’s little helpers happens to treat me 😉 )
I love hotel chocolat, they do so many awesome vegan treats and label everything well! I have a Montezuma’s dark advent calender and I cannot wait to dig in on Dec 1st!
I bought my daughter the Montezuma’s advent calendar last year, wish I could have one too – so envious!
I really like the way Hotel Chocolat have designed their website, so you can limit your search to ‘vegan’. At the moment they have 65 vegan products!
The staff in the shop in Bath are very knowledgeable too and always give me far too many choices!
Lucky you having a Montezuma’s advent calendar!! One delicious chocolate each day, for 24 days. No wonder you can’t wait to dig in!
The Montezuma’s dark advent calendar is awesome too! Though I wouldn’t say no to the Hotel Chocolat one, yum!
Hi Vicky! I hope one of Santa’s little helpers treats you to an advent calendar this year too 😉
I love Montezuma’s chocolate, but haven’t had the opportunity to check out their calendar for myself. Based on your recommendation though, and knowing that their calendar is bound to be of the same high quality as their other products, I’ve been happy to add it into my review 🙂
Those snowmen look delicious! Have you tried their dark chocolate buttons?
Sadly, I haven’t had the opportunity to try their dark choc buttons… wish I lived near a Montezuma’s shop! I’ll have check our local health food store and see if they stock them x