Cadbury’s advent calendars are here, and they’re a chocoholic’s dream come true

Nothing says “Christmas is coming” like a box of Cadbury heroes, and having all our favourite Cadbury bars in advent calendar format means our Christmas spirit is off the chart. Featuring all the big names we know and love behind the 24 windows: (deep breath now) twirl, double decker, dairy milk caramel, crème egg twisted, wispa, fudge, dairy milk caramel and eclair (phew!), this advent calendar is a joyous way to countdown to Christmas. It also features an interactive daily game activated by a QR code provided behind day one, making it most suitable from age 12.

The Cadbury dairy milk chunk advent calendar hits the right balance of luxury and indulgence at a price point that might not make you balk in these unprecedentedly expensive times. It’s weighty and much sturdier than your standard dairy milk calendar and includes 24 individually wrapped chunks of classic chocolate, dairy milk caramel or whole nut.

While we are mildly disappointed that the oft overlooked fruit and nut is not included, there’s no doubt that a generous chunk of dairy milk of any variety will set your day up nicely in the run up to Christmas. It’s nice enough looking to gift to someone special too – even if that is yourself.

The original and the best? As the number one selling advent calendar year after year, many would say so. You can’t argue with the format: a sweet lightweight calendar of scrummy dairy milk festive figures hidden behind 24 windows that is the perfect size to hang on your bedroom door using the little hanging tab attached. Featuring a cute Santa design on the front, and a simple game on the reverse, this calendar represents good value for money and a guaranteed tasty start to your December day.

This advent calendar looks brilliant: a tower designed to resemble Santa’s workshop with 24 windows dotted around which open to reveal a fun-sized Cadbury treat. Will it be a Freddo or a fudge? A chomp or a curly wurly? You can make an educated guess given the size and shape of the windows, but the element of surprise makes the daily opening exciting. Each window also poses a festive question that kids will love to find the answer to elsewhere on the towering calendar, and a few windows also include a bonus festive sticker for little ones to enjoy.

Ok, so it’s not a calendar as such but we had to include this Dairy Milk Advent Tablet as any daily dose of Dairy Milk through December is fine by us. This festive treat takes the form of a large 270g bar handily broken into 25 numbered chunks to take you through the month until Christmas Eve. We can only imagine the willpower involved in stopping at one chunk each day when presented with a supersized bar of our favourite Cadburys chocolate. The wrapper asks “do you accept the challenge?”, and honestly, we don’t know if we do.