The Best Food & Drink Advent Calendars for 2023

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This post has been updated for the 2023 holiday season.

I love having Advent Calendars around and while the true purpose of advent calendars is to prepare our hearts for the true meaning of Christmas, I think that other advent calendars can add a level of fun or excitement to the season. I’ve rounded up some of the best food and drink advent calendars that I could find for this year!

 

30 Food & Drink Advent Calendars

 

1 // Bonne Maman Jam & Honey Advent Calendar

This advent calendar is a best-seller every year and often sells out or gets hard to find! And I can totally understand why - I’m all about the jams and honey and would love to get this advent calendar around the holidays.


2 // Specialty Coffee Advent Calendar

This advent calendar for coffee looks like a major WIN - I love the idea of being able to try out a different speciality coffee every day. You can’t go wrong with quality coffees!


3 // Keurig Coffee Advent Calendar

Another coffee advent option - this would be great especially if you are in an office setting with a Keurig.


4 // Hot Cocoa Mix Advent Calendar

This hot cocoa advent calendar would be super fun for any hot cocoa-lover or for the kids!


5 // Pukka Tea Advent Calendar

The Pukka Tea Advent Calendar features 24 incredible organic tea blends to discover each day. Treat yourself or delight someone with a daily herbal hug. A great alternative to chocolate advent calendars for herbal tea lovers, discover the perfect assortment of citrusy, floral, sweet, and spicy flavors.


6 // English Tea Advent Calendar

This English Tea Shop advent calendar is a great price point and has some quality teas!


7 // Tea Forte Advent Calendar

This is one of my favorite brands of tea - they have some incredible loose-leaf teas in these really fun triangle bags.


8 // Harry & David Advent Calendar

This advent calendar of snacks and treats from Harry & David looks like a major splurge, but it’s packed with so much delicious-ness!


9 // Walker’s Shortbread Advent Calendar

We’re big fans of Walker’s shortbread over here - it reminds me of my many trips over to Europe and is such a nice treat alongside a cup of coffee or tea in the evenings.


10 // Gourmet Nuts Advent Calendar

Discover an exquisite array of handpicked flavors of gourmet nuts, specially curated for a daily surprise that is sure to bring any nut-lover some joy this holiday season!


11 // Christmas Cookies Advent Calendar

This advent cookie calendar is a fun holiday tradition both kids and adults will look forward to. Discover the delicious surprises hidden inside each festive drawer. Treats include double chocolate cherry cookies, chocolate peanut butter cookies, vanilla shortbreads with red or blue sanding sugar, dark chocolate peppermint cookies, and more.


12 // Godiva Chocolate Advent Calendar

Countdown to Christmas with Godiva’s Classic Chocolate Advent Calendar. Flip open the album-like cover to discover a delectable piece of GODIVA chocolate hidden away each day. You'll enjoy a delicious assortment of 24 holiday chocolates, including fun seasonal pieces—a jolly Santa, festive Snowman, and wintry Penguin—along with classic Godiva milk chocolates, dark chocolates, and white chocolates like Milk Caramel Embrace, Raspberry Star, Dark Mint Medallion and more.


13 // Peppermint Bark Advent Calendar

This Peppermint Bark Advent Calendar is only available at Williams Sonoma and features irresistible peppermint bark in four festive shapes. Open one of the 24 doors every day to reveal a snowman, toy soldier, Christmas tree or Santa. Each crunchy treat is made of rich semisweet chocolate and creamy white chocolate with crushed peppermint candy.


14 // Gourmet Caramels Advent Calendar

Behind each door of this playful scene of woodland creatures in a holiday milieu is a marked and wrapped McCrea’s caramel, one for each day leading up to Christmas. Includes 24 assorted caramels. A dozen distinct flavors waiting to be unwrapped and enjoyed. Flavors include: Vanilla, Maple, Deep Chocolate, Chocolate Peppermint, Black Lava Sea Salt, Mocha, and more!


15 // Sugarfina Christmas Candy Advent Calendar

This deluxe advent calendar candy tasting collection from Sugarfina is the sweetest way to count down the 24 days before Christmas. Nestled inside the 24 tastes of Christmas advent calendar you'll discover a drawer for each day of December, filled with four pieces of candy to delight you and your loved ones. Candies inside include: holiday presents, peach hearts, santa's donuts, dark chocolate sea salt caramels, heavenly sours, birthday cake caramels, and many more.


16 // Sprinkles Advent Calendar

This sprinkles advent calendar would be so fun to open with little kids! Each calendar has 24 individual servings of 1.5 teaspoons of various sprinkles that would be great for cookies, ice cream, or even as a topping on oatmeal! (Our toddler LOVES to get sprinkles on his bowl of oatmeal.)


17 // Harry Potter Advent Calendar

This Harry Potter Advent Calendar is exclusive to Williams Sonoma and makes it fun to count down to Christmas with 24 tempting treats. Starting December 1, discover everything from Lemon Sherbets and Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans to gummy candies shaped like owls, cars, and lightning bolts. The confection-filled calendar makes a great gift for Harry Potter fans of all ages.


18 // Gourmet Popcorn Advent Calendar

Inside this advent calendar, you'll find 24 doors with snack-sized packets of gourmet popcorn in 6 delicious flavors: Salted Caramel, Cookies & Cream, Pecan Pie, Chocolate Caramel, Raspberry & Dark Chocolate, and Peanut Butter Caramel Popcorn.


19 // Popcorn & Seasonings Advent Calendar

This fun advent calendar makes the countdown to Christmas pop with excitement. Over the course of 24 days, follow the poem on the back and collect all the elements to create a popcorn party you can enjoy on Christmas Eve. Behind each door, you'll discover top-quality popping corn and seasonings from family-owned Wabash Valley Farms.


20 // Spice Advent Calendar

An unforgettable treat for your favorite foodie, this advent calendar spices up the holiday countdown. Produced exclusively for us by Parisian spice specialist Le Comptoir Colonial, it contains a selection of premium spices for vegetable, meat and fish dishes as well as sweet recipes. It's a sophisticated alternative to traditional advent calendars, and provides inspiration to try a range of global dishes during the holidays and beyond.


21 // Imported Cheese Advent Calendar

This advent calendar is perfect for any cheese-lover! Includes 24 festive mini cheeses.


22 // Jerky Advent Calendar

What man wouldn’t love to get 25 different types of jerky to enjoy leading up to Christmas day?! Crush his Christmas cravings with nearly a month’s worth of delectable jerky bites! From Orange Habanero to delicious Black Pepper, these holiday treats are sure to cure his Holiday hankerings.


23 // Hot Sauce Advent Calendar

This chilli Vegan advent calendar offers 24 days of heat - 12 fiery flavours in different chilli hot sauces that spicy food fans will surely love.


24 // Beer Advent Calendar

Send a Beer Advent Calendar complete with 12 curated craft beers from the best breweries in the US delivered directly to a home or office. The festive packaging makes for a truly fun holiday experience. The recipient gets to individually uncover 12 of the highest rated craft beers of 2022 throughout the season.


25 // Bourbon Advent Calendar

Get bourbon lovers in the holiday spirit with our festive calendar. A great way to toast the season, it's filled with the essentials you need to craft creative cocktails for eight days of good cheer. Hidden behind each window are individual portions of artisanal mixers and barrel-aged bitters from the mixology experts at Woodford Reserve, an iconic Kentucky distiller founded in 1812.


26 // Whiskey Advent Calendar

Flaviar's Whiskey Advent Calendar was designed to be the ultimate Christmas gift for Whiskey lovers. Each vial opens a new realm, making every day of Advent a fresh opportunity to dive into another fine sipper and discover a gem.


27 // In Good Taste Wine Advent Calendar

If you’re a fan of wines, this is an incredible advent calendar with 24 different wines to taste leading up to Christmas!


28 // Vinebox Wine Advent Calendar

This Vinebox Wine advent calendar actually comes in two different varieties - a day and a night version. The wines come in these really classy glass tubes and even have a virtual tasting experience with a certified sommelier. This advent calendar definitely brings a level of luxury to your holiday season!


29 // Gourmet Condiments Advent Calendar

A delicious way to help foodies count down to Christmas, this advent calendar contains a range of Oliviers & Co. culinary treasures. The calendar is designed like a cupboard in a store, with louver-style doors that open to reveal 24 numbered doors. Open one door each day to discover a gourmet selection of condiments, including olive oil, vinegar, truffles, jam, honey and salts.


30 // Waterdrop Microdrink Advent Calendar

Waterdrop is a microdrink that allows you to create delicious drinks with just one drop into your bottle that dissolves quickly and easily. Up your drinking game this festive season by stocking up with both of their Advent Calendars—with Limited Editions, accessories and (Micro)drinks galore. The small advent calendar has 25 microdrink options, and the large advent calendar comes with a water bottle and lots of accessories to enjoy!

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Do you have a favorite tradition for advent or a favorite snack or treat for the holidays?