The Best Advent Calendars to Gift This Year – Corporette.com

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The clock is quickly ticking down to December, and because advent calendars are easy but generally welcome gifts for so many people, we’re rounding up the best advent calendars to gift this year (and not just edible ones!). Some of the promising options out there, like The Vermont Country’s Store’s spices calendar, the See’s Candy calendars, and Fly by Jing’s hot sauce calendar, are already out of stock, so if you spot one below that’s perfect for a friend or family member, snag it now!

By the way, Vogue‘s famous (infamous?) $500+ luxury advent calendar is still up for grabs, in case you’re looking for a big splurge for a loved one.

What are your favorite advent calendars to give or receive?

The Best Advent Calendars to Gift This Year

Bonne Maman Spreads Calendar

Both our Corporette and CorporetteMoms morning writers, Elizabeth and Ann, recommend this delicious calendar from Bonne Maman — it’s a perennial favorite of lots of people, in fact. The online-exclusive calendar includes 24 limited edition spreads that sound amazing, like caramel/vanilla and strawberry/passion fruit. (The product notes don’t include a full list, so the full assortment will be a surprise for both you and your giftee.) The colorful, festive outdoor scene on the calendar is a nice bonus.

This advent calendar is $54.99 on Bonne Maman’s website, and you can also find it at the MoMA store and World Market. The spreads are best used by June 2026, so the recipient will have plenty of time to try them.

Lego Advent Calendars

When my son was younger, he received a Lego advent calendar from my parents every Christmas, and I highly recommend them as gifts for any Lego fan. This year, the themes are Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Frozen — so two out of the three might work for grown-up Lego enthusiasts on your gift list as well as young builders age 6 and up. (At last the first two themes are available every year, btw.)

Behind each day’s door is a little Lego creation to assemble, and you can preview each of the 24 mini sets on the product page. For example, the Star Wars set includes C3PO, a porg, and a battle droid, plus many others that a very casual Star Wars fan like me can’t manage to identify. Each set is $44.99 at lego.com; also check Target and Walmart.

WHISKEY Cocktail Cubes Advent Calendar

The classic carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is the inspiration for this advent calendar of 12 instant cocktail cubes created to complement the recipient’s favorite whiskey. Made in the USA, the 24 cubes (2 per day) include creative seasonal combinations like “Turtle Doves” (cardamom, maple, orange, King Floyd’s cardamom bitters), “Calling Birds” (cranberry, chocolate, almond, Bittermens‘ spiced cranberry bitters), and “Swans A-Swimming” (black walnut, Woodford Reserve Kentucky sorghum and sassafras bitters, and 18.21 tart cherry saffron bitters).

Technically a post-Advent calendar, this selection of cocktail cubes is meant to be enjoyed from Christmas Day through Twelfth Night (Jan. 5). The calendar is $49 at Uncommon Goods.

(By the way, speaking of bitters, Kat has recommended Fee Brothers.)

Escape Room Game Advent Calendar

Thames & Kosmos makes all kinds of cool stuff for kids and adults, like science kits, tabletop games, and magic sets. They also offer escape room advent calendars, such as The Silent Storm. Here’s the premise of the game: As a toymaker working in Santa’s workshop one night, you suddenly hear the doors lock from the outside — and now you’re trapped during a big winter storm.

To escape, find Santa, and save Christmas, you must solve one riddle a day, because each solution reveals which door to open next. The daily puzzles are designed to take 10-15 minutes each. Send this to a game-loving friend or relative, or give it to a family who can work on it together. It’s designed for anyone age 10 and up. The Silent Storm is $49.95.

Walker’s Shortbread Advent Calendar

You really can’t go wrong with a cookie (or should I say “biscuit” in this case) advent calendar for your friends and relatives with a sweet tooth. Plus, ’tis the season for shortbread, and this calendar provides a tasty assortment of six sweet, buttery cookies. Just to name a few, the collection contains shortbread rounds and hearts, and chocolate chip shortbread (my fave). The calendar itself is decorated with a scene of Santa’s workshop (and bakery!).

Here are the key nutritional details: The treats are vegetarian (but not vegan, clearly!) and certified Kosher, and they have zero artificial flavors and colors. This calendar is $29.99 at walkersshortbread.com, and you can also find it at The Vermont Country Store and World Market.

Benefit Glam Cube Advent Calendar

Like always, there are a ton of beauty and fragrance advent calendars out there (like Clarins, Kiehl’s, Philosophy, The Body Shop, L’Occitane, Charlotte Tilbury, and more), but today we’re highlighting The Glam Cube from Benefit for its colorful Rubik’s Cube-like design (no skills required!) and positive reviews.

This advent calendar set contains a wide variety of things for your giftee to try out, in full size, mini, or “fun size.” The 24 little surprises include several blushes, several mascaras, bronzer, brow products, and more, as well as items to remove what you apply! This set is $149 at Ulta, Macy’s, and benefitcosmetics.com.

Stranger Things Advent Calendar

Williams Sonoma isn’t the first company I’d expect to do a collab with Stranger Things, but here we are! (I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised — I remember buying their Star Wars pancake molds for a friend once.) Their collection boasts fun stuff like Eggo-themed cake pops (cute!), candy-filled chocolate cassette tapes (OMG). With the major re-emerging buzz about the show (returning Nov. 26!), these things are a sure bet to disappear quickly.

The store’s exclusive Stranger Things offerings also include this advent calendar for $39.95, though it spans 11 days rather than 24. Inside are 11 packs of candy that contain tasty items like hamburger and pizza gummies, Pac-Man hard candy, and saltwater taffy.

Williams Sonoma Classic Candy Advent Calendar

Here’s one more Williams Sonoma offering: Their classic candy advent calendar, an ideal choice for the chocolate aficionados on your list. Made with Fair Trade USA certified chocolate, the assortment has five peanut butter cups, five milk chocolate caramels, five dark chocolate caramels, five sticky paw squares, and four peppermint truffles. (Anyone else drooling?) The box is a bright, festive red with a cute but classy Christmas scene. This advent calendar is $39.95.

Here are some important allergen details: The candies contain dairy, peanuts, soy, and tree nuts (almonds). Williams Sonoma also notes, “This product is prepared and packaged using machines that may come in contact with dairy, peanuts, soy, tree nuts (almonds, cashews, pecans, macadamia nuts, pistachios), and wheat/gluten.”

P.S. Here’s a shopping tip: If you want to spend significantly less on a chocolate advent calendar — but without the cheap, waxy, so-called chocolate — check out Five Below in store or online.

Readers, we’d love to hear about your fave advent calendars from this year or years past! What calendar would you most like to receive this year?