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This is far cheaper for a still tasty range of chocolates, plus you get an extra door on December 25: not far off full-sized Alpine Praline chocolate bar.
Marks and Spencer's Harry Potter advent calendar also wows before you even open it thanks to its fun and unusual shape Hotel Chocolat is known for its fancy chocolates and this advent calendar doesn’t disappoint on that front. You get one of 15 different chocs each day, ranging from Eton Mess to Salted Espresso Martini, and the design folds out and looks very sophisticated.Unfortunately Galaxy’s advent calendar suffered the same problem - no Galaxy chocolate until the final day. You get a Kit Kat chocolate individually wrapped behind every door and in a selection of festive shapes. The Hogwarts Express delivers several tasty types of chocolates, including golden snitches (choc balls) and Hedwigs (chocolate caramels). Lindt’s advent calendar has the biggest variety of chocs behind each window, including mini Lindor truffle, milk chocolate snowdrops and chocolate Napolitans. I personally think that you might feel a bit cheated if you expected Galaxy or Malteaser chocolate behind those doors.
But don’t expect anything extra - there’s no door for the 25th or different chocolate on Christmas Eve. Fans of the choc shop's Continental range can get one of nine flavours behind each door, including Salted Caramel and Amaretti Crisp. This is pricier than the others, but you do get a better range of chocs and they are all individually wrapped. But we also awarded bonus points if there were any extra treats at the end - either a window on December 25 or a surprise behind door 24. Unfortunately our Tony’s advent calendar was missing a chocolate for December 8, it must have got lost in the post.Unfortunately fans of Celebrations advent calendars won't be getting their hands on one as Mars is not making them this year. It’s by far the best extra and getting the Lindt chocolate every day is again worth paying a little bit more for, scoring it top points too.