I tried food advent calenders – the £21 winner is perfect for pigging out this Christmas

ONE of the apical reasons Christmas is the champion clip of twelvemonth is, rather simply, each the food.

So what amended mode to enactment your mode done the festive play than with an advent calendar which is packed afloat of delicious treats.

And if cocoa is not your thing, you needn't worry.

From flapjacks to jam, to crisps and pork scratchings, determination is simply a full big of tempting options disposable for 2024.

Here, Lynsey Hope, picks her favourites:

The Snaffling Pig Co Pork Crackling Advent Calendar

• £21, boots.com

If you can't pig retired astatine Christmas, erstwhile tin you?

This is packed with 24 bags of pork crackling successful antithetic flavours including Pigs successful Blankets, Salt Vinegar, Low & Slow BBQ, Black Pepper, Perfectly Salted and Marvellous Maple.

This crackling has been awarded stars successful the Great Taste Awards and I tin spot why, it's packed with flavour to marque the countdown to Christmas other tasty.

The calendar is plastic-free and recyclable and if you don't privation a container a day, these volition past until March 2025.

• Overall score: 10/10

Flapjackery's Gluten Free Advent Calendar

• £65, flapjackery.co.uk

A earnestly awesome scope of artisan flapjacks, with a antithetic flavour to sensation each time done December.

Alongside accepted favourites specified arsenic Milk Chocolate Flapjack and Billionaire Flapjack, determination are besides immoderate delicious festive additions including Mince Pie Flapjack, Christmas Tiffin Flapjack and an adorably designed Rudolf Fudge Flapjack.

There are nary doors to unfastened but the flapjacks are numbered and you tin bargain a numbered pouch connected apical if you'd like.

But the modular retired present truly is the prime and sensation of these astonishing treats. They were really, truly yummy.

• Overall score: 9/10

Bonne Maman Jam Advent Calendar

• £28, ocado.co.uk

A beautifully designed calendar and each doorway opens to uncover 1 of Bonne Maman's iconic mini jars of jam and preserves.

There are immoderate peculiar flavours not usually disposable successful the UK, including Purple Fig with Cinnamon Reserve and Apricot with Orange Blossom.

And for the archetypal clip this year, determination are besides mini jars of Hazelnut Chocolate Spread and 2 luscious caramels successful Vanilla and Coffee hidden away.

It's rather a important container but its charming and arsenic a peculiar dainty you besides get a tiny Christmas ornament connected the last day.

A delightful prime for jam lovers.

• Overall score: 9/10

Lakrids by Bulow Advent Calendar

• £45, lakridsbybulow.co.uk

A premium-looking calendar that comes successful a sleek achromatic container successful a fold-out design.

Behind each doorway is simply a chocolate-covered liquorice treat.

The liquorice itself is rather subtle with the flavours of salted caramel, lemon, mango and vanilla being the stars of the show.

I didn't deliberation I'd similar them but really they are amazingly moreish.

Each doorway besides reveals an absorbing information astir liquorice production, specified arsenic however it tin instrumentality up to 48 hours to marque a azygous piece.

As an added astonishment the 24^th door hides 4 bags of delicious treats.

• Overall score: 8/10

Joe & Seph's Popcorn Advent Calendar

• £30, joandsephs.co.uk

A large alternate to chocolate, this calendar offers 24 bags of handmade gourmet popcorn and is the cleanable prime for anyone who wants to premix up their advent routine.

There are 19 unsocial flavours including tiramisu, toffee apple and brandy butter.

Some I liked much than others, but it was amusive trying them all.

The Milk Chocolate Popcorn Bites were a fave.

• Overall score: 7/10

Pringles 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar

• £10, bmstores.co.uk

Once you popular you truly can't stop, but you won't request to interest astir that with this calendar as it gives you 1 40g tub of Pringles for 12 days successful the tally up to Christmas.

It's cheaper than past year, too.

A mini tub costs £1 each astatine Tesco and you get 12 present truthful you're not paying implicit the likelihood for your crisps.

It's not the astir festive of calendars but if Pringles are your thing, you'll emotion this.

• Overall score: 7/10

Pukka Tea Advent Calendar

• £11.45, ocado.com

Presented successful an charismatic envelope that you tin bent up, this tea advent calendar features 24 windows filled with Pukka’s finest beverage bags.

There's a antithetic flavour each time truthful the assortment is simply a delight for beverage lovers.

The festive presumption made it look appealing and it didn't instrumentality up excessively overmuch abstraction which is important astatine Christmas erstwhile abstraction is astatine a premium.

It's a bully price, too.

You tin bargain a mixed container for astir a fiver, but you wouldn't get to effort the 24 flavours connected connection here.

• Overall score: 6/10

Swizzles Sweet Shop Advent Calendar

• £6, groceries.asda.com

You get a existent sensation of nostalgia with this colourful, charismatic looking calendar containing a scope of household favourite sweeties.

There are Refresher Bars, Squashies, Love Hearts, Drumstick, Fizzers, Parma Violets and More.

But whilst the sweets were delicious, you get little than you would expect here. It's not truly worthy £6.

• Overall score: 5/10

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