'I tried the most popular advent calendars - one was so bad I couldn't taste the chocolate'

Advent calendars are 1 of the astir breathtaking parts astir Christmas. Cracking unfastened the archetypal doorway connected December 1 truly gets you successful the festive temper and Mirror writer Niamh has reviewed immoderate of the astir fashionable to spot which offers up the champion chocolate

The tally up to Christmas Day is 1 of the champion parts astir the festive season - particularly erstwhile you person a cocoa advent calendar to assistance you countdown.

But arsenic advent calendar frenzy is present astir upon america determination are excessively galore of them connected the shelves to take from. Pretty overmuch each marque of chocolate is present successful advent calendar signifier and it tin beryllium astir intolerable cognize which 1 to choose. Advent calendars are nary longer constricted to pictures of chocolates, astir everything you tin ideate present comes successful Christmas countdown form.

From constitution and skincare advent calendars to crisp and stationery calendars and present adjacent jewellery offerings, there's thing for everyone but you conscionable cannot bushed the classical cocoa advent calendar. Whether you're a Cadbury's lover, a Galaxy fanatic oregon aft thing a small different, determination volition ever beryllium thing for you. However to marque that prime a small easier, I person taken the hard occupation (aherm) of reviewing a scope of the astir fashionable advent calendars and recovered which 1 offers up the champion chocolate...

Dairy Milk - £2.00

A existent cocoa classical for those who cognize precisely what they privation and cognize precisely what they volition get. For immoderate reason, erstwhile successful tiny advent calendar form, the cocoa ever tastes truthful overmuch amended than a bar. While I bash emotion Dairy Milk, I consciousness similar determination are truthful galore different types you could spell for that are a small spot much fun. However, it's a classical for a reason.

3/5

Aldi's Kevin the carrot - £1.49

Aldi person joined successful connected the Christmas amusive and brought backmost their sell-out Kevin the carrot advent calendar. The highly anticipated calendar returns for different twelvemonth with Aldi's Christmas mascot Kevin. As portion of their peculiar buys, Kevin's calendar volition lone beryllium disposable portion stocks last. However, I can't accidental I'm precise impressed. The cocoa is precise tiny and precise bladed truthful it is hard to bask it, though it did person a small plan of a carrot on, which was fun. However, erstwhile it came to the taste, the cocoa tasted a batch similar cardboard and I deliberation this whitethorn beryllium due to the fact that it was the lone 1 without foil wrapping and was placed successful the tray.

1/5

Galaxy - £2.50

Another existent classic, Galaxy advent calendars are ever popular. This 1 was 1 of the thicker ones, which had the added bonus of meaning you get much cocoa for your buck, which was astonishing arsenic it was inactive rather cheap. Once I opened the doorway I was impressed with the size and chunkiness of the chocolate, it was shaped into a small Christmas histrion arsenic well. It was creamy and delicious, and again, seemed overmuch nicer than a regular barroom of Galaxy cocoa - possibly due to the fact that it's successful a smaller size you savour it more, but nevertheless, I would beryllium tempted to unfastened different doorway of this calendar.

5/5

Dairy Milk Creamy - £5

This is simply a marque caller contender successful the advent calendar race, truthful I conscionable knew I had to try. It was by acold the biggest and thickest retired of the six I sampled and it looked a batch much premium than the remainder by the designs connected the beforehand but arsenic it was the astir costly I wasn't surprised. When I opened the archetypal doorway I was impressed arsenic it was the astir sizeable chunk of cocoa of each the advent calendars and was shaped into a quadrate with a Christmas histrion on. The cocoa is decidedly creamy arsenic it has a brushed centre successful the mediate which astir melts successful your mouth. A quadrate of this each time volition beryllium a existent dainty and is by acold my favourite and I deliberation it is precise reasonably priced too.

5/5

Kinnerton Barbie - 99p

As a cheaper option, I can't accidental I was expecting much. But this whitethorn beryllium perfect for parents with young children, particularly if you don't privation to springiness them large chunks of cocoa each day. Kinnerton ever marque child-friendly advent calendars. While it whitethorn beryllium cheap, it decidedly wasn't arsenic atrocious arsenic I thought. The cocoa was precise milky and had a small reindeer on, though it was precise tiny truthful hard to bask - but that whitethorn beryllium perfect for tiny children.

3/5

KitKat - £2.50

I was intrigued by this KatKat advent calendar owed to ther cocoa having tiny pieces of KitKat inside. However I can't accidental I was precise impressed, the cocoa tasted rather inexpensive and the chunks were really atom puffs truthful I was a small fto down. However each cocoa was a decent size which I was pleased about.

2/5

There are decidedly immoderate classics connected this list, but for maine the victor was the marque caller Cadbury's calendar. I was cocoa that I had neevr tried before, and though it was sweet, it is simply a existent dainty connected the tally up to Christmas - and the lone clip you tin get distant with cocoa for meal is implicit Christmas.

Do you person a communicative to share? Email niamh.kirk@reachplc.com