The Best Alternative Advent Calendars To Grab If You’re Sick Of Chocolate

We love the idea of an advent calendar that can be used year after year, and this beautiful option from Emma Bridgewater can be filled with any treats you like.

Featuring twelve classic, festive and sweet-inspired flavours, this Gourmet Marshmallow Advent Calendar from The Naked Marshmallow Co. is a real treat for those with a sweet tooth.

After the continued hype around Sephora hitting the UK market last year, it was inevitable we would see the beauty brand smash it out of the park with its Christmas collection. This may be the best beauty advent calendar to snap up this year so far. This SEPHORA Favourites Advent Calendar is worth over £1000, selling for just £189.

For the stationery lover, this limited edition advent calendar from Papier includes a selection of delightful mini bestsellers and exclusive designs, worth £160.

Say hello to Ilchester's swanky new Cheese Advent Calendar. That's right, the premium advent calendar is offering this huge box of twenty-four delicious cheeses for each day of the Christmas season.

Worth over £273, The White Company's highly covetable Advent Calendar will make Christmas feel extra luxurious. A daily indulgence, discover 25 pull-out drawers filled with everything from bath and body miniatures to votives in bestselling scents in full-size.

If you're a bit of a magpie and your jewellery collection is your most prized possession, Missoma's jewellery advent calendars are sure to delight. Worth hundreds of pounds more than you'd pay, there are options available in silver (£365), gold (£395), and fine (£2,295).

Treat yourself to a delicious surprise every day from royal favourite, Fortnum & Mason with their Feasting Advent Calendar. Comprising everything you need for the most luxurious start to the festive season, this calendar contains treats such as classic teas, biscuits, chocolate and confectionery to mouth-watering preserves, condiments and festive tipples.

We can't resist another tipple advent calendar, and this one's made with those gin drinkers in mind. If you love a G&T, you know that Fever-Tree is one of the best tonics you can grab. Have your pick with plenty of gins and tonic varieties to enjoy in the Fever-Tree Gin and Tonic Advent Calendar.

Always losing your hair ties or know someone who is? This unique Xmas Collection Time to Shine advent calendar from Invisibobble will really make them smile. With a selection of hair-loving accessories (plus, some VERY cute festive options), it'll be useful for years to come.

The Fragrance Shop Advent Calendar is one for those who really love their perfumes out there. This advent calendar is jam-packed with indulgent fragrances as well as beauty staples. Includes top-sellers like Prada, Marc Jacobs and YSL. It keeps selling out so make sure you snap it up quickly.

Those with a sweet tooth can sink into this advent calendar from the sweet company owned by MIC's Jamie Laing. That's right, Candy Kittens' Advent Calendar is back for 2023, with 24 days of Advent to enjoy.

Spread the Christmas cheer (pardon the pun) this December with this adorable Bonne Maman Jam Advent Calendar, filled with delicious jams and spreads to enjoy.

There's nothing better than costing up with a warm brew in the cold winter months. Now, you can have a new cuppa every single day of December ready and waiting for you with the Pukka Organic Tea Advent Calendar.

If you know a whisky fan who deserves a treat this Christmas, then it doesn't get much better than the Whisky Advent Calendar by Master of Malt. It includes an expertly curated collection of 24 hand-waxed 30ml drams of whisky from a range of incredible producers, including distillers, blenders, and bottlers.

Okay, so this is a chocolate advent calendar, but it's a chocolate advent calendar with a difference. Tony's Chocolonely Countdown Calendar lets you enjoy 10 different flavours of Fairtrade milk, dark and white chocolate, ready for sharing (or not!). With each window, you'll contribute to Tony's Chocolonely’s mission to make 100 per cent slave-free the norm in chocolate.

Do they know it's Christmas? Dogs, that is. Well, probably not. But, if all the humans are getting treats all month, then it feels a bit cruel to leave them out. So, why not treat them (or your favourite canine-loving human) to this Personalised Dog Advent Calendar wreath? 24 biscuit treats, one for each day of December. Just make sure it's hung up nice and high!

Is 'paint, shape and decorate' your mantra? Well, look no further than the Ciaté Mini Mani Month Advent Calendar, worth £125, full of multi-coloured nail polishes. There's no excuse not to get experimental this party season, with 23 minis to choose from, as well as a full-size bottle.

For the man in your life, we present the perfect pre-Christmas gift: Man'Stuff Grooming Advent Calendar. Not only will he smell gorgeous, but he'll feel like a million bucks.

For any green-fingered family members, we can't think of a more charming way to mark the festive season than The Urban Botanist Plant Advent Calendar, filled with mini succulents and 'ancillary botanical gifts' such as planters, misters and pots.