There is a vegan, free-from calendar as well as a gourmet option and both are ideal for those looking for something a bit different from traditional chocolate. With only a few weeks to go until December, festive goodies are starting to line store shelves, with a string of food and drink related advent calendars available. Eden Mill Gin is created in copper pot-stills and exhibits a wide range of flavours from botanicals sourced from the local area, as well as from much further afield. The Original Gin is Eden Mill’s take on a classic London Dry with a twist.

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The larger central door for Christmas Day includes a milk chocolate enrobed salted caramel marshmallow bar - made using The Naked Marshmallow Company salted caramel recipe marshmallow and finest Belgian milk chocolate. The team at Eden Mill are constantly innovating, producing a range of gins as well as pre-mixed G&Ts and numerous seasonal expressions. Perhaps that’s why Eden Mill Original Gin was voted Gin of the Year & London Dry of the Year at the 2018 Scottish Gin Awards, competing against 116 other gins by a blind tasting panel. German born Sebastian, a past finalist in the World Chocolate Masters and a Chocolatier of the Year winner in the Scottish Food Awards, produces his own range of delicious handmade chocolates, truffles and bars from a workshop in Linlithgow, selling online to a global customer base.Fordhead Farm has recently announced the launch of, GINTÌ, Scotland’s first premium gin infused with Scottish tea leaves which are both grown and harvested on the family’s farm in Stirlingshire. Doors one to 23 carry a 30g mini jar of jam or marmalade, in different flavour combinations, some made just for Christmas. This year, looking for something really special, intrinsically Scottish, and unique to his brand, Sebastian has commissioned illustrator David Williams of Truffled Pig Art who came up with the design of a Scottish Santa in a snow globe.

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For a slightly different sweet treat this December, why not try an advent calendar from Popcorn Shed? Candy Cane Mojito joins the festive line up by Eden Mill, which includes the 12 Gins of Christmas - a beautifully presented gift set with a selection of twelve gins and gin liqueur miniatures as well as the re-release of last years festive hit Candy Cane Gin. The eteaket Tea Advent Calendar is a carefully curated selection of 25 sachets of speciality loose leaf teas and infusions.

Following the success of previous years’ CANvent Calendars, this year's advent offering maintains the same approach. Pipers is taking Christmas calendars to the next level this season launching their very own crisp calendar – for ultimate crisp lovers and anyone who fancies a savoury treat over the festive season.

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Not only does it include a selection of their famous teas, it will also include their Small Batch Christmas blends as well as the brand-new Tea in Mind range. Flavours include: Fig with Cardamom jam, Grapefruit and Dragon Fruit spread and Orange with Cinnamon marmalade. With seven varieties available, the calendar includes: Ilchester Cheddar with Apple, Onion and Sage, Applewood and Ilchester Double Gloucester. B&M Pringles advent calendar

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The range includes whisky, bourbon, gin, rum and vodka and inside each there are 24 hand-waxed 30ml bottles from brands such as Bathtub Gin, Port Charlotte and One-Eyed Rebel Spiced Rum. Award winning chocolatier and pastry chef Sebastian Kobelt is hoping his cheery “Scottish Santa” will really put a smile on his customers’ faces, as he launches his 2022 chocolate advent calendar. The team say: "Discover a new favourite flavour profile and taste and explore bottlings that you might not have tried before. Or if you're hosting this holiday season, impress your guests with a dram or two and use as a festive table favour at Christmas or New Year."