Sweets advent calendar??? (Not chocolate)

[daisydalrymple]

Just that really. Ds1 doesn't like chocolate, dd does (slight understatement...) i always got them a picture advent calendar, which they loved, until mum stepped in and got them chocolate ones a few years back. (She's a bit like nana off the royal family offering ham to Anthony's vegetarian girlfriend as it is 'wafer thin'- of course he will like the chocolate, it's cadbury and only small).

So now, dd likes a chocolate one. Previous years ds1 has had a picture one with a bag of sweets to have one each day, just wondered if anybody knew of an actual sweet calendar??? Not managed to track one down myself.

I think you get refillable ones that you could put anything in?

Pretty sure m&s do a Percy pig one?

Haribo do one (I've only seen online though)

I have the same problem, DS1 doesn't like chocolate, DS2 does. Last year was ok cos DS2 was only 7 months so didn't have one (DS1 had a chocolate one which he happily fed to me every day )

This year I'm debating getting refillable ones as an investment and each year buying whatever sweets/chocolate the DC like at the time.

Either that or I've seen a fantastic Brio train calendar which DS1 would adore ...

Jelly Belly and Haribo do one but they are both expensive imo.

The Percy Pig one, I believe, is still chocolate.

There's the Lots of Pots things that can be put into reusable calendars.

I think investing in a nice reusable one and filling it with sweets yourself might be the best idea :)

Many thanks! I will check all these out.

gingerbread advent calendar

Jelly Belly advent calendar. It's out of stock online but if their marzipan one is anything to go by then they might have it in stock in a store.

Many thanks! Why are the non chocolate ones so expensive?? I can't believe Haribo et al don't do a normal £3 one in all the supermarkets with a sweet per day.