Half the fun of an Advent calendar is the daily ritual of opening a new door, and to get the full experience, you’ll want yours in hand by Dec. 1 (or Dec. 13 for a 12-day version) so you can start the countdown to the holidays on time. That deadline may feel far off, but the most popular calendars often sell out well before December arrives, so it pays to shop early.
Amazon is one of the easiest places to find one. Its selection runs from Lego sets and chocolate to beauty minis, puzzles and beyond, and fast shipping (especially for Prime members) means even a last-minute order will usually arrive in time for Christmas. Below, I’ve gathered the best Advent calendars on Amazon this year, and I’ll keep adding to the list as more brands release their 2026 editions.
The best Amazon Advent calendars of 2026
You can shop Advent calendars filled with a variety of goodies, including chocolate, beauty products, collectibles, pet supplies and more.
Best Amazon Advent calendars overall
NBC Selected reporter Zoe Malin is a devoted Bonne Maman jam fan, and its Advent calendar, packed with new limited-edition spreads, is something she looks forward to every year. Each of the 24 boxes hides a mini glass jar, and the festive calendar opens like a book. This year, the calendar includes salted butter caramel, strawberry with Madagascar vanilla and raspberry with dark chocolate.
Lego’s Star Wars Advent calendar turns the holiday countdown into a 24-day build. Each door reveals a new pack, adding up to 293 pieces in total, and by Christmas you’ll have a full galaxy of mini creations, from vehicles like an X-wing and the Razor Crest to characters including the Mandalorian, Grogu, the Blurrg, the Mudhorn and the Bantha. A fold-out playmat sets the scene, so the finished collection can double as display-worthy decor or a ready-made play set. Lego recommends it for ages 6 and up, making it a fun pick for young fans and grown-up collectors alike.
Year after year, Godiva’s Advent calendar earns a spot on our team’s must-have list. Behind its 24 doors you’ll find an assortment of milk, dark and white chocolates, from dark chocolate caramels and milk chocolate creme puffs to birthday cake bliss white chocolates. A few festive star-shaped treats are tucked in, too, adding a little extra sparkle to the countdown.
Best Amazon chocolate and candy advent calendars
Sugarfina’s Advent calendar is a sweet alternative for people who don’t like or can’t eat chocolate. Each of its 24 drawers holds four pieces of the brand’s signature candy, including gummies like sugared cranberries, sour rainbow bears, heavenly sours and magic mangos, along with caramels and cereal balls. If you want options, Sugarfina also offers a shorter 12-day Advent calendar this year, plus a Peanuts-themed version for Snoopy fans.
Shaped like a teddy bear, Lindt’s 24-day Advent calendar packs in 32 assorted chocolates, so a few lucky doors hide more than one treat. As you count down to the holidays, you’ll uncover goodies like milk chocolate balls, snowmen, teddy bears and Napolitans.
Santa’s not the only one staying up late! I’m a mom of two little kids, so tired is my normal state of being, and Awake caffeinated chocolates are my favorite mid-day pick-me-up. I’m going to be counting down to Christmas with their A Very Caffeinated Advent Calendar: 24 bites of milk, caramel milk, dark and salted caramel dark chocolate, each with 50 milligrams of caffeine.
Toblerone’s Advent calendar has mini versions of the brand’s peak-shaped European confections inside. You get 24 individually-wrapped milk, white and dark chocolates that are filled with honey and almond nougat.
If you are a sour gummy fanatic, add this 24-day Advent calendar to your cart. There are two individually-wrapped, mega-sized Sour Patch Kids behind each door, which come in five fruity flavors.
With this Advent calendar, you can enjoy 12 single-serving packets of YumEarth’s sour candies, fruit snacks and chewy candies before the holidays. All of the candy is free from the top nine most common allergens, including peanuts, gluten, soy and dairy, according to the brand. It’s also made with organic ingredients and without artificial dyes or high fructose corn syrup.
Each of the bite-sized Swiss milk chocolates hidden behind the doors of this calendar are wrapped like little presents. You get 24 in total. The box itself looks like a village toy shop, so if you stand it on a shelf during the holiday season it’ll serve as festive decor while you discover a new treat each day.
Best Amazon beauty Advent calendars
This beauty Advent calendar lets you count down to the holidays with new makeup, skin care, and tools, including 18 full-size products and two exclusives you won’t find anywhere else. Discover E.l.f. bestsellers alongside hot new drops, and the box itself is a canvas you can color and customize. It’s a festive, giftable treat for any beauty lover.
L’Occitane’s Advent calendar is a beauty lover’s dream, with 24 of the brand’s best-selling skin, body, hand and hair care products tucked inside. It’s a favorite of NBC Selected commerce editor Cory Fernandez, who is a fan of almost everything included. “I love just about everything from L’Occitane, and it’s not only because everything smells amazing,” he says. “The products are also effective — they don’t have a greasy residue and don’t dry my skin or hair. Also, the Advent calendar is great because everything is the perfect sample size.”
This year’s lineup features the brand’s beloved hand creams, along with shower oil, exfoliating shower gel, fragrance and more, several of them scented with L’Occitane’s signature almond.
If you know someone who stashes a lip balm in every pocket and purse, this Burt’s Bees Advent calendar is made for them. Its 12 doors reveal a dozen lip balms in cozy holiday flavors like sugar cookie, cinnamon apple crisp, vanilla bean and peppermint bark, which you can only find on Amazon. Each one is formulated with beeswax and vitamin E, which the brand says softens and moisturizes lips for up to 24 hours.
This pink, cookie-themed box hides 24 limited-edition surprises for eyes, lips, nails, and face, including eyeshadow duos and lip glosses, heart-shaped eye patches and cute hair clips. Everything is vegan and cruelty-free and there are a number of full-sized products included.
Charlotte Tilbury’s Advent calendar is shaped like a treasure chest, and fittingly, its drawers are packed with some of the brand’s most-loved makeup and skin care. Of the 15 goodies inside, four are full-size: the Matte Revolution Lipstick and Hollywood Beauty Light Wand Highlighter, both in the iconic Pillow Talk shade, plus the Unreal Healthy Glow Blush Stick and a Lip Cheat Contour Duo. Rounding out the collection are two beauty accessories: a gua sha tool and a velvet makeup bag.
Kitsch’s 12-day Advent calendar is an easy way to give your hair care routine an update, and every item inside is full-size. The highlight is the brand’s silk pillowcase, a favorite of mine: I own about six and sleep on one nightly to keep my curls protected. You’ll also unwrap clips, scrunchies, a bonnet, hair perfume and shampoo and conditioner bars, plus a pair of dermaplaning extras for your face: dermaplaners and a prep oil.
Holiday party season calls for a little sparkle, and Conair’s Advent calendar delivers it one door at a time. Over 24 days, you’ll collect a glam stash of hair accessories: bobby pins and hair pins, ponytail holders, claw clips and a bow-topped scrunchie that’s practically made for festive outfits. There are practical picks, too, like salon clips that keep hair out of your face while you do your skin care and makeup, plus a mini 2-in-1 boar bristle slick-back brush and taming wand for sleek, polished styles.
Consider this Advent calendar a reminder to prioritize self care during the holiday season. It’s filled with 24 goodies for at-home spa days, like bath bombs, bath salts, body scrubs and lotions. All of the products come in festive holiday scents, like candy cane, sugar cookie and winter berry.
There’s 24 mini, travel-size and full-size makeup products inside W7 Beauty’s Advent calendar, including lip liner, bronzing drops, eyeliners, blushes, mascara and lip gloss. You also get a travel mirror and hair clip.
Best Amazon food and drink Advent calendars
Break out of your morning coffee rut this December with an Advent calendar that serves up a new cup every day. Inside are 24 K-Cups from favorite brands like Caribou Coffee, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, The Original Donut Shop and Peet’s, ready to brew in any compatible single-serve machine. Alongside classic, flavored and seasonal roasts, you’ll find hot cocoa and latte pods for when you’re craving something a little sweeter.
For tea drinkers, Pukka’s Advent calendar makes winding down each December day a little cozier. The calendar unfolds vertically so you can hang it on a wall or door and grab a fresh sachet every morning or evening. All 24 are filled with organic herbal blends, with flavors ranging from night time and after dinner to mint, ginger, peppermint and licorice, and a warming turmeric, ginger and orange.
Tea Forte’s signature pyramid sachets aren’t just pretty: the brand says the roomy shape gives loose tea leaves space to fully unfurl as they steep, coaxing out more flavor and aroma. This Advent calendar holds 12 of them, with blends like harvest apple spice, English breakfast, Moroccan mint and chocolate fondue. Tea Forte also offers five other calendars if you want a different lineup, including the 24-day Warming Joy and Warming Joy Herbal, plus the 12-day Volaré, Demoiselle and Mariposa collections (the latter three are available at Tea Forte).
Walker’s Advent calendar is a sweet (and buttery) way to count down to the holidays, with a classic shortbread cookie waiting behind each of its 24 doors. You’ll get six varieties in all: traditional fingers, rounds, hearts and stars, plus chocolate chip and salted caramel squares. Think of it as a daily dessert (or afternoon snack) that’s sorted all month long.
There are 12 bags of ground beans inside Door Country’s Advent calendar, each of which can make a full pot of coffee. You’ll get to try a variety of flavored coffees across 12 days, like cinnamon hazelnut, black & tan, breakfast blend and candy cane.
Vahdam designed this Advent calendar for tea lovers who are open to trying 24 varieties around the holidays. There’s one biodegradable tea bag in each numbered pocket, and every day, you’ll uncover a different flavor, like turmeric ginger, pumpkin spice, hibiscus rose and sweet cinnamon.
Best Amazon Advent calendars for pets
Wufers’ Advent calendar gives dogs a holiday countdown of their own. Inside are 24 hand-decorated treats in festive shapes, almost too pretty to eat (though your pup will likely disagree). And for an extra dose of cheer, the calendar plays “Jingle Bells” every time you open it.
Give your pup a daily surprise this holiday season with Himalayan Dog Chew’s Advent calendar. Behind each of its 12 windows is a different chew, including holiday favorites and bestsellers, all made in Washington State from natural, easily digestible ingredients. The assortment is designed for dogs of all ages and sizes, so every pup at home can join the countdown.
Your cat won’t be able to resist playing with the toys inside this 24-day Advent calendar, even if they’re typically stubborn or picky. It comes with colorful toy mice, crinkle balls, a ball of yarn, wheels with bells inside, a plush fish, a feather wand and more.
Best Amazon Advent calendars for adults
Puzzle lovers can piece together the holidays with Galison’s Winter Lights countdown. Each day brings a new 80-piece mini puzzle, 12 in all, featuring Joy Laforme’s whimsical illustrations of snowy city scenes. The pieces are cleanly cut with minimal dust, and each puzzle comes with a picture insert, so you can see what you’re building.
Twenty-five pockets hide a daily literary surprise in this calendar, including reader-themed ornaments, a Winter Reading Bingo card, a magnetic page-clip bookmark, gift tags, and stickers. It’s a cozy holiday tradition and an ideal gift for bibliophiles, BookTok fans, and anyone who would rather be curled up reading than doing anything else.
Make this holiday season the one with all the surprises. This calendar packs 25 days of nostalgic fun into a keepsake book, with over 40 trinkets inside, including festive ornaments, Friends-inspired recipe cards, and a Holiday Armadillo surprise. It’s a perfect gift for “Friends” superfans.
FreshCut Paper’s Enchanted Forest set turns the countdown into a keepsake you’ll use for years. Each of its 12 illustrated woodland animal ornaments, from a stately reindeer to a festive turtledove, is finished with gold foil and vintage-style beads for hanging. Each day you reveal a new one you can display it on your tree or mantel, or tie them onto presents as gift toppers.
There’s a crossword puzzle behind each of this Advent calendar’s doors, giving you 24 days of brain games to solve. The puzzles come in different sizes and shapes, and the brand includes solutions to each one on a separate cheat sheet. Crosswords also vary by difficulty.
Best Amazon Advent calendars for kids
This is what I’m buying for my 5-year-old daughter this year. As a mom, I love that the tiny stuffies are easy to corral and won’t add much clutter to our playroom, and I know she’ll be thrilled to discover a new cute character each day. The calendar holds 24 itty-bitty, 2.5-inch Squishmallows, including fan favorites like Junie the Banana, James the Fox, Cam the Cat and Benny the Bigfoot, all dressed in festive holiday outfits.
If “Bluey” is a celebrity in your house, consider adding this calendar to your gift list. It is intended for kids ages 5 to 8 and features exclusive figures of Bluey, Bingo and other beloved characters from the series. It also comes with stickers and accessories, so that by the end of the 24 days, your kid will have an entire ‘Bluey”-themed holiday display.
Magna-Tiles’ Advent calendar lets kids build their holiday excitement one piece at a time. Each door reveals something new, and by the end of the countdown, they’ll have everything they need to assemble a train that rolls along a built-in track, plus a cast of characters ready to climb aboard. The set includes exclusive mix-and-match figures, along with 10 decorated squares and three decorated triangles.
My car-obsessed son will be getting this Advent calendar from Hot Wheels this year. There are ten cars in it — including an exclusive snow globe vehicle driven by a yeti — and 14 car accessories. Part of the box also folds down to reveal a track your kid can drive their cars on.
Know a little one who can’t get enough of Miffy? This Advent calendar featuring the beloved character turns the holiday countdown into a sticker treasure hunt, with a fresh sheet waiting behind each of its 12 doors. The stickers can brighten up just about anything, from notebooks and toy Bitty Pop! Marvel Holiday Advent Calendar | Funkos to clothing and coloring pages.
Funko’s Advent calendar adds a pint-size hero to your kid’s collection every day of December. Behind its 24 doors are mini Pop! figures bundled up in their coziest winter gear, including Iron Man, Spider-Man and Captain America. It’s an easy way to assemble a holiday-ready Avengers lineup before Christmas.
Each day of this Advent calendar unlocks a new hands-on adventure, with 13 mini experiment kits and 11 real specimens to examine, such as fossils and gemstones. The grand finale arrives on Christmas Eve, when kids uncover a glittering chunk of fool’s gold to add to their collection.
The youngest children in your life may not understand what Advent calendars are, but you can still introduce them to the tradition with options like this one from Melissa & Doug. It comes with a magnetic wooden tree and a shining star on top. There are magnetic wooden elements you add to the tree, which covers up each day of the countdown until you get to Christmas.
How I picked the best Amazon Advent calendars
To recommend the best Advent calendars on Amazon, I researched options across popular categories like chocolate, food and beverages, beauty, adults, kids and pets. All the Advent calendars on my list are highly rated and/or from brands NBC Selected staff members recommend. We even tried some Advent calendars that brands sent as courtesy samples, evaluating their packaging, contents and price. I included Advent calendars that countdown the 12, 24 and 25 days before Christmas.
Why trust NBC Selected?
I’m a commerce editor at NBC Selected, where I cover lifestyle and more. I have worked on gift guides for more than a decade. For this article, I compiled a list of the best Advent calendars available on Amazon, including highly-rated options, NBC Selected reader favorites and brands our editors love.
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