Charbonnel et Walker Advent Calendar

Charbonnel et Walker Advent Calendar 2026: 25 truffles under Old Bond Street

The Charbonnel et Walker Advent Calendar for 2026 drops the Peter Rabbit tie-in of last year and goes back to what the house does on its own: a scene of Victorian London on Old Bond Street, snow on the pavements, gas streetlamps, a lit Christmas tree and shopfronts, a horse and carriage, a Victorian postman and passers-by in top hats. Behind the 25 numbered doors sit 25 milk and white chocolate truffles, 310g in all, one a day up to Christmas.

This is a luxury chocolate advent calendar aimed squarely at adults: a grown-up treat for yourself, or a gift for the chocolate lover who already knows the name. It sits at the premium end of the chocolate calendar shelf, well clear of the supermarket countdowns.

The spirit of Charbonnel et Walker

Charbonnel et Walker has made chocolate on and around Bond Street since 1875, and it still holds a Royal Warrant. That heritage is the whole pitch of this chocolate truffle advent calendar: the Old Bond Street illustration, the tailors, jewellers and perfumers in the shopfront scene, and the ‘A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year’ line on the back all point back to the house’s own address, not to a cartoon licence. If you like the idea of a calendar that feels like a London chocolatier’s window in December, this is the one that earns it.

What’s inside the chocolate advent calendar

Every door hides a truffle, with no fillers, no trinkets and nothing to assemble. The flavours the retailer lists run across both milk and white chocolate: chocolate brownie, milk sea salt caramel, milk vanilla, coconut snowball, raspberry, pistachio, caramelised biscuit, strawberry conserve and coconut. The house frames this as a selection, not a door-by-door map, so the exact order stays a surprise until you open it.

On variety, that’s a real spread: nine named flavours across 25 truffles, split between milk and white chocolate, which is more range than most single-chocolatier calendars at this size. One point of fairness for anyone buying on diet: it is suitable for vegetarians but not suitable for vegans, so cross it off if dairy-free is the requirement. The full breakdown sits in the SPOILER tab.

Is it worth the money?

At £40.00 for 310g, the maths comes out at £1.60 a truffle and roughly 12.4g of chocolate per door. That’s premium-end for a chocolate calendar, and you are paying for the name and the hand-finished truffles, not for weight. Charbonnel et Walker does not publish a stated content value, so there’s no inflated ‘worth over’ figure to pick apart here: you judge it on the chocolate, and on whether the Bond Street heritage is worth the markup to you. For a pure chocolate hit by the gram, a supermarket box costs a fraction of this. For a chocolatier truffle a day, the price reads fairly.

How the 2026 edition compares to last year

Last year’s calendar was a Peter Rabbit collaboration: 24 truffles, 210g, each one embossed with a Peter Rabbit illustration. For 2026 the licence is gone and the house returns to its own Victorian London / Old Bond Street design. Two concrete things change with it: the door count rises from 24 to 25, and the weight rises from 210g to 310g, so you get an extra door and 100g more chocolate for the season. The direction of travel is clear: more truffle, less novelty wrapper.

Where to buy, discount codes and the 2026 release date

No promo or discount code is currently available for this advent calendar. If that changes we’ll add it here, and you can always check our running list of advent calendar deals to see what else is reduced this season.

The Charbonnel et Walker Advent Calendar is available now at John Lewis, with no separate release date announced for 2026. You can see it on John Lewis to check current stock and delivery for your area.