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2024 Advent Calendar

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Calendars will ship in November to arrive in time for December 1st. Other items in your order will ship separately.

A celebration of craft among the cosmos, the Dandelion Advent Calendar is our most cherished holiday tradition. The 2024 Calendar — our ninth! — highlights twenty-five of the most inventive chocolatiers in North America (across fifteen states and one Canadian province). Their exquisite creations fill twenty-five decorative chocolate-box “ornaments” — each one containing a surprise confection serving, created specially by a talented chocolatier to showcase distinctive aromas of our single-origin chocolate. 

Come December, your daily box might reveal a hand-crafted velvety ganache, decadent candied citrus, buttery spiced caramel, or perhaps several petite dragées. (Within our Advent Calendar for Two, each ornament box contains two portions of that date’s treat.)

INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS

Our partners shy away from preservatives and intend their chocolates to be eaten fresh. So while your typical Advent calendar might have a long shelf life, we encourage you to enjoy these confections within a few days of the box date. Each treat is individually labeled with ingredients.

Ingredients:

Dandelion 70% Chocolate (cocoa beans from Kokoa Kamili, Tanzania; Ambanja, Madagascar; Costa Esmeraldas, Ecuador; Tumaco, Colombia; Maya Mountain, Belize; Semuliki Forest, Uganda; Camino Verde, Ecuador; organic cane sugar), Dandelion 70% House Blend chocolate (cocoa beans, organic cane sugar), sugar, organic cane sugar, butter, organic butter, cocoa butter, organic cocoa butter, cream, organic cream, heavy cream, organic heavy cream, heavy whipping cream, pistachio praliné (pistachios, sugar, cocoa butter, white chocolate [cocoa butter, whole-milk powder, sugar, soy lecithin, natural vanilla extract], Himalayan salt), walnut praliné (walnuts, sugar, cocoa butter, Dandelion 70% chocolate [cocoa beans from Maya Mountain, Belize, organic cane sugar]), peanut butter (peanuts, sugar, canola and / or  cottonseed oil, salt), gianduja (praliné paste [hazelnuts, sugar, vanilla extract, milk], Dandelion 70% House Blend chocolate [cocoa beans, organic cane sugar]), pistachio paste, almonds, organic almonds, pecans, peanuts, walnuts, candied pistachios (pistachios, egg whites, cane sugar, sea salt), hazelnuts, whole milk, brown sugar, organic brown sugar, orange strips (orange peel, sucrose, glucose-fructose syrup), crabapple purée, ube purée, pear purée, raspberry purée, passion fruit purée, black-currant pâte de fruit (black-currant purée, pear purée, organic sugar, glucose, pectin, lemon juice), strawberry jelly (strawberry purée, sugar, glucose, pectin, tartaric acid), organic fresh pear, bananas, yuzu, dried apricots (apricots, sulphur dioxide), Biscoff cookie butter (wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oils [may contain one or more: soybean oil, sunflower oil, canola oil and palm oil], palm oil, brown sugar syrup, sodium hydrogen carbonate, soy flour, salt, cinnamon, sugar, soy lecithin, citric acid), gingersnap cookies (enriched wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, sugar, palm oil, molasses, ginger, baking soda, caramel color, salt, soy lecithin, cinnamon, cloves, chili powder, red pepper), Kranfil’s Caramel (sugar, biscuit [wheat flour, sugar, concentrated butter, skimmed-milk powder, barley-malt flour, salt], soybean oil, roasted soy flour, sweet whey powder, cocoa butter, hazelnuts, cream powder, caramel, sea salt, soy lecithin), Skor Bits (sugar, butter, almonds, sweetened condensed milk [milk, sugar], milk chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, skim milk, milk fat, lactose, salt, soy lecithin], salt, chocolate, sunflower oil), candied hazelnuts (sugar, roasted hazelnuts, water, color, plain caramel, flavoring), glucose syrup, honey, organic honey, brown butter (cream, salt), caramelized white chocolate (cocoa butter, sugar, whole-milk powder, skimmed-milk powder, whey powder [milk], caramelized sugar, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavoring, salt), white chocolate (cocoa butter, whole milk powder, vanilla extract, sugar), feuilletine (wheat flour, sugar, concentrated butter, lactose, milk proteins, salt, malt extract [barley], baking powder), feuilletine (wheat flour, sugar, butter, milk, salt, malt extract [barley]), feuilletine (wheat flour, sugar, coconut oil, rapeseed oil, water, skimmed-milk powder, butterfat, natural flavoring, salt, soy lecithin, barley-malt extract, natural coloring), feuilletine (wheat flour, butter, sugar, milk, baking powder), rum, molasses, cocoa nibs (cocoa beans from Ambanja, Madagascar), organic Mexican coffee beans, Old Potrero rye whiskey, dried orange peel, dried figs (figs, rice flour), vanilla bean, Madagascar vanilla beans, organic Tanzanian vanilla bean, vanilla-bean paste (cane sugar, water, vanilla extract, vanilla-bean seeds, gum tragacanth [natural thickener]), cocoa mass, organic cane syrup, corn syrup, powdered vanilla bean, whole-milk powder, gelatine, ube extract, organic lemon juice, Italian lemon oil, orange oil, soy lecithin, sunflower lecithin, cocoa liquor (cocoa mass), invert sugar, sorbitol, sea salt, fleur de sel, salt, Maine sea salt, pectin, citric acid, baking soda, dextrose, spice blend (cinnamon, black pepper, anise seed, ginger, cloves, orange zest, nutmeg), chai spice (cardamom, cinnamon, fennel, ginger root, black pepper), cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, rosemary, Urfa pepper, green cardamom, Dutched cocoa powder (processed with potassium carbonate), ground fennel seeds, ground white pepper, ground ginger, ground coriander seeds, colored cocoa butter (ultra-refined organic cocoa butter [non-deodorized, kosher], natural color [from organic origins])*, cocoa butter spray (cocoa butter, propellant)

*Includes one or more of the following: aronia berries, beet, bilberries, black currant, grape- juice extract, tomato, vegetables, black carrot, caramel, toasted partially defatted cooked cottonseed, turmeric, turmeric oleoresin, annatto, astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, carrot oil, corn- endosperm oil, curcumin, carotene, paprika oleoresin, phaffia yeast, pumpkin, red cabbage, riboflavin, dried algae meal, fruits, haematococcus algae meal, lycopene extract, paprika, saffron

Contains:

milk, soy, peanuts, tree nuts (pecans, almonds, pistachios, walnuts, hazelnuts), wheat, egg; less than 5% alcohol: rum, whiskey

Made and packed in the individual collaborators' facilities that may come into contact with cross-contaminants. 

*Three treats contain less than 5% alcohol: rum, whiskey

WEIGHT
9.5 oz (269 g)
1.2 lb (0.538 kg)
Dandelion Chocolate 2024 Advent Calendar Calendar for One
2024 Advent Calendar

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Planning to order several Calendars, but aren’t yet sure of the shipping addresses? We’ll reach out in early fall to confirm each address.

LAST YEAR’S REVIEWS

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WOW is all I can say. This has been the best advent calendar of my life. The packaging, the stories, the sparkling stars, the learning … we loved every moment of it.


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I was blown away by the beauty and thoughtfulness behind every aspect of the Calendar.

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We loved every moment of it. And then the chocolates! We discovered some new makers and shortlisted several others along the way.

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My Advent Calendar has brought me so much joy and happiness this month. The tie-in with astronomy has made it even more special. You guys outdid yourself this year!

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The ritual feels very calming and grounding in the season. It brings a sense of peace and wonder — all by enjoying a small piece of finely crafted chocolate.

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It’s a very impressive and thoughtful feat, from the chocolatiers to the design to the packaging!

Advent Calendar ornaments 2024
Advent Calendar unboxing 2024
Advent Calendar bonbons 2024
included in each calendar
  • An elegant reusable gift box, exclusively illustrated for us by Serbian artist Srdjan Vidakovic
  • 25 individual, artist-decorated “ornament boxes”
  • 25 unique, single-origin-chocolate confection portions (Note: The Advent Calendar for Two contains two confection portions per day.)
  • An elegant reusable gift box, exclusively illustrated for us by Serbian artist Srdjan Vidakovic
  • 25 individual, artist-decorated “ornament boxes”
  • 25 unique, single-origin-chocolate confection portions (Note: The Advent Calendar for Two contains two confection portions per day.)
  • An informative illustrated booklet / nightly viewing guide
  • An illustrated Star Planisphere
  • Exclusive access to Dr. Tyler Nordgren’s Daily Reveal videos
  • An informative illustrated booklet / nightly viewing guide
  • An illustrated Star Planisphere
  • Exclusive access to Dr. Tyler Nordgren’s Daily Reveal videos

Celebrate the Northern Lights With Us

This year’s theme celebrates winter 2024’s peak northern lights, while capturing tales of ancient characters outlined in constellations overhead. The Calendar's accompanying booklet reveals myth, history, and science behind each featured celestial event — and, with illustrations by Serbian artist Srdjan Vidakovic, and expertise from astronomer and Dark Sky proponent Dr. Tyler Nordgren, details twenty-five of the northern hemisphere’s darkest viewing locations, from which you might catch a glimpse of the ethereal aurora borealis.

When possible, we favor events viewable before midnight with the naked eye (or with good binoculars!).

Advent Calendar 2024 booklet
Dandelion Chocolate 2024 Selection

MEET OUR 2024 CONFECTIONERS

Our 2024 Calendar’s enticing chocolates are created by twenty-five acclaimed chocolate artisans, hailing from across North America. For the first time this year, contributors were selected via an open call, followed by multiple rounds of tasting, culminating in a final blind tasting of over sixty chocolate creations. The confections chosen as Dandelion Chocolate Selections (from among hundreds of outstanding submissions) were the most delicious of all that we taste-tested. Selected artisans include up-and-coming confectioners, award-winning chocolatiers, and a few long-time Dandelion friends. We are amazed by each maker’s imagination and talent, and grateful for the opportunity to create together. 


Bonbonbon Logo

Pittsburgh, PA

Cacao and Cardamom Logo

Detroit, MI

Charlotte Truffles Logo

Houston, TX

The Chocolate Season Logo

Kansas City, MO

Christopher Elbow Logo

Kansas City, MO

Cricket & Fig Chocolate Logo

San Francisco, CA

Dandelion Chocolate Logo

San Francisco, CA

Daniel Corpuz Chocolatier Logo

Los Gatos, CA

Dude, Sweet Chocolate Logo

Sonoma, CA

Deux Cranes Logo

San Francisco, CA

Farm Chocolate Logo

Miami, FL

Forte Logo

New York City, NY

Garcia Nevett Logo

New York City, NY

Good Good Chocolates Logo

New York City, NY

Håkan Logo

Beacon, NY

Kate Weiser Logo

Norwalk, CT

Katherine Anner Confections Logo

Las Vegas, NV

Melissa Coppel Logo

Oakland, CA

Michael's Chocolates Logo

Tucson, AZ

NeoCocoa Logo

Tucson, AZ

Petrova Logo

Tucson, AZ

Thomas Craft Confections Logo

San Francisco, CA

ThomasHaas Logo

Boston, MA

Ticket Chocolate Logo

Westbrook, ME

Wildwood Logo

Chicago, IL

Bonbonbon Logo

Pittsburgh, PA

Cacao and Cardamom Logo

Detroit, MI

Charlotte Truffles Logo

Houston, TX

The Chocolate Season Logo

Kansas City, MO

Christopher Elbow Logo

Kansas City, MO

Cricket & Fig Chocolate Logo

San Francisco, CA

Dandelion Chocolate Logo

San Francisco, CA

Daniel Corpuz Chocolatier Logo

Los Gatos, CA

Dude, Sweet Chocolate Logo

Sonoma, CA

Deux Cranes Logo

San Francisco, CA

Farm Chocolate Logo

Miami, FL

Forte Logo

New York City, NY

Garcia Nevett Logo

New York City, NY

Good Good Chocolates Logo

New York City, NY

Håkan Logo

Beacon, NY

Kate Weiser Logo

Norwalk, CT

Katherine Anner Confections Logo

Las Vegas, NV

Melissa Coppel Logo

Oakland, CA

Michael's Chocolates Logo

Tucson, AZ

NeoCocoa Logo

Tucson, AZ

Petrova Logo

Tucson, AZ

Thomas Craft Confections Logo

San Francisco, CA

ThomasHaas Logo

Boston, MA

Ticket Chocolate Logo

Westbrook, ME

Wildwood Logo

Chicago, IL

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recognized by ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES

TODAY.com

better homes & gardens

THE CHOCOLATE PROFESSOR