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Pre-orders are open at £54.50. Last year's calendar sold out, and we're making 500 for our tenth Christmas.

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  • A tall illustrated gift box or advent-style package standing on a white mantelpiece, surrounded by pink boxes, chocolate pieces, a vase of dried grasses, and a mirror in a warm indoor setting. The package prominently shows the Hill St.
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Hill St. Advent Calendar 2026

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Ten years, and five Golden Tickets

We opened the doors at 7 Hill St. in 2016. To mark ten years, five of this year's calendars have a Golden Ticket hidden inside.

Find one and you're invited behind the scenes at 7 Hill St. in 2027, to see how we make chocolate from start to finish: roasting and grinding the cacao, then tempering it by hand.

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Twenty-four mornings of Christmas

One door a day through December. Behind each, a ganache, caramel or praline from our own kitchen, including a few things we only make once a year. The box shows our building floor by floor: the Tempering Workshop at the top, Bean to Bar in the middle and the shop at street level. Drawn by Sarah Smart Draws. Filled in Saffron Walden.

A woman in a navy long-sleeve top is shown from behind, opening a decorative illustrated advent calendar hanging on a cream-colored wall above a white mantelpiece. The calendar features a dark blue winter night design with a detailed illustration of the Hill Street Museum of Art and surrounding festive elements.

Behind every door, a handmade chocolate

Each door holds one of our own chocolates: ganaches, caramels, pralines and small pieces of single-origin bar, made in small batches through November. Some are shop favourites. A few we only make at Christmas.

The shop behind the shopfront

  • Made by hand, here

    Every chocolate starts and finishes in our Saffron Walden kitchen. Our head chocolatier, Chris, trained at the Savoy and in Paris.

  • Bean to bar

    We roast and grind our own cacao from single origins: Ecuador, Madagascar and Honduras.

  • Sent anywhere in the UK

    Delivered anywhere in the UK, or collect from the Saffron Walden and Cambridge shops.

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“God, these are really high quality,” said my testers, as they shovelled.

— Annalisa Barbieri, The Guardian

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Seven Hill St., floor by floor. Illustrated by Sarah Smart Draws.

  • A close-up illustrated coffee bar scene with the text 'BEAN TO BAR' and '7 Hill St.' on a pink background, showing hand-drawn coffee equipment and process labels including 'Grinding' and 'Refining'.
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The practical bits

The Hill St. 10th Anniversary Advent Calendar holds 24 individual chocolates: a mix of dark and milk, ganaches, caramels and pralines, each made in our Saffron Walden kitchen from chocolate we make ourselves, bean to bar. The artwork is by the illustrator Sarah Smart Draws, and five calendars have a Golden Ticket inside.

Pre-orders are open now, with collection from Monday 9 November. We deliver across the UK, or you can collect from 7 Hill Street, Saffron Walden or 5 All Saints Passage, Cambridge. Order by late November to be ahead of the first door. We're making 500 calendars this year; last year's sold out before December.

Your questions

Can I order now?

Yes, pre-orders are open. Order the calendar here. You can collect from either shop from Monday 9 November, or we'll deliver it. Last year's calendar sold out before December.

What are the Golden Tickets?

To celebrate our tenth year, five Golden Tickets are hidden inside this year's calendars. Each one invites the finder behind the scenes at 7 Hill St. in 2027, from cacao processing to hand-tempering.

What's inside?

24 individual chocolates, made by hand in Saffron Walden. The line-up changes each year. Last year's doors held pistachio ganache, salted caramel, jasmine tea ganache, yuzu praline, honey caramel, nougat praline, our After Dinner Mint and a dark chocolate orange slice, among others.

What was behind last year's doors?

The 2025 line-up, door by door: vanilla ganache, milk chocolate ganache, pistachio ganache, salted caramel, cinnamon ganache, jasmine tea ganache, raspberry heart caramel, yuzu praline, chocolate almonds, raspberry praline, honey caramel, dark chocolate ganache, wafer praline, honey bites, nougat praline, gianduja, raspberry praline in dark chocolate, caramelised hazelnuts, dark wafer praline, our After Dinner Mint, dark yuzu praline, milk nougat praline, milk chocolate ganache and a candied orange slice. This year's calendar will have its own surprises.

Dark or milk?

A mix of dark and milk across the 24 doors. Ask in the shop about dietary needs. Our chocolates are made in a kitchen that handles nuts, dairy, soya and gluten.

Allergens

Contains milk, soya, gluten (wheat and barley), egg, honey and nuts: almonds, hazelnuts and pistachio. Everything is made in one kitchen, so no chocolate can be guaranteed free of these. Full ingredients are printed with the calendar and available in either shop.

When should I order for December 1st?

We deliver nationwide. Order by late November so it arrives before 1 December. We'll put the last order date for delivery here nearer the time.

Can I collect in person?

Yes, from either shop: 7 Hill Street, Saffron Walden or 5 All Saints Passage, Cambridge.

Hill St. 10th Anniversary Chocolate Advent Calendar: 24 handmade luxury chocolates, made in Saffron Walden