Advent Calendar

HIP Advent Calendar 120g turns the last weeks of December into a small daily event: open a door, find a square of oat milk chocolate waiting, and let the countdown do its work. It's the sort of thing you reach for once the house has gone quiet in the evening, or sneak a square of before the kettle's even boiled in the morning.

Why You'll Love It

Behind each door sits one of two flavours: a rich, smooth plain chocolate and a salted caramel version where the sea salt cuts cleanly through the sweetness. Made with oat rather than dairy, it has a gentler, faintly cereal warmth that rounds off the cocoa without ever tasting thin, and it melts with the kind of give you want from a proper couverture. It's an easy one to share across the table, since nobody needs to know which family member is avoiding dairy and which one just likes chocolate.

How to Use It

Let each square come up to room temperature for a minute or two before eating so the caramel notes can properly open up, rather than biting into it straight from a cold kitchen. It sits well alongside a strong coffee in the morning or a pot of tea in the evening, and any squares that don't make it to their date can be melted down for a quick hot chocolate or dolloped over porridge or stewed fruit.

About HIP

HIP makes its name from plant-based chocolate that doesn't ask you to compromise on how it tastes, built around oat milk rather than dairy and packaged with an eye on reducing plastic waste. The brand leans into a bit of fun with its naming and its playful