Old World Advent Calendars
Time is a stranger substance than clocks would have us believe.
Physics has unsettled its apparent absolutes; memory and anticipation furnish their own daily testimony. An hour may vanish without leaving a trace, while a fleeting moment may become a dwelling we return to all our lives. To pause is to exercise a certain sovereignty over time. We cannot command the hours to halt, but we can determine what they shall hold! We can give one moment such fullness that it reaches backward into memory and forward into hope. A small door opens, and an ordinary moment acquires depth: anticipation, memory, and pleasure meet within a single taste.
Create that moment of pause for ceremony by celebrating Advent with Gnosis. Thank you for giving our work a place in your traditions these past nineteen years... Reserve your Advent Calendars now, and make room for wonder!
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This year - our seventh Advent season at nineteenth Holiday season - we are so excited to present our brand new design! Our “Old World” Advent aesthetic lends a setting to embrace the counting of days in gentle defiance of haste.
It is an invitation to bend time: to step back into the warmth and elegant simplicity of an earlier world. Its softened, ink-rich colors recall the pages of an old printing press; its woodland ornaments summon the earth, the hearth, the winter light. Here is a world in which wonder has room to dwell, and the season is measured by what we cherish.
It recalls the enduring wealth of a season: the earth’s abundance, snow-capped mountains, the welcome of a lighted window, the glow of a warm fireplace, the labor of loving hands. These are riches whose value grows through being shared.
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The tradition of marking time, encapsulated within the construct of the Advent calendar, transcends religiosity to encompass a profound exploration of the spiritual realm - that of the ineffable beauty inherent in the ordinary moments that constitute the tapestry of our existence.
Advent is a portal into the essence of the temporal; the opening of each door a contemplative gesture acknowledging the The Now. In this endeavor, the Advent calendar becomes an hourglass, wherein each grain of time represents an opportunity for reflection, introspection, and an awakening to the beauty that resides in the spaces between grand milestones. It is a poignant reminder that life's splendor lies not only in the climactic crescendos, but in the humble, gentle cadence of everyday life.
When seen in this light, the tradition of Advent becomes a spiritual practice that implores us to slow our stride, pause in reverence, and align our inner compass. In the minutiae of life's moments, we discover the timeless, the profound, and the sacred.
Join us in this beautiful tradition - reserve your Advent Calendars today!
All truffles, like everything we make, are made of only organic / wildcrafted, vegan / plant-based, low-glycemic, gluten-free, soy-free, GMO-free ingredients sourced fastidiously with great care for the integrity and nourishment of Mother Nature.
Advent invites us to cross a threshold: to open one small door each day and discover what waits within. Behind the 25 doors of this elegantly designed calendar lies a Gnosis Chocolate truffle, transforming the darkening days into a journey of flavor, wonder, and delicious anticipation.
Created for the more adventurous palate, Venture Within Advent travels between the familiar and the unexpected. Bold, botanical, and culinary creations such as Solstice Lights, Black Diamond, Spiced Orange Kumquat, Cashew Curry, and Three Kings appear alongside beloved winter classics, including Gingerbread, SnowMint, Cherry Cordial, Pearfect Pear, Golden Crème, and Raspberry Dark. For what is Advent but an invitation to seek, to savor, and perchance to find delight where one least expects it?
Includes a complete flavor map.
Shipping is included.
IMPORTANT Advent Calendars ordered after 11/18 will arrive during the first week of December.
ORDERING IN OCTOBER? Please place orders for other items separately.
VENTURE WITHIN
This option caters to the “mature” palate in that it includes some of our more adventurous flavors (eg: Curry, Cherry Pine, Spiced Orange, Extra Dark Velvet, Three Kings), as well as some of the darker classic renditions of traditional flavors (eg: Cherry Cordial, Peppermint, Pear, Golden Creme, Raspberry Dark, etc)! 100% truffles - no solid squares this year! Includes flavor map.
Shipping is included.
ORDERING IN OCTOBER? Please place orders for other items separately.
Advent invites us to cross a threshold: to open one small door each day and discover what waits within. Behind the 25 doors of this elegantly designed calendar lies a Gnosis Chocolate truffle, transforming the darkening days into a journey of flavor, wonder, and delicious anticipation.
Created for the more adventurous palate, Venture Within Advent travels between the familiar and the unexpected. Bold, botanical, and culinary creations such as Solstice Lights, Black Diamond, Spiced Orange Kumquat, Cashew Curry, and Three Kings appear alongside beloved winter classics, including Gingerbread, SnowMint, Cherry Cordial, Pearfect Pear, Golden Crème, and Raspberry Dark. For what is Advent but an invitation to seek, to savor, and perchance to find delight where one least expects it?
Includes a complete flavor map.
Shipping is included.
IMPORTANT Advent Calendars ordered after 11/18 will arrive during the first week of December.
ORDERING IN OCTOBER? Please place orders for other items separately.
There are flavors to which we return as faithfully as winter itself: peppermint and gingerbread, eggnog and golden crème, each carrying some sweet remembrance of holidays past. Behind each of the 25 doors of this elegantly designed calendar lies a special Gnosis Chocolate truffle, offering a daily moment of delight as the season unfolds.
Our Favorite Things gathers our most beloved, family-friendly interpretations of classic holiday flavors, including Peppermint Frosty, Gingerbread, Better Than PB&J, Cherry Cordial, Vanilla Pear, Mylk Crème, Golden Crème, Coconut, and Strawberry. Presented in merry shapes such as reindeer, snowmen, and Santa Claus, it is a tradition made to be shared with friends and family, young and old, near and far. For the sweetest gifts are those that awaken joy, memory, and wonder anew.
Includes a complete flavor map.
Shipping is included.
IMPORTANT Advent Calendars will ship for delivery by December 1st. Please place orders for other items separately!
ORDERING IN OCTOBER? Please place orders for other items separately.
OUR FAVORITE THINGS
Back for a 7th year, this Advent features all of (y)our favorite things! Some days, you’ll enjoy a Classical rendition of family-friendly, traditional flavors like Cherry Cordial, Peppermint Frosty, Gingerbread Santa, Vanilla Pear, Coconut, Strawberry; other days one of our best-selling Signature Truffles, like Raspberry, Golden Creme, and Dark Velvet! 100% truffles - no solid squares this year!
Shipping is included.
ORDERING IN OCTOBER? Please place orders for other items separately.
There are flavors to which we return as faithfully as winter itself: peppermint and gingerbread, eggnog and golden crème, each carrying some sweet remembrance of holidays past. Behind each of the 25 doors of this elegantly designed calendar lies a special Gnosis Chocolate truffle, offering a daily moment of delight as the season unfolds.
Our Favorite Things gathers our most beloved, family-friendly interpretations of classic holiday flavors, including Peppermint Frosty, Gingerbread, Better Than PB&J, Cherry Cordial, Vanilla Pear, Mylk Crème, Golden Crème, Coconut, and Strawberry. Presented in merry shapes such as reindeer, snowmen, and Santa Claus, it is a tradition made to be shared with friends and family, young and old, near and far. For the sweetest gifts are those that awaken joy, memory, and wonder anew.
Includes a complete flavor map.
Shipping is included.
IMPORTANT Advent Calendars will ship for delivery by December 1st. Please place orders for other items separately!
ORDERING IN OCTOBER? Please place orders for other items separately.
Illuminated Advent is a radiant journey, a wooden keepsake touched with gentle light to guide the heart through December’s quiet anticipation. Each day reveals a small truffle treasure nestled within, crafted by hand to enchant the senses and offer a taste of warmth and wonder.
Everything from the calendar itself to the truffle shapes and flavors are customizeable. Vanessa (founder, head chcolatier aka Chocolate Girl!) will reach out to you personally to curate your unique Advent Experience.
Flavor map, shipping, and batteries are included.
THE ILLUMINATED ADVENT
Illuminated Advent is a radiant journey, a wooden keepsake touched with gentle light to guide the heart through December’s quiet anticipation. Each day reveals a small truffle treasure nestled within, crafted by hand to enchant the senses and offer a taste of warmth and wonder.
Flavor map, shipping, and batteries are included.
Everything from the calendar itself to the truffle shapes and flavors are customizeable - Vanessa will reach out to you personally to curate your unique Advent Experience.
IMPORTANT Advent Calendars ordered after 11/18 will ship the first week of December. Please place orders for other items separately!
Illuminated Advent is a radiant journey, a wooden keepsake touched with gentle light to guide the heart through December’s quiet anticipation. Each day reveals a small truffle treasure nestled within, crafted by hand to enchant the senses and offer a taste of warmth and wonder.
Everything from the calendar itself to the truffle shapes and flavors are customizeable. Vanessa (founder, head chcolatier aka Chocolate Girl!) will reach out to you personally to curate your unique Advent Experience.
Flavor map, shipping, and batteries are included.
As the glow and promise of Christmas draw you and yours closer, twelve little angels appear and ask, “May we join you for the rest of your joyful journey?” A new voice joins you each day to sweetly harmonize each of your 12 days, and you’ll soon find each has become a part of you on the road to Christmas… and beyond.
Caroling merrily are our classic renditions of family-friendly traditional flavors. Highlighting a few favorite numbers, our Pearfect Pear truffle celebrates Day One (a partridge in a pear tree); the Golden Crème truffle adorns Day Five (five gooold riiiings), and eight maids a milkin’ on Day Eight are rewarded with a Madagascar Mylk truffle. The other nine days - no less festive - in delightful shapes like Santa Claus, Reindeer, and Snowmen, are mapped on a flavor insert so no one loses their way!
After creating this bestselling truffle collection for years, we have come to realize ChocoLovers sometimes want theirs at different timing! Please indicate at checkout whether you would like this immediately for countdown beginning on December 12th, or hold for opening beginning on December 24th. This will ship with all the other items in your order, if you’d like some items to arrive sooner please place a separate order!
TWELVE DAYS OF TRUFFLES
Caroling merrily are our classic renditions of family-friendly traditional flavors. Highlighting a few favorite numbers, our Pearfect Pear truffle celebrates Day One (a partridge in a pear tree); the Golden Crème truffle adorns Day Five (five gooold riiiings), and eight maids a milkin’ on Day Eight are rewarded with a Madagascar Mylk truffle. The other nine days - no less festive - in delightful shapes like Santa Claus, Reindeer, and Snowmen, are mapped on a flavor insert so no one loses their way!
ORDERING IN OCTOBER? Please place orders for other items separately. This Advent may deliver by December 12th or December 24th - please let us know which you would prefer. It will NOT be available for delivery before Dec 12
As the glow and promise of Christmas draw you and yours closer, twelve little angels appear and ask, “May we join you for the rest of your joyful journey?” A new voice joins you each day to sweetly harmonize each of your 12 days, and you’ll soon find each has become a part of you on the road to Christmas… and beyond.
Caroling merrily are our classic renditions of family-friendly traditional flavors. Highlighting a few favorite numbers, our Pearfect Pear truffle celebrates Day One (a partridge in a pear tree); the Golden Crème truffle adorns Day Five (five gooold riiiings), and eight maids a milkin’ on Day Eight are rewarded with a Madagascar Mylk truffle. The other nine days - no less festive - in delightful shapes like Santa Claus, Reindeer, and Snowmen, are mapped on a flavor insert so no one loses their way!
After creating this bestselling truffle collection for years, we have come to realize ChocoLovers sometimes want theirs at different timing! Please indicate at checkout whether you would like this immediately for countdown beginning on December 12th, or hold for opening beginning on December 24th. This will ship with all the other items in your order, if you’d like some items to arrive sooner please place a separate order!
CUSTOM-BUILT DOLLHOUSE ADVENT CALENDAR
Our Dollhouse Advent Calendar is nearly complete - we need only your direction on the finishing touches. ✨
The fireplace and sconce both light up and can be easily repositioned with magnets, and we’ll include extra batteries so you can keep their soft glow through the evening. 🕯️
A small table is set for Santa with his mug of hot chocolate 🎅☕, and we’ve left him two truffles in place of his usual cookies - after all, every drawer of this handcrafted birchwood Advent Calendar conceals one of our exquisite vegan, low-glycemic, organic truffles.
You may personalize the frame with a cherished photograph, a portrait of a loved one, or any artwork that brings you joy. If choosing just one feels impossible, we can replace the Merry Christmas wreath with a second frame, because two pictures speak two thousand words. 🎁
Should you wish to add other meaningful details - a violin, a sled, perhaps another delightful creature... the possibilities are infinite.
I’ve always been captivated by miniatures and microcosms - “little worlds,” as my Dad used to call them. While envisioning this year’s Advent Collection, I discovered these unfinished birchwood calendars, and my imagination simply lit up. 💡
In a world so uncertain and chaotic, this tiny living room became a sanctuary of coziness, peace, and magic. 🕊️
Vanessa (founder, head chcolatier aka Chocolate Girl!) will reach out to you personally to curate your unique Advent Experience. I would be truly delighted to collaborate with you in creating an Advent Heirloom to be treasured for generations. ✨
Flavor map, shipping, and batteries are included.
Our Dollhouse Advent Calendar is nearly complete - we need only your direction on the finishing touches. ✨
The fireplace and sconce both light up and can be easily repositioned with magnets, and we’ll include extra batteries so you can keep their soft glow through the evening. 🕯️
A small table is set for Santa with his mug of hot chocolate 🎅☕, and we’ve left him two truffles in place of his usual cookies - after all, every drawer of this handcrafted birchwood Advent Calendar conceals one of our exquisite vegan, low-glycemic, organic truffles.
You may personalize the frame with a cherished photograph, a portrait of a loved one, or any artwork that brings you joy. If choosing just one feels impossible, we can replace the Merry Christmas wreath with a second frame, because two pictures speak two thousand words. 🎁
Should you wish to add other meaningful details - a violin, a sled, perhaps another delightful creature... the possibilities are infinite.
I’ve always been captivated by miniatures and microcosms - “little worlds,” as my Dad used to call them. While envisioning this year’s Advent Collection, I discovered these unfinished birchwood calendars, and my imagination simply lit up. 💡
In a world so uncertain and chaotic, this tiny living room became a sanctuary of coziness, peace, and magic. 🕊️
Vanessa (founder, head chcolatier aka Chocolate Girl!) will reach out to you personally to curate your unique Advent Experience. I would be truly delighted to collaborate with you in creating an Advent Heirloom to be treasured for generations. ✨
Flavor map, shipping, and batteries are included.