My husband is not one for sweets or so he says. He does love a great shortbread cookie though. So when I saw an advertisement for the Walkers Shortbread Advent Calendar on the Tea at the White House social media, I knew I had to get this for him.
It had already sold out once. I signed up for the email to be notified when they'd be in stock again and promptly ordered when they were. The cost was $40 CAD and I did order a few other bits and bobs since they are a tea company after all! I was told by friends and acquaintances that this calendar was available at local retailers for less money.
Walkers Shortbread is a Scottish company founded in 1898. It began as a village bakery. They boast a traditional proven recipe, the highest of quality of ingredients and some Scottish flair. Their products are sold world wide and they ship world wide as well. They also make other festive treats such as mince pies, cakes, Christmas pudding and gluten free items. If you visit their website I encourage you to check out their recipe page!
The Advent Calendar itself was a stiff cardboard in the trademark Walkers red plaid with a very pretty snowflake pattern. The inside was a white background with perforated doors to open for each day with little scenes of Walkers history. There was 24 days of windows to open. Each cookie was individually wrapped. There was a variety of 6 shapes of cookies so there were several repeats but if you are a Cookie Monster that won't bother you at all. According to the back of the box, there were different ingredients, although they seemed mostly the same. How different can shortbread cookies be?
There was as follows:
All Butter Shortbread Star
Chocolate Chip Butter Round
All Butter Thistle Round
All Butter Finger
All Butter Heart
Salted Caramel All Butter Square
There really wasn't a bad cookie and Hubby had his mostly as his afternoon snack with a cup of tea. He made note of the Thistle Round and Salted Caramel flavours which makes me believe he enjoyed those slightly more than the rest. It appeared to me as though the chocolate chips in the chocolate chip cookie were very small and didn't offer much in the way of flavour or sweetness.
When you narrow it down $40 is a lot to spend on a box of 24 cookies but if you have a shortbread lover in need of a gift then I'd recommend this cookie advent calendar. Otherwise, purchasing a box of your favourite cookies from the grocery store might be more adequate especially if you lack the will power to open just one window a day on the lead up to Christmas.
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