So excited!! I found a Moo Free's Gluten-free Advent calendar online at www.well.ca. But, when I was posting this blog I see it is no longer available. It is times like this that it can be so frustrating being a celiac! You have to do so much of your holiday food shopping so far in advance. In Canada, our choices are improving, but I have to say I'm a bit jealous of the gluten-free product selection I see in Europe and the UK.

Therefore, I suggest doing a Google search for "Moo Free Advent Calendar". When I did I found a variety of places I could have ordered it from. I hear that some Bulk Barns in Canada may stock it too.

Here is a link to Moo Free's website. Their chocolate is gluten-free, dairy-free, soya-free, no GMOs and vegan. They even use recycled plastic for the inside tray. If you go to their menu in the top right-hand corner you can search for where to buy their products in your country.

We all tried Day 1 ahead of time, so we could let you know what the chocolate tastes like. Look at that cute little bird! Both myself and the non-celiacs in the family liked the chocolate. I found it sweet, but has a nice 'milky' taste. My husband couldn't see a difference between 'regular' chocolate and Moo Free's.

There are many other types of advent calendars ideas out there. You could purchase or make a wooden one or cloth one, and fill it with gluten-free treats and small toys. I'm seriously thinking of doing that for next year. It would cut down on packaging and waste. If you check Pinterest you can see many DIY ideas. If you are rushed for time, I saw one that used small paper bags marked 1-24, that were then hung from a piece of twine, using those small clothespins you can buy at a craft store and then hung on the wall. This could be a fun craft to do with the kids. They could decorate the bags and you could later fill them with treats.

Last year, I had a small Christmas tree with individually wrapped gluten-free food items marked 1 to 24 under it. I had purchased 'The 24 Days of Taste' from Taste of Nova Scotia online. Now this is an expensive option, and not all the items were gluten-free, but this was for the whole family. I would say that around 80% of the products were gluten-free. I enjoyed the gluten-free ones and the rest of the family said that the non-gluten-free products were delicious too. You could easily make your own little gluten-free treat packages and mark them 1 to 24 and pop them under a small tree.

What are you doing for gluten-free Advent Calendar's this year?

Note: These are my personal experiences and opinions. Always seek out a medical opinion for medical concerns.