Bonne Maman Advent Calendar Mini Review 2017

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Bonne Maman offers both all-time favorites and special holiday flavors inside the limited edition Bonne Maman Advent Calendar 2017. Each calendar contains 24 jars filled with all-natural preserves, jellies, and honey.

The nutrition information for each spread is roughly the same.

The side panel lists of all 24 flavors included in the calendar — 22 fruit spreads and 2 honeys.

There’s even an illustration at the back of all the delectable flavors that come in the box!

Countdowns have never looked so delicious!

So excited to open and taste everything!

Some of the windows appear to have hints on what’s inside, but they don’t always match.

The jars are securely placed inside the advent calendar with a plastic holder. They are very securely tucked in, and it takes strong fingers and some wrangling to extract them from the packaging.

Some jars did match the pictures on the calendar, like this Strawberry and Wild Strawberry spread.

Here are all the mini jars inside this advent calendar. Each jar measures 1 oz., which is 1 1/2 servings according to the nutrition label – but it’s certainly enough to cover a couple breakfast’s worth of toasts.

Some of our delicious treats with about half a jar per whole english muffin.

They look nice enough to be displayed for the coming festivities. The preserves are made in France, and the labelling reflects that, being completely in French! Some varieties are limited edition, so they may not even produce them for export in an English-language jar. I think it adds an added layer of sophistication — and mystery, if you aren’t a Francophone!

Here are the special flavors:  Orange & Cinnamon, Raspberry & Lychee, Pineapple and Rum, Pear and Mirabelle Plum, Morello Cherry and Acacia Honey

Every spread is made with all-natural ingredients. You can see the variation in texture, with some spreads retaining more pulp than others. The honeys are the two jars with droplets clinging to the glass.

The jar labels are in French and might keep you guessing about what’s inside them. It’s kind of weird because the calendar itself is in English. This is when Google translate comes to the rescue!

Each spread is half fruit by weight.

For a more decadent breakfast, you can definitely use the whole jar on one english muffin – we have proof! We’re not going to bore you with a litany of the flavors – but you should know they are just as amazing as they look, with fresh, natural flavors, no high fructose corn syrup, and our family of five has been fighting over ever single jar!

One final tip – if you’re not into breakfast, consider pairing this with a cheese board. It will take you longer to tread through each jar, but each morsel of cheese will be an absolute delight.

This Bonne Maman advent calendar is such a fun way to have a Christmas countdown! The jars look cute and the way they presented it is really smart, it gives you a good sense of excitement. This would make a nice gift to friends and family… but you can certainly keep all the yummy treats for yourself too. We won’t judge.

What do you think of the gourmet Bonne Maman calendar?

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  • sevil aytac
    04.26.22

    i want this!!! aaaah!!! so cute!!!!!!