It's only the third day of December and we've already had a lot of advent calendar drama.
We've already seen Mars come under heavy criticism for putting Bounty chocolates behind the first two doors and now Cadbury has come under scruitiny.
But while Mars had the decency to offer some chocolate (whether you like the notorious Bounty or not), Cadbury has found itself in dangerous territory with parents, who claim their kids have been left distraught after opening their calendars, only to find them completely empty.
The Manchester Evening News reports that the following advent calendars are affected: Cadbury Dairy Milk Advent Calendar, the Cadbury Heroes Advent Calendar and Cadbury Dairy Milk Santa's Workshop Advent Calendar.
One disgruntled dad has revealed how the news had forced his son to break down in tears.
Under a photo of the miserable looking chocolate-less door, he said: "My lad opened his advent Calendar and there’s no chocolate. Opened the back and it's empty. Cheers sons crying. Nice one."
Another woman described how the empty advent calendar left her five-year-old extremely upset.
She said: "@CadburyUK #cadburys #AdventCalendar one upset five year old this morning when his advent calendar is totally empty. @CadburyWorld."
Another woman posted a video of her empty advent calendar, writing: "When your little boy opens his @CadburyUK advent calendar and it’s EMPTY."
A spokesperson for Cadbury has said: "We’re sorry to hear about the issues some of our fans are facing with chocolate missing from inside the Cadbury Dairy Milk Advent Calendar, the Cadbury Heroes Advent Calendar and Cadbury Dairy Milk Santa’s Workshop Advent Calendar, and would like to reassure people that quality is of paramount importance to us.
"We encourage any customers who have received an advent calendar that is not up to standard to speak to our customer care team as soon as possible."
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