It's always an exciting time when Mid-Autumn Festival rolls around. The night is illuminated by whimsical light displays, and more importantly for foodies, our mooncake cravings can be indulged with an abundance of options to choose from. Perhaps you like the classic double yolks or prefer sampling experimental modern flavours, your go-to might be comforting baked crust or springy snowskin. Whatever your taste is, there's no denying that unboxing a beautiful mooncake set is also part of the appeal!
If you're a sucker for aesthetic packaging, check out these prettiest mooncake gift sets of 2024:
#1 Hilton Singapore Orchard Mooncakes
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No one does understated luxury like Hilton Singapore Orchard. Case in point: the hotel's new mooncakes held in a gorgeous midnight blue leatherette wine bag with laser-cut botanical patterns. Each mooncake is packaged in its own box that's covered in matching blue botanical illustrations. Every two or more bags of mooncakes purchased will come with a complimentary eco-bag covered in the same nature-inspired pattern.
The mooncake flavours offer a blend of old and new, with traditional options like Lotus Paste with Double Yolk and Yam Paste with Pine Nuts along with modern interpretations including Black Sesame with Biscoff and ‘Hor Ka Sai’ with Mochi.
The mooncakes are priced from $86 to $90 for four pieces and can be collected at Ginger.Lily at Hilton Singapore Orchard from now till 17 September 2024, 10am to 7:30pm.
#2 Shangri-La Singapore Classic Baked Mooncakes
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We can always expect the most ornate mooncake boxes from Shangri-La Singapore and this year is no exception. The new leatherette mooncake box comes in a rounded shape to symbolise the full moon and the theme of reunion. Shangri-La's signature Peony flower is featured as intricate debossed patterns on the surface, and on the sides of the box are four drawers that open to reveal mooncakes.
The box is designed to be given new life and repurposed by anyone from the family after the festivities are over. Ladies can turn it into a jewellery box, kids can keep their toys and snacks organised in it, and older folks can use it to store small essentials like medication.
The Reduced Sugar White Lotus Seed Paste with Double Yolk makes a return. Other flavours to savour are the Mixed Nuts with Chicken Ham and the new Black Sesame with Walnut.
It's available for purchase on shangri-la.com from $66.
#3 Lady M Celestial Splendor Lantern Gift Set
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Lady M has outdone itself yet again this year with a mooncake box fashioned like a lantern. Outlined in an elaborate gold-tone trim, the royal green velvet box depicts a whimsical bunny garden with layered laser-cut illustrations creating a 3D effect. It's suspended on a bronze chain that's attached to a handle. But the magic doesn't start until this lantern is lit, and it can! The box contains a light that can be switched on to reveal a projection of a rabbit.
Created in collaboration with Kee Wah Bakery, the mini custard mooncakes come in three flavours: Earl Grey, Black Sesame and Passion Fruit, an homage to the iconic Lady M Mille Crêpes.
Each gift set includes a custom-designed gift bag, greeting card and a USB cable for recharging.
It's available on ladym.com.sg for $58 (2 pieces) and $105 (6 pieces).
#4 Goodwood Park Hotel Mooncakes
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Snowskin mooncake lovers are in for a treat with Goodwood Park Hotel's line-up for 2024. Presented in a minimalist box with floral motifs, the Snowskin Combo comes with four refreshing flavours.
It includes the cult-favourite D24 Durian mooncake filled with creamy durian, Cempedak and the new Kumquat Melon with Macadamia with a harmonious mix of zest and rich nuttiness. Rounding up the quartet is Mango with Pomelo, inspired by the mango sago dessert served at the hotel's Chinese restaurant Min Jiang.
The hotel also has a selection of baked mooncakes that includes the White Lotus Seed Paste with Single Yolk, Lotus Seed Paste with Double Yolk and Assorted Nuts with Ham.
It's available at goodwoodparkfestive.oddle.me at $49 to $92 for self-pick-up or deliveries from now till 17 September.
#5 Conrad Centennial Singapore Moonlit Opulence Mooncake Collection
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Year after year, the two Conrad hotels in Singapore have us swooning over their mooncake bags, and the duo has done it again. Conrad Centennial Singapore's Moonlit Opulence collection features mooncakes encased in a luxurious cream-coloured leatherette box or a limited-edition designer bag. Both are elegantly embellished with the hotel's signature peony motifs.
Baked mooncakes come in classic Baked Double Yolk and Baked Single Yolk in White Lotus Paste, and two new additions, Black Sesame with Melon Seeds and Traditional Baked with Premium South Jujube Dates. The set also comes with a delicious surprise - a light and flakey Teochew-style mooncake filled with sweet potato.
Those with a sweet tooth will appreciate the snowskin mooncakes. They come in four decadent flavours including Signature Royal Hazelnut Crunch, Hojicha with Kinako Truffle, Purple Ube Yam and Ondeh Ondeh with Gula Melaka.
It's available or delivery or takeaway online for $92 to $96 until 17 September.
#6 Conrad Singapore Orchard Reunion in Bloom Mooncake Collection
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Meanwhile, Conrad Singapore Orchard unveils its equally impressive Reunion in Bloom mooncake gift sets. With a chic colour palette of royal blue and cream, the box has two floral doors that open up to a set of drawers holding four or eight mooncakes.
The Summer Palace Classic Treasures box set features a complete selection of traditional baked mooncakes. Sample the full medley of flavours including Parma Ham and Pork Floss with Assorted Nuts and White Lotus Paste with Double Yolk and Melon Seeds. These baked classics were created by hotel's one-Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant, Summer Palace.
The snowskin variety comes in charming mini sizes and an assortment of eight flavours. The Summer Palace Snowskin Collection box showcases all eight mooncakes including two signature flavours, Black Sesame Paste and Mao Shan Wang Durian. Inspired by the restaurant's signature Chinese tea rituals, the line-up of new creations include Lychee Oolong Chocolate, Almond Chocolate with Pear Cognac, Red Date Tea with Aged Mandarin Peels and Lemon Red Tea.
Elevating this collection is a grand masterpiece: the Bird's Nest and Gold Leaf mooncake.
It's available or delivery or takeaway online for $55 to $268 until 17 September.
#7 Marina Bay Sands Mooncakes
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Marina Bay Sands is back with another exquisitely packaged mooncake collection. Beautiful enough to display as an art piece, the mooncake box features a contemporary moon motif in a marble-inspired design and splashes of gold.
Inside each box is a quartet of baked or snowskin mooncakes and four sachets of aromatic tea blends specially curated by Tea Bone Zen Mind. The baked mooncakes are made using traditional Cantonese-style baking techniques, featuring the classic White Lotus with Salted Egg Yolk dipped in Chinese wine, Red Bean Paste with Rare 20-Year Dried Tangerine Peel, Torch Ginger with Candied Winter Melon and Changbai Mountain Ginseng. Those who prefer the snowskin variety will enjoy other creative flavours including Bird's Nest with Wolfberries, Taro Rose, Honey Yuzu and Musang King.
It's available for pre-orders on marinabaysands.com at $98 for a box of four baked or snowskin mooncakes. The mooncakes are available for collection and on-site purchase at Marina Bay Sands Hotel Lobby Tower 3, from 1 to 17 September.
#8 Pan Pacific Singapore Four Treasures Baked Mooncakes Premium Gift Set
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A show-stopping mooncake gift set that'll impress your relatives is the limited edition Four Treasures Baked Mooncakes Premium Gift Set. Housed in a Hai Tien Lo leatherette bag, the box opens to reveal a teapot set above the mooncakes.
Hai Tien Lo's No. 1 Tea Baked Mooncake is back by popular demand, this time with the addition of melon seeds. Other baked mooncakes flavours include the new Caramel Walnut Cocoa, classic Single Yolk White Lotus Paste, and ever popular Double Yolk White Lotus Paste. Snowskin mooncakes come in its own delectable flavours like the bestselling Mao Shan Wang Durian and the new Mango Pomelo Snow Skin.
It's available on panpacificsingapore.oddle.me from $188.
#9 Ralph's Coffee Mooncake Gift Box
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Ralph's Coffee has dreamt up another dreamy mooncake gift box for this year. It's shaped like a classic steam locomotive in the iconic green-white colourway, symbolising the fashion & lifestyle house's journey from North America to Asia. Inside the metal "train" is the adorable Ralph's Coffee BEAR-ista!
Stored like cargo in the wagon are six mini mooncakes. Half have Coffee fillings and the other half are Chocolate Raspberry-flavoured.
It's available for order and self pick up on krisshop.com for $108 and for delivery on LazMall for $118.
#10 Janice Wong Mooncakes
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This homegrown chocolatier has created a custom-designed limited edition handbag for its latest mooncake collection.
Besides the traditional baked and snowskin mooncakes, it also includes Signature Chocolate mooncakes. These colourful chocolatey delights come in flavours like Peanut Gingerflower, Salted Caramel Cashew, Vanilla Biscoff and Gula Lapis Whisky Old Fashioned.
The low-sugar Baked Mooncakes come with four innovative fillings: Kuromitsu Sea Salt, Kinako Macadamia, Raspberry Almond with Azuki paste and Pistachio. Finally, the pastel snowskin renditions come in Sweet Potato Cashew, Hojicha Chestnut Coffee, Kinako Macadamia and Matcha Yuzu.
The mooncake bags of eight pieces are available on janicewong.online for $95.
