7 Places Selling Mid-Autumn Festival Treats That Aren't Mooncakes
So, you've grown tired of mooncakes, huh?
1. Crunchie Co
Crunchie Co has unveiled a perfect alternative to traditional mooncakes: artisanal handcrafted chocolates. Presented in a vibrant tomato red box, their Lantern Gift Box offers a luxurious assortment of eight exquisite chocolates in four delectable flavours.
Here are the flavours:
- Sesame Oolong
- Hazelnut Cashew Praline
- Yuzu Matcha
- Strawberry Osmanthus Lychee
You can pre-order now with delivery starting from 24 August onwards.
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2. Yamesushi
Yamesushi specialises in creating sashimi cakes, sushi platters, playful gift boxes, and festive orders. For this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the online business is bringing back their Wagashi Gift Box. These cute, squishy artisanal Japanese confections are vegan, made without artificial ingredients, preservatives, oil, dairy, or gluten.
2024 Mid-Autumn - Wagashi Gift Box (RM138)
- Comes in three refreshing flavours: Uji Matcha, Japanese Yuzu, and Strawberry
It is available from 16 August to 17 September, so order it from their website before it runs out!
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3. De Macaron Pastry
These adorable macarons are great crispy but chewy alternatives to mooncakes. Handcrafted with halal ingredients, De Macaron Pastry's macarons feature 12 different characters from the Sanrio Group and Crayon Shin-chan comics, including Hello Kitty, Pompompurin, Shin-chan, and Himawari.
2-piece Box Set (RM19)
- x2 Character macarons
- x2 selection of flavours
4-piece Box Set (RM25)
- x4 Character macarons
- x4 selection of flavours
You can mix and match any character and select from the following flavours:
- Matcha Atzuki (Red Bean)
- Black Sesame
- Yam
- Black Coffee
- Salted Egg Chicken Floss
- Pandan Bean Paste
4. Inside Scoop
If you're looking for a cold twist to the typical mooncake, Inside Scoop is back with their popular handcrafted ice cream mooncakes! Available in a set of four or nine, the mooncakes come in four ice cream flavours, wrapped in a soft, chewy snow skin.
4-piece Ice Cream Mooncake (RM128)
- Musang King
- Lucky Pistachio
- Unicorn (Made with raspberry yogurt and butterfly pea flower-stained milk with a raspberry yolk in the centre)
- Rocher
9-piece Ice Cream Mini Mooncake (RM158)
- Musang King
- Lucky Pistachio
- Taro
- Rocher
The earliest pickup and delivery date is 12 August.
Place an order here.5. Bee Cheng Hiang
Bee Cheng Hiang is famous for its diverse selection of mooncakes, from the classic Bak Kwa mooncakes to their Chinese chess-piece shaped varieties. They are also offering special Mooncake Cookies, baked to golden-brown perfection. Made to evoke moreish mooncake crusts, these biscuits come in symbolic Chinese characters, including the dragon-like Kirin, the Arowana (Jin Long Yu), Big and Small Piglets, Little Rabbits, and Koi Fish.
These treats come in a box of either two, four, eight, or 16 pieces, perfect for sharing with family and friends, or as thoughtful gifts.
Browse through their Mid-Autumn offerings here.
6. Pony De Pastry
Pony De Pastry reimagines traditional mooncakes as beautifully crafted jelly mooncakes. Offering a refreshing and colourful alternative, each jelly mooncake boasts flavours like apple, mango, grape, and peach. In addition to these vibrant treats, this bakery also offers a unique sizable mooncake, inspired by cendol gula Melaka.
Self pick-up and delivery is available, beginning in September.
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7. In the Clouds Cakes
Indulge in these unique cheesecake mooncakes by In The Clouds Cake. Encased in a pastel-coloured chocolate shell, these treats are available in either a 4-piece or 6-piece box for RM50 and RM70, respectively.
This set comes in six different flavours:
- Lotus Biscoff
- Strawberry
- Blueberry
- Dark Chocolate
- Nutella
- Lemon
Self pick-up from Damansara Perdana or delivery are available.
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