The Mid-Autumn Festival lands on Sep 29 this year, and if you’re looking for mooncakes for gifting, here’s a roundup of beautiful and novel mooncake boxes to have on your radar.
In case you’re concerned about the boxes going to waste once you’ve devoured the luscious creations within, many of them double as vanity cases, elegant storage containers, and even bucket bags, too.
While it made a splash last year with its Monopoly game box mooncake sets (which are also available this year!), Mdm Ling Bakery has debuted colourful bucket bags this year that’ll look cute with your weekend brunch outfit.
Order here.
Lady M’s mooncake box design this year stars a keepsake jewellery box that draws inspiration from classic garden moon gate arches. Depicting full moon, lucky rabbits, festival lanterns, and decorative foliage, it’s sure to set the mood for the occasion. Inside, you’ll find a series of mooncakes crafted in partnership with Kee Wah Bakery. There are two of each flavour: Lychee Rose, Matcha Pandan, and Yuzu Milk.
The Lady M Moonglow Gift Set is at $99. Order here.
Designed to function as travel-sized vanity cases, The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore’s mooncake sets come in a blush pink or baby blue woven leather design depending on the flavours you choose.
Each features five pockets for stashing makeup brushes as well as two compartments to house your favourite cosmetics. Adorned with a personalised luggage tag, the vanity case can be carried by the short handle, or by attaching your own shoulder chain to the box.
Flavours range from the mao shan wang as well as green ta snowskin mooncakes to a baked black sesame creation with white lotus seed paste and roasted walnuts.
Prices start from $88 for eight mini snowskin mooncakes. Order here.
Andaz Singapore has teamed up with homegrown lifestyle brand, Binary Style to unveil an eye-catching mooncake box design inspired by shophouses – a nod to the hotel’s Kampong Glam neighbourhood. The two-tier box opens up to reveal two inner drawers, wrapped in a geometric pattern of leaves of breadfruit trees, which are in abundance in the area.
The set includes all-time favourite flavours, the 5 ON 25 Signature Tea and Silver Lotus ++, as well as two new flavours, the Citrus Surprise and Gula Galore.
The 5 ON 25 Mooncakes Set (Assorted Flavours) is at $88 nett. Order on Shopee
Crafted in luxurious leatherette, the mooncake boxes from Conrad Centennial Singapore and Conrad Singapore Orchard draw on the enchanting peony gardens that define the hotels’ renowned Chinese restaurants, Golden Peony and Summer Palace.
From $90 per set. Order from Shopee, Conrad Centennial Singapore, or Conrad Singapore Orchard.
This year, Janice Wong’s baked mooncakes come encased within a whimsical custom-designed lantern that’ll bring cheer to to any Mid-Autumn Festival celebration. The reusable design also has a tower of drawers that can be used to stash knickknacks (like your kids’ hair clips or crayons).
$108 for a box of eight mooncakes. Order here.
Dessert and ice cream cafe Sunday Folks’ adorable bunny-shaped mooncakes have made a return this year, packed with yuzu custard as well as salted egg yolk custard. And they come in a sleek vegan leather basket that doubles as a chic carrier, or as decor for your home.
Each basket contains six individual mooncake boxes packed in a nylon dust bag, which can be used separately.
The Tugether In Harmony Mooncake Basket is priced at $108. Order here.
JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach is sending out its mooncakes in beautiful boxes that resemble the Chinese character of the word ‘Yue’ (moon). The tiered elevated designs come in two options, the Emerald Jade Rabbit and the Burgundy Blooms.
Each also has two drawers, so it can be repurposed as storage for the likes of jewellery or even CNY snacks when the occasion rolls around.
From $58 for a box of four baked mooncakes or 8 mini snowskin mooncakes. Order here.
PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay Singapore is pulling out all the stops this mooncake festival.
This garden-inspired box features all four delightful traditional mooncakes:
– Lychee with Wolfberries
– Single Yolk with White Lotus Paste
– Double Yolk with White Lotus Paste
– Charcoal Black Sesame Paste with Melon Seed and Gold Dust
A gift that keeps on giving, the Celestial Chest comes with four watch pillows and can be upcycled as a box to store your watches or accessories.
$61.74 for a box of four baked mooncakes. Order here.
For folks who are choosing to eat healthier, consider these low sugar baked mooncakes from Hotel Indigo.
Ranging from $72.25 – $76.50, each Peranakan-inspired mooncake box contains for pieces of baked mooncakes.
You may choose from:
1) Limited Edition – Premium Mix
2 x Charcoal Skin with Gold Dust Dragon Well Tea with Melon Seeds
1 x White Lotus Paste with Single Yolk
1 x White Lotus Paste with Macadamia Nuts
2) Signature Series – Single Yolk
4 x White Lotus Paste with Single Yolk
3) Signature Series – White Lotus Paste Mix
2 x White Lotus Paste with Single Yolk
2 x White Lotus Paste with Macadamia Nuts
In addition, you can also choose your shophouse box, which comes in fuchsia and blue.
$72.25 – $76.50 for a box of four low-sugar baked mooncakes. Order here.