The Most Decadent Mooncakes To Savour This Mid-Autumn Festival

A treat for the entire family.

Published: August 28, 2024

The Most Decadent Mooncakes to Savour this Mid-Autumn Festival — Photo: Courtesy of Conrad Centennial Singapore

The Mid-Autumn festival is on our horizon with its colourful lanterns and familiar dishes. While some of us may crave roasted peking duck, osmanthus jelly, and hairy crab with minced ginger and brown vinegar, we'll always have a soft spot for mooncakes. With a variety of fillings and colourful hues, it can be hard to pick the right one for you and your family, so why not leave it to us to pick the best for you? From pastel treats to display-worthy beauties, here are the most decadent mooncakes to savour this Mid-Autumn Festival.

CONRAD CENTENNIAL SINGAPORE

This Mid-Autumn Festival, Conrad Centennial Singapore invites you to embrace the Mid-Autumn spirit 365 days a year with its Moonlit Opulence collection. Offering both baked and snow skin mooncakes, the baked classics are reimagined with new flavours like Black Sesame with Melon Seeds and Traditional Baked with Premium South Jujube Dates. You can also pick favourites such as Baked Double and Baked Single Yolk in White Lotus Paste, and a filo pastry with sweet potato filling. On the snow skin side, Conrad has a Signature Royal Hazelnut Crunch, Hojicha with Kinako Truffle, Purple Ube Yam, and Ondeh Ondeh with Gula Melaka. Whether your family prefers a single flavour or the entire collection, your mooncakes will come in a beautiful vanity box or wearable handbag.

Conrad Centennial Singapore's Moonlit Opulence collection is available to order from now till 17 September 2024 on its online store.

RALPH'S COFFEE

All aboard the Mid-Autumn train as Ralph's Coffee takes you on a mooncake adventure that'll enthral both the young and old with this exclusive gift set. Unlike your classic flavours, Ralph's Coffee brings a New York twist with Coffee and Chocolate Raspberry mooncakes housed in an adorable green and white toy steam train with functional wheels and an adorable teddy bear conductor.

Ralph's Coffee Exclusive Mooncake Box from now till 17 September 2024 at Shaw Centre, 1 Scotts Road #01-01, Singapore 228208 and Bay Level, L1-71, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands.

RAFFLES HOTEL SINGAPORE

Over at Raffles Hotel Singapore, they're introducing three new snow-skin creations. Indulge in Sudachi & Blueberry with Gin Truffle, Chestnut & Tahitian Vanilla with Rum Truffle, and the limited edition Guojiao 1573 Baijiu Black Sesame Truffle snow skin mooncakes alongside Champagne Truffle, Sakura & Raspberry Truffle, and Yuzu & Osmanthus Truffle snow skin mooncakes. For baked mooncakes, pick from the classics such as Double Yolk with Macadamia Nuts and the gourmet Mother-of-Pearl with Single Yolk and White Lotus Paste mooncakes.

Raffles Hotel Singapore's mooncake sets are available from now till 12 September 2024 on its website and until 17 September 2024 at North Bridge Road Atrium for purchase and collection.

JANICE WONG

Janice Wong brings a blend of art and sophistication that is also wearable with its Mooncake Collection 2024. A colourful feast for your eyes, choose from their Signature Chocolate Mooncakes filled with flavours like Gula Lapis Whisky Old Fashioned and Vanilla Biscoff, low-sugar baked mooncakes with Raspberry Almond with Azuki paste, Kuromitsu Sea Salt, Kinako Macadamia, Pistachio, and Kinako Macadamia. In addition, the snow skin mooncakes, with ingredients flown from Japan, contain a truffle ball inside flavours like Hojicha Chestnut Coffee and Matcha Yuzu—all in a limited edition handbag.

Janice Wong's Mooncake Collection 2024 is available from now till 17 September 2024 on its website.

THE RITZ-CARLTON, MILLENIA SINGAPORE

The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore invites you to bring the Mid-Autumn spirit on your travels with its Mooncake Vanity Boxes. Available in red and taupe, these reusable travel vanity pouches will hold baked White Lotus Seed Paste mooncakes with either brown sugar, longan, ginger, red dates, and pumpkin seeds and mini snow skins in Green Tea, Lycheetini, and "Mao Shan Wang" Durian flavours.

The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore's Mooncake Vanity Boxes are available now till 17 September 2024 on its website or at Colony Bakery.

THE CAPITOL KEMPINSKI HOTEL SINGAPORE

The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore brings heritage and modern elegance with its Timeless Heritage mooncake collection. Choose from baked and snow skin such as White Lotus Seed Paste with Egg Yolk, Champagne Truffle, Lava Custard, Mocha Baileys, Red Bean Osmanthus with Mixed Nuts, and more in a premium two-tier box set. If you're looking for the perfect gift for your in-laws, the premium three-tier set features a Mist Valley tea set and a bottle of Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve champagne—perfect for scoring brownie points.

The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore's Timeless Heritage collection is available from now till 17 September 2024 on its website.

ST. REGIS SINGAPORE

An ode to the artist, St. Regis Singapore's Mid-Autumn selection of mooncakes are works of art for the entire family. Featuring both baked and vibrant snow skins, flavours include Red Dates and Walnut Paste with Lychee Martini Truffle, Rose Tea Paste with Maple Cream Cheese Truffle, Pu'Erh Tea with Melon Seeds, and more. The French Lavender set contains either four baked or eight snow skin mooncakes, the Serene Blue set will have two baked or four snow skin, while the Rosewood set has an extravagant dressing box in a stunning pink hue holding four baked or eight snow skin mooncakes alongside a teapot set for your favourite aunties.

St. Regis Singapore's mooncake sets are available from now till 17 September 2024 on its website.

GODIVA

Chocolate lovers rejoice because GODIVA is serving delicious goodness this Mid-Autumn festival season. With a delectable Matcha Citrus & White Chocolate mooncake, the gift boxes also come with chocolates such as a Pecan Speculoos White Chocolate treat resembling a bunny and more. In addition, try the new bite-sized tarts with flavours like Hazelnut Chocolate, Strawberry Chocolate, Pistachio White Chocolate, and Dark Chocolate Ganache.

GODIVA's Mid-Autumn Gift Sets are available from 30 August till 17 September 2024 on its website and at GODIVA outlets at Bugis Junction, Raffles City, Suntec City Mall, Takashimaya S.C., and Jewel Changi Airport.